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Joe Kiceniuk
Years of Experience58Joe 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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Blaire Burke, Department of National Defense“Joe was very knowledgeable in many aspects of troubleshooting, pertaining to the part that his vast experience in the scientific work that requires you to take notes, plan your direction in troubleshooting. The course required you to think of your comfort zone and to plan your way through troubleshooting...
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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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Calina Auty, Syncrude Canada LTDJoe was very knowledgeable and great at explaining and teaching. He kept everyone engaged and interested.
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Daniel Chartier
Years of Experience35Daniel Chartier travaille comme ingénieur électrique depuis près de 30 ans, et est spécialisé en automatisation et contrôles. Il a travaillé dans des fonderies d'aluminium et les mines, dans l'emballage, les stations de pompage et dans la construction d'usines thermiques (District Cooling) au cours des ans. Il a été responsable du développement de formations de sécurité dans...
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Curtis Burtch, Canadian Coast GuardDaniel was well-equipped to teach this content. He has extensive knowledge of the subject and effectively translates it into the online format. The material sinks in more when covered by someone so familiar with how this hazard operates, as well as how things can go wrong with arc flash.
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Keith Dmyterko, Canadian Light Source Inc.Daniel presented the topics in a very interesting way and gave interesting real-world examples for the topics at hand.
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Gene Wallis, EnbridgeDaniel was great, very informative, and I appreciated all the real-world applications he took us through.
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Doug Baker
Years of Experience50Doug brings over forty five years experience in the electrical industry, working for utility, utility contractors, engineering firm, and educational institute. Most recently finishing a career at NAIT as an instructor/academic chair (Northern Alberta Institute of Technology) in Power Lineman, Power System Electrician, Electrician and Electrical Engineering Technology programs. He has constructed and...
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Shane Robinson, PembinaDoug was very knowledgeable. He was able to explain situations and give real life examples to us. He was very good at making sure the class was kept engaged and helped us better understand.
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Chad Hansen, Enbridge PipelinesDoug was very knowledgeable about the course, with a lot of hands-on experience. He was able to answer all questions and communicates the material.
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Jesse Coonce, Capital PowerDoug was a good instructor that displayed great course knowledge and was engaging while covering the content in a productive manner.
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Paul Sherwood
Years of Experience4944 years as an Industrial Maintenance Electrician in the U.K. And CanadaExperience in the engineering and manufacturing industries maintaining a wide variety of electrical equipmentWorked primarily in the Potash mining industry in Saskatchewan (32 years) At Potash held various roles, worked underground maintaining Electrical systems and equipment.Mill maintenance Electrician working on high, medium...
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Spring Wiebe, Imperial MetalsPaul was a well-spoken instructor who also took the time to explain everything in great detail, as the class participants weren't electricians.
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Stefan Hayden, Canadian Coast GuardPaul communicated the information effectively. He didn't just read directly from the slides and kept the class engaged.
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Alexander Faulds, AKA energy systemsThe instructor was good and seemed to have experienced many of the safety issues talked about in the course, allowing him to pass along a more personal understanding of why we should follow the safety steps talked about in this course
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Norm Jewitt
Years of Experience41He began his career in the electrical trade by engaging in construction activities at a potash mine located west of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Since then, he has accumulated experience in various facets of the electrical trade, including construction, commissioning, and maintenance.Norm has contributed his skills to the commercial, industrial, and mining sectors. Additionally, he successfully managed...
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Zach Heisinger, Maka PowerI was very green on all things to do with this course. Norm provides a very good understanding of not only why we are testing but also how each machine works. I feel very confident I will be able to further my knowledge of this with more practice with our own equipment in the shop.
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Darren Peddle, Inter PipelineNorm gave an excellent presentation of the material. Lots of experience in the electrical trade made the course flow smoothly.
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Brad Schaitel, CBONorm is knowledgeable about CSA standards and examples of electrical safety and previous problems.
