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IAMU Encourages Member Electric Utilities Participate in APPA Salary Survey

5/28/2025

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 The annual APPA Utility Salary Survey, featuring annual base pay information for 34 salaried positions and 26 hourly positions is now open. Public power utilities with at least 50 percent retail sales, with some exceptions, are eligible to participate in this survey.
APPA is asking utilities to complete the survey by July 17, 2025. Each participating member utility will receive a complimentary copy of the full final report, which includes a breakdown of salaries by revenue and customer class and regional salary summaries. Non-participating APPA member utilities can purchase the final report on the APPA Product Store for $75.
Starting this year, APPA will only be offering a complimentary digital copy of the full final report to APPA members. Non-member participants can purchase the report from APPA’s product store for a discounted price of $200.

You can access the survey here: https://surveys.publicpower.org/s3/APPA-Utility-Salary-Survey-2025-Landing-Page

You can preview the survey here: https://surveygizmolibrary.s3.amazonaws.com/library/93972/2025_APPA_Utility_Salary_Survey_f.pdf
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We appreciate your assistance. Please contact (202) 467-2920 or [email protected] if you have any questions.

Confidentiality
APPA will keep each utility’s responses strictly confidential and will not share responses outside of APPA, except that, as indicated in Question No. 35 in the survey, APPA will share individual utility information with the respective state/regional association to which the utility is a member unless the utility indicates it is not giving APPA its permission to share its responses with its state/regional association. Each state/regional association will keep confidential any individual utility’s responses. No utility should directly share its salary or benefit information with any other utility or employer, and no utility should discuss its own salary or benefit information or the APPA survey report with any other utility or employer.
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Drug & Alcohol Employee/Supervisor Training Webinar

5/28/2025

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Register now for our Drug & Alcohol Employee/Supervisor Training Webinar on Tuesday, July 15th, 2025.

The webinar will address the following:
  • The effects of drugs and alcohol on the body
  • Recognize the signs, symptoms, and indicators of substance abuse at the workplace
  • Comply with federal DOT regulations requiring 2-hour reasonable suspicion training for supervisors
  • 60 minutes will be spent on symptoms of alcohol abuse
  • 60 minutes will be spent on symptoms of drug/controlled substance abuse

***Certificate of Completion will be emailed to registrants upon confirmation of participant's full attendance in webinar***

Questions? Contact Joedy Dennis at [email protected] or 515-681-7961
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Gas Main Installation & Repair Workshop

5/28/2025

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REGISTRATION IS OPEN!

For the safety and security of your customers as well as for the future expansion of your gas utility, it is essential that your personnel are properly trained in the installation and repair of natural gas distribution mains.  There are many key elements to the installation and repair of natural gas distribution mains, and this workshop is designed to cover all of them in detail.  During this workshop, participants will receive classroom training covering procedures from the IAMU Written Procedures Manual as well as live, hands-on training, where participants will install a new section of main as well make a repair on a previously damaged main out on the IAMU Training Field.

If a participant would like to receive Operator Qualification on tasks being covered, an email notification must be sent to Nick Vandegriff at [email protected] in advance of the workshop and the participant must complete the written exam portion of the qualification prior to the workshop.  OQ tasks being covered during this workshop include the following.
  • Pipe Joining Procedures (Electrofusion or Stab Fittings)
  • Damage Prevention During Excavation Activities by or on Behalf of the Operator
  • Backfilling
  • Visually Inspect Pipe and Components Prior to Installation
  • Installation of Plastic Pipe in a Ditch
  • Install Tracer Wire
  • Visual Inspection of Buried Pipe and Components When Exposed
  • Tapping a Pipeline (Tap Diameter 2” and Less)
  • Pressure Test – Nonliquid Medium (MAOP less than 100 psi)
  • Leak Test at Operating Pressure
  • Purge – Flammable or Inert Gas
  • Squeeze Off Plastic Pipe
  • Prevent Accidental Ignition
  • Recognize and React to Abnormal Operating Conditions
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Electric Utility System Operation Short Course

5/28/2025

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This course covers generation, transmission, and distribution in the same amount of detail, covering distribution down to the 120/240 residential connections. This class details how all key pieces of equipment are built, how the equipment operates, and how the equipment functions in the overall operations of a utility system. It integrates equipment construction and operations in describing a utility. It is structured to provide employees with the same technical understanding that engineers receive, but this understanding is provided without the complex mathematics that engineers learn.

