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Propane Online Learning Center Enhanced in Late October 2020
Propane Online Learning Center Enhanced in Late October 2020 What Will You Find on the New Upgraded Platform?
Since the original launch of the Propane Education & Research Council (PERC)’s Online Learning Center in 2019, more than 7,000 users have processed more
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than 80,000 pieces of content training modules, assessments, and exams on the site. PERC’s Online Learning Center has something for everyone, whether you are in the field, in the office, on the phones, or even in sales.
Last month, in October PERC upgraded its popular Online Learning Center https://training.propane.com to a new platform that will make the site more userfriendly. Searching for courses will be easier than ever, as well, to help you find the training materials you’re looking for fast.
In addition to the improved navigation, users will notice:
Offline Training – You can now download a training course, complete the training offline, reconnect to the internet and upload the results.
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Machine Learning – This added feature enables the system to recommend training based on each user’s history of completed modules.
Electronic Skills Assessment – This enhancement will enable certified evaluators to perform a skill assessment electronically for users from the same company.
Improved Reporting – Improved reporting capability makes it easier to access user history/information.
Enhanced Help – PERC LMS Help Desk has been upgraded as well. New
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chat feature can reach PERC training staff during regular business hours. You can still call and email, but chat feature there if you want immediate answers.
New Training – PERC is adding new additional shorter versions of some courses including: Intro to the Propane Industry, Fundamentals of Propane, Cylinder Delivery Operations, & Bobtail Delivery Operations.
New Materials – PERC also added On the Job Training Handbook with worksheets and Compliance Handbook.
Read more about these new courses and materials in the December 2020 Texas Propane magazine.
User passwords will be reset due to upgrade.
All completed training records will still be available, but any in-progress training that was not completed by October 22, 2020 will be lost, meaning employee will have to start from the beginning of that module/course.
PERC staff is available to assist or answer questions. Contact us at Learning@ propane.com.
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Russ Ridings, vice-president of Gas Equipment Company has retired after 40 years with the company. Russ started with GEC in 1980 as Inside Sales in the Dallas office. His role at GEC changed several times over the years as he helped the LaDue family grow the business. His presence has been felt in the propane industry as well with his participation in various organizations including TPGA and NPGA. Now he will have the time to do the things he likes – exploring the country in his RV, riding his motorcycle and enjoying a glass of wine. We all join in wishing Russ the best retirement filled with fun and happiness.
Michael Dunn, 71, former president and CEO of Suburban Propane, has passed away. Mr. Dunn was a graduate of La Salle University, earning a bachelor’s degree in marketing. After relocating to the New York City area, he worked at Goldman Sachs for 18 years. After leaving Goldman Sachs, he joined Suburban Propane as the vice president of product supply. He worked his way up to become president and CEO of the company. He retired in 2014. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family.
Subscribe Your Customers to the Winter 2020 Propane Living TX Duty to Warn Safety Mailing Program Deadline is December 4, 2020
Tis’ the season to remind your customers about some important winter tips.
Subscribe your customers to the Propane Council of Texas’ Winter Propane Living newsletter to get propane educational and marketing information to your customers. Order in bulk to your office to hand out on your bobtail routes or provide us with a mailing list and the Propane Council of Texas will mail it for you.
ProCOT covers the postage and shipping. You are in charge of a $49 fulfillment fee and less than 4 cents per address/newsletter.
Download previous Propane Livings and sign up your customers at https:// www.propanecounciloftexas.org/programs-and-projects.
Deadline is December 1, 2020.
Questions? Call (800)325-7427 or email info@propanecounciloftexas.org.
The Propane Council of Texas’ Duty to Warn Safety Mailing Program is a servicebased project that uses the Propane Education & Research Council (PERC) ‘s Important Information For You & Your Family scratch ‘n sniff safety brochure with the Railroad Commission required consumer safety notification added and mails it to your Texas customers on your behalf.
As part of this service, the Council provides documentation of your mailing in the form of a detailed postage receipt and notarized affidavit.
ProCOT covers the propane safety brochure when mailed through our program and the cost of non-profit bulk postage to all of your Texas propane customers through a PERC grant.
