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Dave Smith
Years of Experience45Dave 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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Carla Young, Syncrude Canada"Very relaxed, informative and funny. Great instructor!!"
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Will J, Ainsworth"Good instruction Dave. Candid conversations kept the day awake and interesting. Touching on more than just arc flash but electrical safety."
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Jeff Simmons, Syncrude Canada"Dave did a good job during the presentation, stopping to talk about each area of discussion to make sure we understood everything."
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Peter Waugh
Years of Experience41Peter 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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Darren Storm, Pretium Resources"The course was very informative and it has opened our eyes to the potential hazards we work with on a day to day basis. Peter was a extremely knowledgeable."
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Wes Palmer, Pretium Resources"Peter was very informative and eager to help with any questions we had."
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Wes Palmer, Pretium Resources"Peter was very knowledgeable and explained things with precision and confidence."
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Kenny Brown
Years of Experience39Kenny Brown has over 38 years of electrical maintenance experience with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). He started his electrical career as an apprentice in 1980 and joining the IBEW LU-558 at TVA’s Brown’s Ferry Nuclear plant.He led maintenance crews as an electrical foreman soon after receiving journeyman status and was selected to be the sites first Certified Electrical Maintenance...
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Dave Rodda
Years of Experience36Dave Rodda began his career at the age of 7 when he took his father’s HIFI system apart. From there he enrolled in the Electrical Electronic courses offered at Hellgate High School in Missoula Montana. After a career in the US Navy as a 2nd Class Machinist Mate, he returned to the University of Montana looking to becoming a teacher while working summers for an electrical contractor. With the...
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Joe Kiceniuk
Years of Experience52Joe 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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Matt Hawkins, VelcoThe instructor, Joe Kiceniuk was very knowledgeable and clear on his points.
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Rick Farrington, Velco“Excellent course, Joe Kiceniuk did a great job presenting the material. This was a very good refresher for those of us who have experience troubleshooting electrical/electronics and excellent foundation for those us who did not.”
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Brian Ethier, Spectra EnergyJoe has lots of experience in the electrical/electronics field and he has transferred this information to us very well. Good job to Joe and Al.
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Dave Neal
Years of Experience47With 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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Chris Page, Cogeco“Dave made the course interesting with many real-life examples and using his experience. He asked appropriate questions of the group and encouraged involvement by all.”
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Luc Belanger, Panolam IndustriesDave Neal speaks very well and he has a very good knowledgeable of electrical systems. His real-life experiences made him interesting for you to stay in focus in learning the material.”
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Brad Fletcher, Signal Electric Ltd.“Dave is a great instructor, easily understood and has a simplified approach allowing for easy understanding.”
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Edward Rideout
Years of Experience51Ed 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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Brad Rogers, Enbridge Pipelines“I'm very pleased with Ed and the way he delivers the content. I do better when I have minimal class instruction and more hands on and this course really fit the bill in this respect. The labs were laid out quite well and were relevant to the content as well. I would recommend this course to any electrician...
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Brent Blackmore, TransCanada Pipelines"The instructor, Ed Rideout knew his stuff and presented it in a well-organized way, with many examples. The shock value of the course was very eye opening."
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Hein de Jager, Suncor"Ed Rideout was friendly and a very knowledgeable instructor. He kept the course interesting and makes your head work hard."
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Jim Roberts
Years of Experience40Jim 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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Paul Steinkey, Daam Galvanizing Ltd.“Jim was very knowledgeable with course material. He would also answer questions that were outside of the course and pertained to our own jobs. He engaged all of us at the beginning and said, "No question was a stupid question." Thanks Jim.”
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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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Luigi Marchesi, Toronto Transit Commission“Great job, Jim goes through material in a clear understanding way. Jim was very thorough with both arc flash and high voltage material.”
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Fred Tanguay
Years of Experience42With 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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Duncan Paridaen, Syncrude Canada Ltd.“Fred Tanguy was a very knowledgeable instructor; he could answer all the questions. Good course I learnt a lot.”
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Ramon V, Samco Machinery“Fred, the instructor, was very knowledgeable and practical, having been in the electrical industry for the majority of his career. So I learned a lot from his real experiences, and lessons learned, which added a lot of value to the standard curriculum.”
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Mike Lysohirka, Areva“I do believe Fred does a great, thorough job teaching this course. With his experience in his past jobs, it has brought forward a great way to bring his awareness and safety for us as a tradesman.”
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Alain Tremblay
Years of Experience53Alain 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 Experience58Terry 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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Geeta Nagpal, Syncrude Canada"The instructor, Terry Yonkheym is highly experienced and knowledgeable."
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Jason Dalton, Substation Electrician, Newfoundland Power"Used personal experience very well to get key points across. Related very well to students and was there for help whenever needed"
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Adam Lord, Syncrude Canada"Terry is a man with many years in the industry, with such an obvious faith in what he is teaching. He is the right man for the job."
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Tim Dacey
Years of Experience38Tim brings 38 years of experience in operations at various public and private utility companies starting with SaskPower in the late 70’s where he apprenticed as an electrician earning his Interprovincial Journeyman’s Electrician certification in the early 80’s. He continued to work as a Station Electrician for the next decade prior to moving into natural gas compression and transmission...
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