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Dave Smith
Years of Experience44Dave Smith has been an Industrial Maintenance Electrician since 1975. He has taught maintenance, troubleshooting and safety courses to thousands of electricians in mines, mills, refineries, factories, plants, power stations and offshore platforms throughout North America and the Middle East. Dave is a hands-on guy and teaches from a field perspective with his intended audience being his utmost concern...
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John Newman, Syncrude Canada"Dave is very well versed in all aspects of the electrical field."
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Jody Payne, Canrig"I was impressed by the instructor, Dave's straight forward "down to earth" teaching style. He was able to keep the room attentive and involved. The training is essential for any employee working with or around any electrical equipment."
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Abdullahi Ali, Syncrude Canada"Dave is very experienced, interesting, friendly and most of all a very engaging instructor."
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Dave Wallace
Years of Experience44Dave has worked as an Industrial Electrical electrician and Electronic Technologist for over 40 years, starting his electrical career at the Nova Scotia Institute of Technology in 1975. His main specialty is troubleshooting electrical and electronic systems in various manufacturing plants and marine applications with extensive experience on PLC’s and VFD’s. Dave’s worked nationally...
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Peter Waugh
Years of Experience40Peter Waugh brings 39 years of experience in fields of maintenance and human resources management. Peter graduated in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Brunswick. He started his career with Westinghouse Industrial Field Service servicing power distribution equipment. He then moved to the Pulp & Paper industry where he worked for three companies over the next 30 years working in...
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Joe Kiceniuk
Years of Experience51Joe Kiceniuk was educated at University of Alberta and University of British Columbia and has technical training in electronics with over 40 years experience in electronic circuit construction, troubleshooting and service. Joe has a working knowledge of multiple programming languages and extensive experience with quality control in analytical systems. He has designed and built equipment and is the...
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Andrew Sheaves, Suncor“I think it was a great course. I haven’t done a lot of troubleshooting up to this point but certainly feel better prepared to do so now. Joe Kiceniuk is a great instructor and very knowledgeable.”
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Troy Barton, Department of National Defense“I found Joe to be very knowledgeable, interesting and able to deliver course content very effectively. The equipment was challenging. I feel I have gained a different way to look at my troubleshooting practices. Should have a better success working on generators, overhead cranes and kitchen equipment.”
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Josh W, Department of National Defense“Joe was extremely knowledgeable and the information attained in this course is a valuable tool for any trades person working with electrical systems.”
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Dave Neal
Years of Experience46With 33 years of on the job experience at Hydro One, doing consulting work for McGregor Allsop, Trow Engineering Consultants and Dillion and Associates, Dave has acquired extensive knowledge of electrical equipment, installations and legislative requirements. While with Hydro One, Dave was involved with many projects including: - Held the lead role in the implementation of the new Training Development...
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Josh Leonard, Nortown Electrical Contractors“Dave Neal was very knowledgeable and had great personal experience to share with the class.”
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Darrel Holland, Quesnel Plywood“Dave Neal was a very knowledgeable instructor; his years of experience and personal experience provided a credible instructor. He was very approachable and willing to share his wealth of knowledge.”
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Kenneth Preston, Daishowa-Marubeni“Dave Neal did a great job; he knew his material and related it to scenarios that applied to our plant. Great job.”
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John Pepper
Years of Experience51John is a highly valued and longtime member of our training/consulting team. Whether he's training workers in Rigging and Hoisting at an OSB plant in Northern Saskatchewan, conducting Boom Truck training for hydro utilities in the Maritime's or as far afield as a Mexican gulf coast major LNG Terminal; training Spanish speaking workers on a variety of Crane Inspection and Operation curriculums. You...
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Graham McTavish, Abitibi Consolidated"Very good, John kept the course interesting and flowing well."
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Waylon Nagy, Enbridge Pipelines“John Pepper is a very good instructor, with lots of knowledge. He made it easy to follow while obtaining good information.”
