Linemen provide a demonstration after the new NES training center opens its doors on the north side of Nashville, Tennessee. As the skilled labor shortage looms, electric utilities nationwide are ...

To train its workforce for the future, Consumers Energy constructed a new training center six years ago. Today a combination of more than 2,000 students, apprentices and journeymen linemen sharpen ...

RICHLAND, Wash., March 18, 2002 — Vivid Learning Systems, a specialist in web and CD-ROM-based compliance and regulatory training programs, has announced a new training site designed specifically for ...

It's a perfect November morning with calm blue skies and mild, balmy weather - ideal conditions for more than 50 men to learn how to scale towering utility poles and install power lines, tasks they ...

Apprentice lineman Darin Floyd demonstrates “sagging” an electrical power line at the SMUD Power Academy in Sacramento on Friday, Nov. 6, 2015. Randall Benton [email protected] The Sacramento ...

Unions are looking to U.S. military veterans to fill their ranks with the skilled tradespeople needed for the future. The Utility Workers Union of America is leading the way with an extensive program ...

Clackamas Community College and its training partners in the utility industry will mark their 10-year anniversary on Oct. 6. It's been 10 years since the college joined Portland General Electric and ...

The attempt to poison a city's water supply by remotely accessing its ICS underscores the need for cybersecurity assistance at under-resourced critical infrastructure facilities. On Monday, February 8 ...