July 2023 SELCAT Spotlight Newsletter

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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

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.?

Who better to answer it that the Team itself. If you have topics you wish to discuss outside our agenda, you will have the opportunity to meet with the Team before, and after the meeting!

Read about apprentice Jawan Richardson

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.

Danny Haddad

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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!

XOXO, Jennifer

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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SPECIAL SELCAT SPOTLIGHT Justin Livengood

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!

Milwaukee Apprentice of the Month

MARCH 2023

APRIL 2023

Jonah Kluch

Shaler Hankins

MAY 2023 Colton Lipscomb

JUNE 2023 Kenneth Rodriguez

JULY 2023

SELCAT Spotlight Journeyman Lineman: Seth McKelvey Timothy Olson Kenneth Lang Nicholas Espinosa Bailey Anderson Kyle Smith Cameron Holcomb Samuel D'Andrea

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July 2023 Top Outs!

Journeyman Substation Technician: Edward Lewis Justin Flores

KNOW YOUR KNOTS..

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Journeyman Underground Technician: 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.