by VMDAEC | Apr 23, 2024 | Connections
LTAP graduates celebrate completion of journey On April 5, VMDAEC hosted a graduation ceremony at its Training Center in Palmyra, Va., celebrating completion of the Lineman Technician Apprenticeship Program by 13 apprentices. Association Manager of Safety Training...
Photo: From left, Andy Gibson, vice president of design and fiber services, S&N Communications; Owen Dean, Empower Broadband; David Hamilton, BARC Connects; Caleb Cooper, Firefly Fiber Broadband; Blake Barry and Blake Jarrett, RURALBAND; and Joe Phillips, fiber services project manager S&N Communications.
by vmdaec-tommy | May 2, 2023 | Connections
Statewide association celebrates graduation of first Fiber Technician Apprenticeship Program On April 21, five young men proudly accepted certificates of completion on their final day of the inaugural class of the Fiber Technician Apprenticeship Program, a joint...
LTAP graduates in front of the “Storm Soldier” statue at the Electric Cooperative Training Center. Photos by Jim Robertson.
by vmdaec-tommy | Jan 31, 2023 | Connections , Connections Archive
Family members, supervisors and others gathered on Jan. 27 in celebration of the completion of a four-year apprenticeship by 12 young line technicians representing electric cooperatives and municipal utilities. Graduating from apprentice to journeyman status requires...