Industrial Training Services, Inc.  Quarterly Newsletter Fall Edition 2014

  
Leading the way in Operator Qualification Compliance, Technology, and Customer Service

Welcome to Industrial Training Services, Inc.

 

The summer has come to an end and the leaves are beginning to change.  Fall brings in the cooler temperatures which jumpstarts the busier season for the natural gas and propane industry.  ITS knows that time is a valuable asset for your company especially during the fall and winter months. 

 

In fact, as the seasons change, so does technology.  ITS is no different!  We are staying ahead of the curve with delivering fast, convenient ways to keep your company and employees compliant in today's challenging regulatory environment.  Our unparalleled customer service and client relationships have kept us in business for over 30 years. 

 

We invite you to join our newsletter and follow us on social media to keep up to date with all the new and exciting things that ITS currently offers as well as new things on the horizon!

 

  • DOT 192 & 195 OQ Compliance 
  • Curriculum development training solutions 
  • Record management 
  • Audit support 
  • Notice of regulatory change 
  • Training and testing resources 
  • Accessible, secure, and up-to-date records 
  • Email reminders for compliance expirations
  • Notice of change feature 
  • Mobile skill evaluations app 
  • Digital wallet cards 

  Contact us at (800) 333-1566 or at info@its-training.com 

 

There is a NEW face at ITS - Wade Balmer!
  

Wade moved to Murray in 1983 and attended Murray High School as well as Murray State University. After college, he was involved in commercial construction and sales until 2001 when he became Vice President and General Manager of a dealership in the motorsports industry. 

 

Wade has been the "voice" of ITS since 2008, assisting with the development of our online LMS training modules.  In 2014, he joined the staff full time as Vice President of Sales and Client Development. He enjoys meeting new people and negotiating new deals.  

 

Wade has been happily married to Stephanie for 20 years, and they have 4 lovely daughters.  Some of his hobbies include fishing, classic cars, flying, and attending as many soccer and softball games that he can.   

 

Wade would love to show your company how ITS can provide solutions to all of your OQ compliance needs.  Give him a call at 270-753-2150 x 117 or by email at wbalmer@its-training.com.

Employee Focus - Meet Jacque Dale
 
At ITS, our employees work hard to provide our clients with the best products and customer service.  Get to know Jacque Dale!

An Oklahoman at heart, Jacque has lived in 6 different states.  She now calls Kentucky her home.  She attended the University of Oklahoma on a music scholarship and later finished her degree in English/Technical Writing from Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky.

 

Jacque enjoys sharing her love for music with others by performing on various kinds of flutes or the hammered dulcimer at local schools, nursing homes, church services, and events. She also sings in the church choir and directs the church handbell choir. 

 

Jacque's hobbies include reading, watercolor painting, and decorating pysanky (a Ukrainian Easter egg decorated with traditional and Christian symbols using a wax-resist method).

 

She and her husband, Greg, enjoy being entertained by their 6 grandchildren.  They love to travel and have visited 40 states and Canada. They especially enjoy viewing the countryside while riding Greg's Harley. 

 

Jacque has worked at Industrial Training Services for 20 years, always loving the challenge of learning and appreciating the many friends and clients she has made through the natural gas, propane, and liquid pipeline industries. 

 

 

Like us on Facebook and Enter to Win a Tablet with OnBoard

 

Industrial Training Services, Inc. is using Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn in conjunction with our website to keep our current and prospective clients and network of industry contacts informed of what is going on at ITS and the Natural Gas and Propane Industry.   

 

Not only are we communicating through Facebook, we are giving away FREE PRIZES!  How can you win? It's Easy!!

 

The first step is to Click Here to Like our page.   You can also click the Facebook Image to the right or at the bottom of this email.  We will start posting the details on Facebook how to win prizes starting 11/1.  Stay informed in your newsfeed about the different news and upcoming events as well as different ways to win with ITS!

 

For starters, we are going to give away an Android Tablet with OnBoard installed when we reach 500 Likes on Facebook! We will be posting different contests and promotions with other cool prizes until we reach this milestone, so don't miss out! 

 

ITS Offers New Solutions for e-Learning Customization
 

We are very excited to offer a new solution for our clients! Design and produce your own content using Microsoft PowerPoint or repurpose your existing training material and presentations into an eLearning course that is compatible with OnBoard LMS.  This is a quick and easy method to rapidly create training content specific to your company's policies and procedures and puts more control over content into your hands.

 

Optionally, we offer template and design services, to make your training course(s) match your company's branding (color schemes and logo). This option allows flexibility and structure, making it easier than ever to add and edit content which will be accessible on a range of devices, including smart phones, tablets, and desktops.  

