Training

CORNERSTONE IS COMING

TRAINING DEPARTMENT

JEFF SATTERFIELD | TRAINING MANAGER

Happy new year from training! We are preparing for a busy year. Coming soon we will be launching Cornerstone. This is a new platform that is going to make it easier for employee training. For the first time field employees will have access to see training calendars and sign up for them from their own device. No more filling out the class request form and taking it to your superintendent to send in only to find out that the class is already full. You will also be able to see what certifications you have and when they are expiring. You can upload your certifications, and licenses also. Superintendents will be able to see the certifications of the employees that are assigned to them and assign the employee to a class. Each level will have a learning path assigned to it of skills and safety certifications. We will be out conducting trainings on the new system in the coming weeks.

We received approval for our 2020 NEC changes class from ICC. We will start holding these classes starting May as CEU’s for the 2017 NEC code changes will no longer be accepted after July 1, 2021. For licensing in Clark County and Reno City 8 hours of a code update class, 4 hours of NFPA 70E and 4 hours of approved training are required for renewal. By taking our QEW class and the 2020 NEC changes employees will have the CEU’s needed for the renewal.

IT DEPARTMENT

FRANK FARINA | DIRECTOR, IT DEPARTMENT

The Information Technology (IT) Department’s mission is to provide high quality, responsive, secure, and cost-effective information technology solutions and services that will enable Helix Electric employees, departments, and agencies to be successful in achieving their respective missions while striving to always exceed expectations.

Passwords are a critical part of information and network security. Passwords serve to protect user accounts, but a poorly chosen password, if compromised, could put the entire network at risk. As a result, all employees are required to take appropriate steps to ensure that they create strong, secure passwords and keep them safeguarded at all times. This policy applies to all personnel who access company systems which support or require a password, on any system that resides at any HELIX ELECTRIC facility, has access to the HELIX ELECTRIC network, or stores any non-public HELIX ELECTRIC information. Password Construction:

All users at HELIX ELECTRIC should be aware of how to select strong passwords. Strong passwords have the following characteristics:

Contain at least three of the five following character classes: Lower case characters Upper case characters Numbers Punctuation “Special” characters

(e.g.@#$%^&*()_+|~-=\`{}[]:”;’<>/ etc)

Contain at least eight alphanumeric characters.

Password Protection

• Passwords should be treated as confidential information. No employee is to give, tell, or hint at their password to another person, including other co-workers, friends, and family members, under any circumstances. • If someone demands your password, refer them to this policy or have them contact the IT Department. • Passwords are not to be transmitted electronically over the Internet. However, passwords may be used to gain remote access to Helix Electric resources via the Helix Electric’s Virtual Private Network or SSLprotected Web site. • No employee is to keep an unsecured written record of his or her passwords, either on paper or in an electronic file. If it proves necessary to keep a record of a password, then it must be kept in a controlled access safe. • Do not use the “Remember Password” feature. • Passwords used to gain access to Helix Electric systems should not be used as passwords to access non-

Helix Electric accounts or information. • If an employee either knows or suspects that his/her password has been compromised, they must be report the incident to the IT Department and change their password immediately.