Texas Propane Retailers Cost: • Annual $35 fulfillment fee • 8 cents per address processing fee to imprint your company name on each mailer.
Formal registration is required. Mailing list must be uploaded to the form. Please do not email lists. Register and upload your “Texas” propane customer mailing lists to the form at https://pct.ginnysprinting.com/ by no later than December 4, 2020.
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NPGA Safety Awards are bestowed upon individuals, companies, or branches of larger firms that have made extraordinary contributions to industry safety through public or community education, hazardous materials training and support, or employee training. NPGA’s Technology, Standards and Safety (TS&S) Committee chairs (past and present) select the award recipient(s).
You can nominate an individual or company. Nomination deadline is December 1, 2020. Go to www.npga.org to learn more about this and other NPGA awards.
National Veterans Small Business Week
Each year the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) celebrates, connects, and empowers service members, veterans, National Guard and Reserve members, and military spouses during National Veterans Small Business Week (NVSBW). This year marks the seventh annual NVSBW.
Join SBA district offices, resources partners, and other organizations as they celebrate the veteran- and military-owned business community on November 2-6, 2020.
Find events near you at https://www. sba.gov/national-veterans-small-business-week.
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1. Be a current member of the Texas Propane Gas Association in the U.S. 2. Enroll in the TPGA Member Tire Program 3. Get national account numbers sent to you from Tire Program Manager 3. Buy Michelin, BF Goodrich, Yokohama & Cooper tires from most any dealer local, regional or national. 4. Buy from your dealer, but get an invoice from our partner, TXTA, after your tire purchase with the discount. TPGA members, call (800)325-7427 to request a tire enrollment application.
Dispensing Propane Safely, one of the Propane Education & Research Council (PERC)’s most sought-after training programs nationwide, has been updated and is available on The Learning Center.
The popular course includes new videos with updated curriculum detailing how to safely and effectively dispense propane into several types of cylinders and tanks, including those found at retail locations, bulk plants, and in forklift operations.
Take the online at https://training.propane.com.
The Texas Find a Propane Retailer is a directory hosted by the Texas Propane Gas Association (TPGA) to help consumers find propane retailers in their area. All Category E TPGA member companies can get a free listing for each location they have.
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TPGA members, check your free listing by visiting the directory at https://propanetexas.com/find-a-retailer and typing in the county you service.
TPGA members, are you in the directory? If not, submit a form with your location information. If you are already listed in the directory, has any of your company information changed? Have you added a new location? Have you closed an office? If so, send us your changes or your new location(s) and the counties you serve. TPGA members, add your location or update your location and company information on the form found at https:// form.jotform.com/202953905537158. Questions? Please contact us at
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The latest viral video on the internet with over 15 million views and picked up from new outlets from around the world from the New York Post to the Daily Mail is of the world’s first plasma retractable light saber powered by propane.
A popular YouTuber, James Hobson, known as “the Hacksmith” loves building gadgets and turning popular science fiction items into reality, and was looking for energy dense fuel to power his project.
Inspired by a love of Star Wars, he has previously made various lightsabers, but wanted to produce “the world’s first, retractable, plasma based” version like the ones wielded by Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi. For this, the internet-famous engineers used liquid petroleum gas citing it can create 50 times more energy content than previous versions created on the channel as part of his “Make It Real” series. “The liquid fuel is mixed with oxygen and turned into a superheated beam of plasma via laminar flow, a physical phenomenon which allow liquids to flow smoothly,” the New York Post reported.
high energy output, about enough to power a nuclear plant, he claims, their lightsaber is connected to a custom-built backpack that serves as the power source, with a circuit that can control the flow of gas.”
This 4000 F degree propane powered light saber is so powerful it can cut through steel not unlike the popular scene where Luke Skywalker loses a hand in the infamous fight scene with Darth Vader from Empire Strikes Back.
The Hacksmith said that it took several months for he and his team to create and perfect this technology because creating a light saber with this type technology is “literally rocket science.”
This is not the only project the popular YouTuber uses propane for. Propane powers several “Make It Real” Projects.
Check out the videos of this propane powered technologies at https:// www.youtube.com/ and search “The Hacksmith.”
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