 

Features:

  • Secure and protected content
  • Customization availability to use your own company's branding
  • Easily shared content
  • Rapid deployment
  • OnBoard LMS compatibility
  • Downloadable content for offline use

This is one of the many ways that ITS is looking for numerous ways to solve ALL of your OQ compliance needs.  If you would like more information on pricing from ITS, please call us at 1-800-333-1566 or email at info@its-training.com.

ITS Attended Several Conferences During the Summer
    

Industrial Training Services, Inc. travels to annual conferences in different areas of the country to keep current in all areas of the Natural Gas and Propane Industry.  This also gives us an opportunity to demonstrate our products, meet current and prospective clients, and give away fabulous prizes! 

 

On July 21-25, Jason Garland attended the LGA Pipeline Safety Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana.  Jason's family also enjoyed the trip; helping their dad set up his booth! The show was well attended and had a vast diversity of both attendees and exhibitors.  We gave away some great prizes including a Roku stick to Stacie Baudoin from LNGS.  Congratulations Stacie!

 

On August 5th, Stephanie Balmer attended the 2nd annual KGA Safety Summit in Lexington, KY. She presented an OnBoard online demonstration at one of the breakout sessions.  She also enjoyed meeting with several long-standing clients that were in attendance at the Summit.  Some of the topics covered this year included:  Reduction of third party damages, Incident Investigation, Active Shooter Preparedness, 811 Call Before You Dig, Distracted Driving, Dealing with Static Electricity, and the ITS/KGA partnership using ONBOARD Online compliance courses.  We look forward to attending the Summit again next year.

 

On August 19-20, Jason Garland and Wade Balmer attended the WRGC Conference in Tempe, Arizona.  Not only did they enjoy meeting with attendees at their booth, they also had a well attended presentation on "Training a Multigenerational Workforce".  Jason is big fan of cool cars and motorcycles, so he was pretty excited about the 811 Custom Chopper as featured on the show "American Chopper" from the Discovery Channel. The custom chopper was designed and built by the famous Paul Jr. who paid amazing attention to detail using front end buckets in the wheels and a shovel for a breather cover. Jason and Wade were a little disappointed they couldn't take a test ride but they did enjoy viewing the craftsmanship. 

           

 

           

 

           

 

           

           

           

           

           

           

Fall 2014
Wade Balmer
Employee Focus
Website
OnBoard Solutions
Conferences

 

Breast Cancer Awareness

 

 Halloween Facts

 

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The OnBoard Learning Content Management System (LMS) is a multi-functional online training and record management platform that is used extensively in the operator qualification, safety, and other compliance-related industries. Contact us at (800) 333-1566 or info@its-training.com to request a demo or answer any questions.

 

Authorized Provider

 

 

 

Industrial Training Services, Inc. has been approved as an Authorized Provider by International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET).  In obtaining this approval, ITS has demonstrated that it complies with the ANSI/IACET Standards which are widely recognized as standards of good practice internationally. As a result of their Authorized Provider membership status, ITS is authorized to offer IACET CEUs for its programs that qualify under the ANSI/IACET Standards.

 

 

 

Upcoming Train The Trainer Class

 

If you would like to register for an upcoming Train the Trainer Class, please click on one of the dates below. 
 
 

 

 

 

CLIENT TESTIMONIALS


 

"Like the Kentucky Gas Association, Industrial Training Services is committed to the advancement of professionalism, safety, and workforce development in the natural gas and utilities industry. KGA offers top quality natural gas safety and operator qualification classes throughout the Commonwealth, and ITS is a strong partner in development of that programming. KGA is proud to provide ITS operator qualification materials to our membership, and the Association is grateful for the working relationship with the full team at ITS. Industrial Training Services is innovative, thorough, accessible, and a colleague to KGA as a member of the Association's Education Committee, which meets monthly at various locations across Kentucky. I am looking forward to the further development of the KGA and ITS partnership."


 

 ~ Matt Tackett

Kentucky Gas Association


 

 "ITS has been our preferred provider for Natural Gas training material for over 25 years and Operator Qualification training material since 2001.  This is my third company name change that has occurred  through mergers and acquisitions over the years  and we have stayed with ITS through it all. Outstanding customer service is their goal and they deliver! Their Onboard system is the best we have seen for tracking OQ, with task expiration alerts and with their QR Code system we get instant access to qualified OQ task records. Liberty Utilities could not ask for a better training and OQ provider."


 

~Jeff McMullin

Liberty Utilities

 

 

 

Breast 

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

 

  This October, Industrial Training Services, Inc. is proud to participate in National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast cancer is the second most common kind of cancer in women. About 1 in 8 women born today in the United States will get breast cancer at some point.

