SELCAT Spotlight
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In this issue
Know Your Knots
Learn how to tie a Triple Bowline.
Words from the Executive Director
Check out a few words from SELCAT'S Executive Director!
Apprentice Spotlight
Read about apprentice Jawan Richardson
Friday, July 14, 2023 SELCAT had its first ever SIDEBAR with SELCAT! In a partnership with IBEW Local 222, SELCAT has a new training site located in Moore Haven, FL. Recently the new facility hosted a SIDEBAR with SELCAT session.
What's a Sidebar you ask?
It's an opportunity for representatives from IBEW/NECA contractors to get the latest and most accurate info from the SELCAT Team.
Got questions about OJT's, Evaluation's, Etc.?
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A Day In The Life Of.......
This month will be the first of a series....A Day In The Life Of......a SELCAT Team member! This month check out Jennifer Gibbons
Important dates:
August 5, 2023
2nd Year OH/URD Online Class
August 10, 2023
Online Math Class
August 16, 2023
1st Aid & CPR Moore Haven, FL Office
August 17-18, 2023
OSHA 10 ET&D Class Moore Haven, FL Office
August 17, 2023
SELCAT Board of Trustees Meeting
August 25, 2023
Mandatory Online Orientation
September 4, 2023
Labor Day- Office Closed
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We had representatives from Heart Utilities, SPE, Hooper, Edison, Service Electric were there as well as IBEW Local 222 and SLCC NECA. We have many exciting things in the future coming up and would love to share it with you!
Our next SIDEBAR with SELCAT will be held on Friday, September 15, 2023 at the Doubletree in Chattanooga, TN! We would love to have you come out and help support our apprentices. After all, the common goal for us all is to keep producing the best and safest Journeyman in the trade!
Join us on September 15, 2023 in Chattanooga, TN for our next Sidebar with SELCAT meeting!
A Message from the Executive Director
WHILE IT SEEMS LIKE THINGS HAVE SLOWED DOWN A BIT, WORK STILL APPEARS TO BE STRONG AND PLENTIFUL SOME AREAS IN OUR JURISDICTION HAVE SHOWN SOME SIGNS OF A SLOWDOWN, BUT THE SIGNS DON’T POINT TO A BROADER LONG-LASTING SLOWDOWN IN SOME AREAS THINGS ARE STILL VERY STRONG, FOR EXAMPLE OUR FASTEST GROWING PROGRAM IS THE SUBSTATION, WE ARE STILL SENDING OUT MANY NEW SUBSTATION APPRENTICES
WE RECEIVED OUR CRAIN AND DIGGER SIMULATOR, 3 IN NEWNAN AND 1 IN FLORIDA WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THESE SIMULATORS TO USE IN EDUCATING APPRENTICES AND JOURNEY LEVEL WORKERS REAL-TIME SIMULATION VORTEX STUDIO PLATFORM IS AN ADVANCED SUITE OF REALTIME SIMULATION SOFTWARE THAT PROVIDES A HIGH-FIDELITY PLATFORM FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN AND TRAINING CHECK THEM OUT, CM-LABS! WE GOT THE 5 SCREEN VERSIONS
WE ARE ALSO EXPECTING THE NEWLY BUILT UNDERGROUND PHASING INNOVATIONS UNDERGROUND TRAINOR. THIS WILL BE TAUGHT BY JASON LEARY AND JOSH NICHOLS. IT IS ALMOST READY, AND IT WILL ATTACH TO NEW 3PHASE TRANSFORMER TRAINOR THAT IS BUILT BY JASON AND JOSH.
YES, WE ARE INVESTING HEAVILY IN NEW AND UPDATED TRAINING AND TECHNOLOGY. WE WANT OUR APPRENTICES AND JOURNEY LEVEL WORKERS TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO TRAIN ON THE LATEST IN POWERLINE EDUCATION AND TRAINING.
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS.
JULY 2023 VOL. 2 NO. 7 Danny
Haddad
MARKETING, OUTREACH & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
A Day In the Life Of...
JENNIFER GIBBONS
Hey y'all! So for the next few issues we will be featuring a "A Day In the Life of..." for our Team here at SELCAT! Just to share with you all a little more about what goes on behind the scenes at the apprenticeship! Thankfully, I drew the short stick!
A little bit about me first....
I have worked at SELCAT for 10+ years now I met my husband Eddie thanks to the Apprenticeship and we have been married now for 6 years. He is a Journeyman Lineman out of Local 222. So when I say I know a little more than just about the apprenticeship y'all, trust me I do. Life in this trade is way different than any other. But we wouldn't trade it for the world. We recently bought a home in DeFuniak Springs, FL, AND we are both so thankful and appreciative that in the first time in those 6 years, we see each other just about everyday now. Not just on the weekends, lol. I have worked at SELCAT as an Administrative Assistant, then as the Office Manager and now....the most fun job you could ask for! Now I'm grateful to say I am the Marketing, Outreach and Business Development Manager for the Apprenticeship. It's a mouthful to say, I know! I just say I get to do all the fun stuff now Also, having this new position has allowed me to be home (almost) every night and not just on the weekends. I work hybrid, at home sometimes, in the office in Newnan, GA sometimes, our Moore Haven, FL office sometimes........
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CONT'D FROM PG. 3
I never know where I may be like alot of you in this trade, but I think that's one of the fun parts! I get to travel to conferences, I visit ALOT of schools, get to see apprentices on the job, visit Local Union Halls in our area, visit contractors offices and meet their staff when I'm close by, all kinds of stuff! Besides all the traveling, I handle all marketing materials, social media platforms we have, schedule events, write and publish the monthly newsletter, try and develop business partnerships that will help the growth of our program.....I could go on and on! One thing I do love is getting to meet all of our apprentices during our FTS classes! If you ask one of the guys from FTS, I have a camera in their faces all day why they work like crazy! But, it gives me a chance to get to know them better and to know more of the line families that we may come across one day out there! This is an incredible trade and Eddie and I have made some life long friends thanks to it!
Apprenticeships help you to get into whatever job field you want to get into. SELCAT has helped me get into Overhead linework. Linework is not easy to get into without an apprenticeship like ours. I love that I get paid while being trained. SELCAT makes me feel alot better about getting the right training.
Dakota Stiefel, 4th Step AP- IBEW Local 175
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XOXO, Jennifer
SELCAT would like to take an opportunity and give a special "Spotlight" to Justin Livengood with Haugland in the Virgin Islands. Mr. Livengood has not only worked as a weekend Instructor for our apprenticeship, but he has been instrumental in assisting us with various things in the Virgin Islands. Justin has always been more than helpful and always looks for ways he can contribute to our program. Thank you so much Justin! We appreciate everything you do for SELCAT!
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SELCAT Spotlight
Journeyman Lineman:
Seth McKelvey
Timothy Olson
Kenneth Lang
Nicholas Espinosa
Bailey Anderson
Kyle Smith
Cameron Holcomb
Samuel D'Andrea
July 2023 Top Outs!
Journeyman Substation Technician:
Journeyman Underground Technician:
Edward Lewis
Justin Flores
KNOWYOURKNOTS.. KNOWYOURKNOTS.. KNOWYOURKNOTS..
Jose Perez
Anthony Russo
Matthew Shaughnessy
Ignacio Grimaldo
The Triple Bowline is useful for lifting injured persons because it has a third loop available to support the back and shoulders, as well as individual loop for each leg.
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