For further details about the course please visit:
https://www.utilitytraining.net/electric-utilitysystem-
operations-courses

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REGISTER HERE
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NFPA 70B 2023 Workshop - July 17, 2025

5/28/2025

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Safety is dependent on properly maintained overcurrent protective devices and electrical equipment. Improperly maintained equipment has a higher chance of failure, increasing incident energy, which could increase the risk of injury or death to workers. This is where NFPA 70B, Standard for Electrical Equipment Maintenance, applies. With the 2023 update, NFPA 70B became a recognized standard instead of a recommended practice, meaning it is now enforceable.

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) defines NFPA 70B as a standard that describes preventive maintenance procedures for electrical, electronic, and communication systems and equipment -- such as those used in industrial plants, institutional and commercial buildings, and large multi-family residential complexes -- to prevent equipment failures and worker injuries.

This workshop will cover the 5 main elements of NFPA 70B:
  • Maintenance scheduling
  • Equipment condition assessment
  • Electrical maintenance programs
  • Preventive maintenance procedures
  • System study intervals

If you are an electrical supervisor, foreman, safety and health personnel, electrical maintenance personnel, or responsible for maintaining equipment maintenance documentation, then you should attend this workshop.

Remember: License does not equal qualified

Registration is open and limited. CLICK HERE to see the full workshop brochure and secure your spot!

Questions? Message Margret Meade at [email protected] or call 515.210.6617
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IAMU Encourages Member Electric Utilities Participate in APPA Salary Survey

5/21/2025

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 The annual APPA Utility Salary Survey, featuring annual base pay information for 34 salaried positions and 26 hourly positions is now open. Public power utilities with at least 50 percent retail sales, with some exceptions, are eligible to participate in this survey.
APPA is asking utilities to complete the survey by July 17, 2025. Each participating member utility will receive a complimentary copy of the full final report, which includes a breakdown of salaries by revenue and customer class and regional salary summaries. Non-participating APPA member utilities can purchase the final report on the APPA Product Store for $75.
Starting this year, APPA will only be offering a complimentary digital copy of the full final report to APPA members. Non-member participants can purchase the report from APPA’s product store for a discounted price of $200.

You can access the survey here: https://surveys.publicpower.org/s3/APPA-Utility-Salary-Survey-2025-Landing-Page

You can preview the survey here: https://surveygizmolibrary.s3.amazonaws.com/library/93972/2025_APPA_Utility_Salary_Survey_f.pdf
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We appreciate your assistance. Please contact (202) 467-2920 or [email protected] if you have any questions.

Confidentiality
APPA will keep each utility’s responses strictly confidential and will not share responses outside of APPA, except that, as indicated in Question No. 35 in the survey, APPA will share individual utility information with the respective state/regional association to which the utility is a member unless the utility indicates it is not giving APPA its permission to share its responses with its state/regional association. Each state/regional association will keep confidential any individual utility’s responses. No utility should directly share its salary or benefit information with any other utility or employer, and no utility should discuss its own salary or benefit information or the APPA survey report with any other utility or employer.
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Certified Mobile Crane Operator – Telescoping Boom              June 16th – June 20th 2025

5/21/2025

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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!
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Iowa Lineman Rodeo - August 15th

5/21/2025

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Electric Utility System Operation Short Course

5/21/2025

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This course covers generation, transmission, and distribution in the same amount of detail, covering distribution down to the 120/240 residential connections. This class details how all key pieces of equipment are built, how the equipment operates, and how the equipment functions in the overall operations of a utility system. It integrates equipment construction and operations in describing a utility. It is structured to provide employees with the same technical understanding that engineers receive, but this understanding is provided without the complex mathematics that engineers learn.

For further details about the course please visit:
https://www.utilitytraining.net/electric-utilitysystem-
operations-courses

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REGISTER HERE
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Drug & Alcohol Employee/Supervisor Training Webinar

5/21/2025

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Register now for our Drug & Alcohol Employee/Supervisor Training Webinar on Tuesday, July 15th, 2025.

The webinar will address the following:
  • The effects of drugs and alcohol on the body
  • Recognize the signs, symptoms, and indicators of substance abuse at the workplace
  • Comply with federal DOT regulations requiring 2-hour reasonable suspicion training for supervisors
  • 60 minutes will be spent on symptoms of alcohol abuse
  • 60 minutes will be spent on symptoms of drug/controlled substance abuse

***Certificate of Completion will be emailed to registrants upon confirmation of participant's full attendance in webinar***

Questions? Contact Joedy Dennis at [email protected] or 515-681-7961
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