Biography

Richard Stickel worked at the Canfor Taylor Pulp Mill for 33 years. He has worked in operations, electrical and industrial instrumentation maintenance, construction in the oil and gas field and airport electrical construction. He holds dual journeyman certification as an electrician as well as an instrument mechanic. He is a 4th class power engineer.

As a technician Richard was involved with construction and maintenance of high voltage, medium voltage and low voltage systems. He also installed and programmed DCS and PLC’s, installed and repaired VFD’s, and installed and maintained analytical instrumentation and control valves.

He began his career at the pulp mill in operations and then moved over to E&I. He held the position of electrical and instrumentation supervisor for a number of years and then transferred into the planning department. As a supervisor he was responsible for the training and safety of the staff as well as contract electricians and instrument mechanics. As a planner he was involved with organizing and implementing the safe completion of regular maintenance and projects. He was also E&I team lead on major projects.

Richard has been very involved with speed skating in Canada as a coach and has led a number of academies and seminars.

Testimonials

  • Daniel Torgerson, Enbridge
    Richard provided examples and previous experience. He answered all questions and went through the course content very well.
  • Afzal Sabir, Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo
    Richard was very knowledgeable and easy to get along with, took questions patiently and answered understandably. He was very good with deep knowledge of VFD functionality. He used examples from field experience, which makes more sense and is easy to understand.
  • Mike Strachan, Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo
    Richard was a very good instructor that answered all my questions and if he didn't know the answer he found it in a timely manner
  • Nathan Ferrish, Syncrude
    Richard was knowledgeable about the course topics and was able to provide real-world experience when he encountered troubles with the drives. He was easy to talk to, approachable, and honest with his answers.
  • Ron Cox, Syncrude
    Richard is a great instructor, very knowledgeable, and has a great way of explaining things.
  • Bryce Allin, West Fraser
    Richard was very informative, willing to answer questions and find any answers he didn't know.
  • Nicole Deck, CAE
    Richard is well-spoken and paced the course well.
  • Dana Latsay, Enbridge Pipelines INC
    Richard was a very good instructor. He kept the course interesting and asked the class a lot of questions to engage us. Knowledgeable with good answers for questions the class had.
  • Aaron Belanger, Syncrude
    Richard was very knowledgeable of the subject and provided personal experiences to back it up.

Expertise

Drilling and Service Rig Electrical Safety and Awareness Variable Frequency Drives High Voltage Safety
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