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Paul Doucette, Meadow Lake Mechanical Pulp"Excellent, very informative, easy going, conveys instruction very thoroughly and clearly."
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Edward Rideout
Years of Experience50Ed Rideout has been involved with the electrical field in many ways for nearly 35 years. His electrical experience started when he was just out of vocational school and was hired as the sole electrician at a local fish plant in charge of six fishing trawlers, a power house and a fish plant facility. In 1975 Ed went on to work with Nova Scotia Power, first as an apprentice electrician in a generating...
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Rodney Pettigrew, Kramer Ltd."Ed is very knowledgeable, helpful and accommodating. He made a challenging course very interesting."
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Micheal Vandervoort, DND“The instructor, Ed, was extremely knowledgeable and inspired me to think for myself. The skills he passed on for troubleshooting were top notch.”
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Ivan Holderness, Suncor"The instructor, Joe Kiceniuk was very knowledgeable, patient and helpful with all of the course content. Adequate time was always given and I felt free to ask questions. It was a great program all around. (How to Analytically Troubleshoot Electrical Systems)."
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Jim Roberts
Years of Experience39Jim Roberts brings over 34 years of experience in the electrical field. A graduate from the Georgian College Electrical Engineering program, he started his career at Toronto Hydro Electrical Systems as a High Voltage Underground Cable Fault Technician then proceeded to Toronto Transit Commission where he obtained his red seal 309A electrical license and became a Maintenance/Construction Electrician...
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Connie Oglivie, Lambton Kent DSBGood course, good resource materials, valuable networking.
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Kaila Stepanic, Pembina Pipelines“I found the instructor, Jim Roberts to be very knowledgeable and professional in his delivery of the course. The course was well organized and very informative.”
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Terry Simpson, Department of National Defence, RPOPS Electrician“Jim Roberts is a knowledgeable instructor in this area of the trade. His course is a definite requirement.”
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Fred Tanguay
Years of Experience41With 30+ years of knowledge and experience gained from working in a variety of areas including power apparatus maintenance and commissioning, power engineering and design as well as training seminars for industrial and utility clients, Fred has a lot to offer students. In addition to an in-depth background in these areas, Fred also has qualifications in the following: - Occupational Health & Safety...
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Stuart Yanish, Mosaic Potash“Fred was a clear and to the point type of instructor who made it easy to understand some more advanced technical theories. Hands on work and also reiterated what he was trying to explain to us.”
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Murray Cochrane, Mosaic Potash“Fred was very informative and the course was very educational. I would recommend this instructor and course to any electrician.”
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Ken Brodle, Keith Plumbing and Heating"Fred was brilliant as an instructor. He knew his material and was able to explain it so that even people unfamiliar with electricity could understand it. He was patient and explained the material with emphasis on what was vital to know."
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Alain Tremblay
Years of Experience52Alain Tremblay is an electrical engineer with over 31 years of experience. He is fluent in both French and English and can instruct courses in both languages. He is a consultant on electrical power systems and preventative maintenance such as infrared thermography, transformer oil and gas analysis, electrical course and job supervision. Alain graduated from Laval University in Quebec with a Bachelor...
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Terry Yonkheym
Years of Experience57Terry Yonkheym brings over 28 years experience in training and practical electrical maintenance to Canada Training Group's electrical, safety and high voltage programs. Terry's extensive service record for Ontario Hydro began as a Power Maintenance Electrician Apprentice, progressing through attaining the Inter-Provincial Construction and Maintenance Electrician's license, Journeyperson status and...
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Karalee Krekoski, Syncrude Canada Ltd.“Terry Yonkheym is knowledgeable, personable and well spoken. It was a pleasure to be in his class.”
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Philip Payne, City of Ottawa“Another good course from Canada Training Group. Terry was very good. We could use more trade-related courses like this one.”
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Ben Jansen, Syncrude Canada Ltd.“I found the instructor, Terry Yonkheym to be very knowledgeable in the trade and explained everything very clearly.”
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