The good news is that many women can survive breast cancer if it's found and treated early.

  1. If you are a woman age 40 to 49, talk with your doctor about when to start getting mammograms and how often to get them.
  2. If you are a woman age 50 to 74, be sure to get a mammogram every 2 years. You may also choose to get them more often.

Talk to a doctor about your risk for breast cancer, especially if a close family member of yours has had breast or ovarian cancer. Your doctor can help you decide when and how often to get mammograms.

 

 

Halloween 

Interesting Facts about Halloween

 

1.  Halloween is one of the world's oldest holidays.
2.  Americans purchase nearly 600 million pounds of candy a year for Halloween.
3.  Americans prefer chocolate (no surprise!!)
4.  Halloween candy sales average about 2 billion dollars annually in the US.
5.  The largest pumpkin ever measured weighed in at over 2000 pounds and took 105 days to grow in a lumber salesman's back yard. 
6.  Halloween is the 2nd most commercially successful holiday coming in behind Christmas.
7.  There is a documented fear of Halloween, it is called "Samhainophobia".
8.  Bobbing for apples originated from a Roman harvest festival where young unmarried people would bob for apples.  The first one to bite into the apple would be the next person allowed to marry.
9.  Americans spend approximately $330 million on pet costumes.
10.  The mask from the movie "Halloween" was actually a William Shatner Star Trek mask that was spray painted white.

 

TTT 

ITS Welcomes our Most Recent Certified Trainers

 

Industrial Training Services would like to welcome our latest Trainers & Evaluators to complete our Train the Trainer Program this summer.

 

We hosted several classes in Murray, KY as well as on-location in Greer, South Carolina, New Orleans, and LA, Wayne, OK. 
 

If you would like more information or would like to register for the NEXT Train-The-Trainer course, please contact Jason at (800) 333-1566 or info@its-training.com.  You can also register online or visit the Train-the-Trainer Page on our website.
 
 






 
Thank you to our New Trainers (in alphabetical order) 7/2-9/4
 
ALMONDBRIANGREER COMMISSION OF PUBLIC WORKS
BALMERWADEINDUSTRIAL TRAINING SERVICES
BINGHAMJEFFREYRPM SERVICES
BRYANSGEORGEGREER COMMISSION OF PUBLIC WORKS
CANADYJEFFINSTITUTE FOR ENERGY OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE TRAINING, INC
CASTELLINITIMCREAMER-SANZARI, A JOINT VENTURE
CHILTONMIKEMID-AMERICA TECHNOLOGY CENTER
CLARKBENJIROANOKE UTILITIES BOARD
CORLEYJONATHANGREER COMMISSION OF PUBLIC WORKS
CROSSCHRISPULASKI CO TECH CENTER
CROSSDEBRACENTRAL TECHNOLOGY CENTER
DAVILAJOEYJADE CONSTRUCTION
ELLISPHILLIPJADE CONSTRUCTION
HARRISCHARLESKENTUCKY FRONTIER GAS LLC
JOYNERMICHAELHARDEMAN FAYETTE UTILITY DISTRICT
KLIEWERJERALDMID-AMERICA TECHNOLOGY CENTER
KRUEGERDAVIDJANX
LANEJEFFINSTITUTE FOR ENERGY OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE TRAINING, INC
LIGUORIMICHAELCREAMER-SANZARI, A JOINT VENTURE
MULLERSTEPHENCREAMER-SANZARI, A JOINT VENTURE
ORTHTHOMASPREMIER UTILITY SERVICES
PITTMANHEATHGREER COMMISSION OF PUBLIC WORKS
RECTORSHARITAGREER COMMISSION OF PUBLIC WORKS
RHODESROBERTGREER COMMISSION OF PUBLIC WORKS
RIGGSROYKNIGHTS MECHANICAL
ROBERTSJEFFREYCITY OF SOMERSET DBA SOMERSET GAS SERVICE
ROBERTSONBENJAMINT/J INSPECTION, INC.
ROSSWALTERENTERGY GAS
SANSONEROBERTTRIVACO
SANZARIJOSEPHCREAMER-SANZARI, A JOINT VENTURE
THARPEBRIANKNIGHTS MECHANICAL
TOMLINSONBILLYHARDEMAN FAYETTE UTILITY DISTRICT
TREVINOELIGAJESKE
WARDBRIANCLIMATE CONTROL OF HARDIN CO
WARTELLAJOHNRPM SERVICES
WATERMANDEANCLIMATE CONTROL OF HARDIN CO
WERKMANANDREWT/J INSPECTION, INC.
WHITEJOHNKENTUCKY FRONTIER GAS LLC
WILSONBRENTROANOKE UTILITIES BOARD


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