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Grant Writing 101 Workshop

4/16/2025

When:
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Where:
IAMU Training & Office Complex
1735 NE 70th Ave.
Ankeny, Iowa 50021
United States

About the Workshop:
Grant Writing 101 is a beginner-level, 2-hour program designed for representatives of nonprofit organizations, local governments, and schools. This hands-on training session provides practical guidance on how to seek and write successful grant applications.

What You'll Learn:

The challenges of seeking and managing grant funding
Project planning essentials
How to identify potential funders
Key components of a grant application
Tips for crafting a winning proposal

Whether you're brand new to grant writing or looking to sharpen your skills, this workshop will equip you with foundational knowledge and tools to get started. CLICK HERE to get signed up!

Register Now for the Spring Electric Distribution Workshop - May 14-16, 2025- Correction on Cirriculum

4/16/2025

This workshop offers valuable information and hands-on training for utility electric personnel. Utility workers, instructors, and product presenters will once again join together to bring you the latest industry information.

Workshop Topics- Classroom and/or Hands-On Stations The following topics will be covered during the workshop. Stations will be set up on a rotational basis, allowing participants the opportunity to receive various sets of classroom and or hands-on training.

• Pole Inspections with Paul Brewster
• 3 Phase Pole Change-out
• Bucket Rescue (Bashlin)
• Chapman Metering
• Truck Inspections with Iowa DOT
• Cable Prep (3M)
• Protective Grounding
• Armor Rod Install

For additional information in regards to the workshop, including full agenda and registration, please click HERE.
Questions?
Contact Jared Masker at 515-289-5223 or [email protected]

Golfing Fore Scholars-Registration is Open!

4/15/2025

We are excited to announce that registration for Golfing Fore Scholars; our annual golf outing is now OPEN! This event is a fundraiser for the IAMU Scholarship Program.

Golfing Fore Scholars, will be held at Copper Creek Golf Club in Pleasant Hill IA, on Monday, June, 23, 2025. Registration information and sponsorship opportunities can be found here.

Copper Creek is located at
4825 Copper Creek Dr.
Pleasant Hill, Iowa 50327

Don’t wait, register today, this event often sells out early. See you there!

For More Info: Contact IAMU at 515.289.1999 or email [email protected]

Registration Now Open- IAMU Water Distribution Training & Water Leak Detection/Line Location Workshop

4/15/2025

Registration is open for the Water Distribution Training & Water Leak Detection/Line Locating Workshop

** Each workshop is 0.6 CEU's for Water Distribution **

Water Distribution Training Workshop – May 21, 2025
Water Leak Detection/Line Locating Workshop – May 22, 2025
Attend one... or both!

Click HERE to get more information and register!

If you have any questions, please contact Steve Marsh at 515.289.1999 or by email at [email protected]

DMACC’s Shrimp & Bingo Fundraiser Looking for Sponsors

4/15/2025

The DMACC Foundation’s premier scholarship fundraising event for the Water Environmental Technology Program will be held August 23, 2025. Tickets for the event and the sponsorship opportunities are now available for purchase. Sponsorship levels and fees can be found at bingo.dmacc.edu

Common Ground Iowa Presents:Excavation & Safety Investigation April 24, 2025

4/14/2025

IAMU/CBAN Spring Broadband Conference April 22-23, 2025 | Gateway Hotel and Conference Center | Ames, IA

4/14/2025

New Spring Joint Conference, join us in Ames for this 2 day conference. Transforming Community
Broadband. This year there are more sessions of interest to every attendee.
Visit the web page for more information here. We hope to see you there!
Whether you're building or running a broadband network, leading in a community, or working for digital empowerment, you'll walk away with new ideas and solutions for today's challenges.

Attention Utility Clerks: 2025 Clerk’s Conference - Mon., April 21 thru Tues. April 22, 2025- Updated Agenda

4/14/2025

Please join IAMU for the 2025 Clerk’s Conference - Monday, April 21 thru Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at the Holiday Inn Express 2502 S Hulsizer Road, in Ankeny. Questions about the conference? Email Ashley at [email protected]. Here's the agenda.

Representative Conference Topics :

Best Practices
Landlords & Tenants
Billing
Collections
Disconnection
Liens
Large Utility Experience Q&A Session
Rate Setting
Municipal Insurance 101
Managing Your Board or Council
Service Rules

IAMU Member are $225 and Non-Members are $275 for this 2 day event.
Click here to register for the conference.
An IAMU room block has been set for more information on rooms, CLICK HERE

Re-Certification Mobile Crane Operator - Telescoping Boom- April 22-24, 2025

4/14/2025

Crane operators will know and implement the rules and regulations set forth by ASME B30.5 and will safely apply those standards in daily operations. Operators will read, know, and apply all information provided in the manufacturer’s operator manual and will be able to interpret load charts, load testing, LMIs, and any safety instrumentation of each crane. Crane operators will know machine conditions, operational limitations, and load limitations for situations in which the operator may be involved. The operators will conduct all hoisting operations in a safe manner. Operators will be able to effectively communicate with riggers, signal persons, and other site personnel involved with hoisting operations.
The content and titles of NCCER’s mobile crane operator assessments are dependent upon each crane’s boom types while the content and titles of the practical examinations are grouped by the mount, or carriage, that is used with each crane.
Applicants who successfully complete both the knowledge and skills evaluations will be granted “certified mobile crane operator” status for a period of five years from issuance of certification.
Certified crane operators must continue to meet ASME B30 physical requirements throughout their certification period and attest to their agreement to this requirement in their applications.
OSHA requires employers to use qualified riggers during hoisting activities for assembly and disassembly work, when workers are within the fall zone and hooking, unhooking or guiding a load or doing the initial connection of a load to a component or structure.
The level of certification depends upon the individual’s training, knowledge, skill base, and ability to perform functions related to the selection, inspection, and proper use of rigging equipment. This person may be a pipe-fitter, an electrician or steelworker. Each load, pick, crane or job-site may require rigging that varies from simple to complex. Each is unique. The person designated as the rigger must have the ability to properly rig the load for a particular job. Many construction companies require certified riggers be used to attach the load to a crane hook. We offer three levels of Rigger certification to help you reach that next step in your profession.

Click here to register now

Natural Gas “Boot Camp” Phase 2 Workshop

4/14/2025

Gas "Boot Camp" Phase 2 – April 30- May 2, 2025
This training course is intended for individuals who have at least one or more years of experience in the natural gas industry and/or have already successfully completed Boot Camp for Dispatch and On-Call Personnel. This training course is intended to provide "next steps" in the operator qualification process by providing in depth classroom and hands-on training for OQ covered tasks.

Registration is open now, and spots are limited to 15 attendees! Click Here to Sign up!

If you have any questions, please reach out to Nick Vandegriff!
We can’t wait to see you at the workshop(s)!