PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO OTHERS IN YOUR ORGANIZATION.
Click here to view the entire e-newsletter.
|
|
|
IECRM Monthly E-News: ASPIRE HIGHER
|
|
|
|
|
Wire-Off - Friday, May 21st. Tune into the Live-stream to cheer on IECRM's top 40 students! |
|
Upcoming Meetings
& Events:
Thursday, April 29
4:00 PM - 6:00
May 3-7 (Monday-Friday)
Wednesday, May 5
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
Thursday, May 13
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Wednesday, May 19
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
Live-Streamed
Friday, May 21
Forums:
Wednesday, April 28
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Wednesday, May 12
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
CEUs (Required for License Renewal):
(20 CEU Hours)
Wednesdays
April 28 - June 2
5:30 PM - 9:30 PM
(8 Hours)
Saturday, May 8
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
(16 CEU Hours)
Saturdays May 8-29
9:00 AM - 1:30 PM
View a list of all upcoming
|
|
A Letter from the CEO
Welcome to the Aspire Higher issue of IECRM’s e-news. At IECRM, everything we do is focused on powering forward to greater heights: powering your future, powering your business, and powering careers. In that, we continually aspire higher to enhance the richness and value of our training programs and curricula, our events, and your membership experience.
Aspiring Higher at IECRM is embedded in our leadership and invested in yours. We consistently adhere to the core values of integrity, competency, respect, service & collaboration and maintain a diligent commitment to advocacy for the industry. We also help you become aspiring lifelong learners in order to stay abreast of ever-changing skills and code requirements, remain atop technology innovation, and help you build successful businesses, careers, and a quality workforce.
Aspire Higher is evident in our upcoming Summit Awards. You see it in the companies and individuals who hope to win for the best projects and people. You will see it in the shining faces of our graduating class of 2021. They are just getting started and aspire to successful careers. The career fairs we hold and attend introduce a new audience of individuals looking for a meaningful career and a living wage. Our AMPLIFY pre-apprenticeship program, launching in June, is an aspirational experience of career discovery in the electrical industry for high school students and job seekers who are pondering their post-secondary careers or next career move.
Finally, Aspire Higher is about believing in something larger than ourselves. There is no question that electricians power our world. You power our industry. You power people’s lives. You power our quality of life. You also power the forces of strength, vitality, safety, and security for us all.
|
#WeAreIEC and together we Aspire Higher!
Marilyn Akers Stansbury
IECRM CEO
|
|
SAVE THE DATE!
On Saturday, June 5th, a record number of electrical apprentices will graduate from IECRM’s four-year Electrical Apprentice Program. A very special and unique graduation ceremony will be held to honor the 212 apprentices who will graduate that day! This year, students will be able to graduate in person at the Westin Westminster. Read more
|
|
We are taking you to…THE MOON!
T-minus 2 days until blast-off! The 15th Annual Summit Awards is being held this Thursday, April 29th from 4-6 pm. There’s still time to get late registration tickets for login credentials. Read more
|
|
Getting out for a day in the outdoors and sunshine will feel like a whole new world after a long winter! Coming up on Friday, June 25, at IECRM’s popular Sporting Clay Shoot, members and their guests will participate in this event for friendly competition and camaraderie. Read more
|
|
Tune in Friday, May 21 to cheer on your favorite apprentice competitor as we live-stream the day-long Wire-Off Skills Challenge competition to test the skills and knowledge of IECRM’s top apprentices. Read more
|
|
Early Bird Registration (Members Only): opens 6/14/21
Early Bird Registration (the Public): open 6/21/21
Orientation and Book Pick-up: 7/26-7/30/21
Classes begin: week of 8/2/21
The Math Assessment will be given online. Read more
|
|
IECRM celebrates our instructors during the nationally recognized Teacher Appreciation Week, May 3-7, 2021. Today’s job market is incredibly competitive, and our instructors are an important part of our industry. Having great instructors to ensure proper training of next-generation electricians in key proficiencies is often a catalyst for a student to get a foot in the door for a job. Read more
|
|
Call for Nominations Now Open
Receiving an IEC National Award is a tremendous achievement, and we urge members to take advantage of this significant opportunity for visible and tangible recognition. Don’t let this opportunity pass you by!
IEC National Award winners will be announced throughout the 2021 IEC Convention & Expo October 6-9, 2021 in Denver. Read more
|
|
A Career Discovery Experience for High School Students and Job Seekers
In mid-April, IECRM launched AMPLIFY, its free pre-apprenticeship training program that begins on June 8, 2021. AMPLIFY is a dynamic experience of career discovery in the electrical trade for high school students and job seekers who are pondering their post-secondary careers or their next career move. Read more
|
|
Attracting talent to the “essential” electrical industry proved to be very doable in a virtual setting. On Wednesday, April 14, the turnout for our virtual Career Fair was huge. Read more
|
|
SAVE THE DATE
Be sure to mark your calendars NOW to attend and exhibit at the IEC National Convention & Expo 2021. Taking place in person in Denver, October 6-9, this exciting annual gathering will feature: Read more
|
|
A bridge to the future for apprentices
Last year, we launched our partnership program with Colorado State University’s Global Campus (CSU Global). For the first time, IECRM apprentices were able to transfer credits from a completed apprenticeship towards earning a bachelor’s degree at CSU Global. It continues to be available to all IECRM apprentice graduates today. Read more
|
|
IECRM fourth-year student, Merritt Zollars from APCO Electric, has won the Grand Prize in the IEC National Apprentice Essay Contest. He will receive a $250 Visa® gift card.
His winning entry answered this question: How has becoming an electrician changed or influenced your life and where do you see this career path taking you?“… Read more
|
|
Partnerships are a cornerstone of Emily Griffith Technical College (Emily Griffith). In an effort to recognize their partners who go above and beyond, the school just launched a new Partner of the Quarter Award program, honoring a different partner each quarter that has made an important impact on the school and students.
|
|
About…
Editor’s Note: How fitting to spotlight Aspire Electric and Sol Johnson-Mey in this month’s Aspire Higher themed newsletter.
Aspire Electric LLC was established in 2017. The team at Aspire has over 50 years of industry experience combined in the local Colorado market. They specialize in residential and commercial electrical construction and services. Read more
|
|
Focus on Customers – One Customer at a Time
About…
CED is one of the nation’s largest electrical wholesale distribution networks with over 700 locations in 49 states. Zach Wilbern, CED’s Denver District and PC Manager, leads CED’s partnership with IECRM through support at the Platinum Partner level.
This year, Zach is celebrating his 20th anniversary with CED. Read more
|
|
|
Colorado Construction & Design |
|
IEC National Awards Nominations Opened April 1st! |
|
IEC National Events Coming Up
Start Date: July 22, 2021
End Date: July 24, 2021
Start Date: October 6, 2021
End Date: October 9, 2021
|
|
IEC Contractor Discussion Group
IEC National has created a Facebook forum for all IEC contractors and field employees to share ideas, discuss issues, and receive peer guidance on questions related to the electrical profession.
Group members are encouraged to network and invite their fellow IEC electricians to support group growth; share lessons learned in the field, specifically successes and failures for others to learn, and serve as a general source of knowledge for anyone needing help in the electrical field.
You will be prompted to answer a set of vetting questions, and your answers will be added by a moderator.
|
|
Two or more motors may be connected to a single 120-volt, 20-ampere branch circuit if each motor is rated at 1 hp or less, and the full-load current rating of each motor does not exceed ___ amps.
|
|
Select one:
A. 2
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
|
|
Field problems
Q: Explanation of the new language 230.71b 2020 NEC VS 2017
2017 Code Language:
230.71 Maximum Number of Disconnects.
|
|
|
|
Attached are links to articles provided for you by Federated Insurance designed to be short awareness pieces for member education:
|
|
|
|
As a proud partner with the IEC, The Home Depot is dedicated to saving Electricians time and money.
IEC Members can get 2% cashback on all qualifying pre-tax purchases when enrolled in the Free Pro Xtra Program. In addition to the rebate for customers, The Home Depot will donate a half of a percent of all of the sales in this program to the IEC Foundation.
Register today to ensure you get your full rebate at the end of the year! Call (866) 333-3551 or enroll online. Click here
|
|
|
|
IDEAL4Students offers a variety of resources that supplement the training electrical students receive in classes and apprenticeships.
This program offers:
- A 25% student discount on tools and supplies
- Guidance for prospective students
- Training resources on our electrical tools, supplies, and testers
- Valuable electrical industry knowledge and news
|
|
|
|
ANSI A92 Standard Update Courses Available NOW!
Learn about the changes made to the design, safe-use and training suite of standards for MEWPs/AWPs and how United Academy can help ensure you are in compliance.
|
|
|
|
NOTICE: The Xcel Energy Transportation Electrification team will soon be releasing a Request for Information (RFI) to Colorado’s electrical contractors for work on its expanding vehicle charging station infrastructure.
Xcel Energy will be seeking qualified electrical contractors to provide customers with a best-in-class EV charging experience through their programs.
You will be receive an email invite to participate in a Request for Information (RFI) that will include instructions and next steps for how to engage and work on these innovative programs in Colorado. The email will come from their Sourcing Representative, Jeremy Seykora.
Contractors who are successful in the RFI event will be invited to bid on the work through a Request for Proposal (RFP).
Please reference the attachments below for more information:
|
|
 |
Hiring? Post your ad for FREE on our member exclusive
Or Access
Email info@iecrm.org to request the password to access the IECRM member exclusive documents.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Like IECRM? Leave us a review on Google or Facebook!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