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Wayne Jeffrey
Years of Experience44Wayne joined Canada Training Group with over 40 years of knowledge and experience in the Electrical and Instrumentation industry. As a Master Electrician and Journeyman Instrument Mechanic, Wayne offers a unique perspective to training that provides solid theory with practical applications gained through years of work in the industry. Wayne’s oilfield and agriculture experience encompasses maintenance...
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Ty Spooner, BluEarth RenewablesWayne is very knowledgeable. He is also very patient and helpful with making you understand the process and reasoning for planning and testing on electrical systems
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Adam Brown, Alberta Health ServicesWayne was clear in his explanations. He helped you think your way through a problem instead of just telling you the answer.
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Christian Hachache, EDS Pumps & Water TreatmentI feel Wayne made it a fun and interesting course. He was very thorough and ensured we all understood everything that was covered.
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Dave Cox
Years of Experience46Dave began his career in commercial high rises in Calgary. He then spent time working industrial oilfield maintenance electrical in Alberta followed by General Motors in Oshawa Ontario, Koch fertilizer and Husky Oil in Manitoba, Baffin Island at an iron ore mine and commissioning in the Alberta oildsands sector.Dave is also an avid whitewater rafting professional, and has served as a guide in Ontario...
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Zach Berthier, Global Container TerminalsDave was very clear with instructions and helpful with problem-solving and fault finding.
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Adnan Farooq, City of OttawaDave is well equiped with course materials and has hands-on practical field experience on how to troubleshoot VFD. That helped me to learn lots of practical problems we usually run into.
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Vitalii Murashkin, Matrix Logistics ServicesDave demonstrated a high level of expertise in arc-flash analysis, high-voltage safety, and real-world industrial electrical systems. His explanations were clear, precise, and always supported by practical examples from field environments such as substations, mining operations, and industrial plants.
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Richard Stickel
Years of Experience37Richard 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...
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Mike Strachan, Regional Municipality of Wood BuffaloRichard 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
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Nicole Deck, CAERichard is well-spoken and paced the course well.
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Afzal Sabir, Regional Municipality of Wood BuffaloRichard 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.
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Bob Yamashita
Years of Experience37Organizational Consultant, Master Trainer and Executive Coach Bob is a senior coach, consultant, and trainer with extensive experience in Human Resources and Leadership Development. He has served as Director of Human Resources for Nortel Networks, having led the function in several locations in Western Canadian and the United States. He has also held related roles with other leading companies including...
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Keith Holden
Years of Experience32Keith Holden has over 30 years experience in the high voltage electrical field. His educational background is comprised of Electrical Engineering Technician from Fleming College and in addition ongoing education including Tap Root Accident Investigation, Safe Start safety training, Measurement Canada Regulations. He has worked with the largest utility Hydro One in various leadership and operational...
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Alex Comeau, Acadian SeaplantsKeith was very knowledgeable and answered all questions well.
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Duane Fischer, KeyeraKeith is a great instructor with real-life examples of course material.
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Tony Willis
Years of Experience37Tony graduated with an Industrial Instrumentation/Electricity & Electronics degree from a technical college in Louisiana. He has over 37 years of experience primarily in instrument maintenance and I&E maintenance at chemical, refining, and pipeline facilities. Tony spent the last 12 years as a I/E supervisor and the past 6 years on the pipeline and terminal side developing employee training...
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Randy McKee
Years of Experience32Randy McKee brings over 30 years of hands-on industrial experience to Canada Training Group, with a strong background in hydraulic systems, equipment maintenance, and practical troubleshooting. Randy’s teaching style is grounded in real field experience. He helps students understand how hydraulic systems actually behave, how components interact, and how to approach faults in a structured way...
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Kirk Brost
Years of Experience31Kirk Brost is an Electrical Engineer with over 30 years of experience with control and power systems for the Oil and Gas industry. His work experience includes design, construction, programming, and operation of multiple heavy oil facilities in Alberta and Saskatchewan. While working for Murphy Oil and Baytex Energy, he developed multiple safe operating procedures, several safety tracking databases...
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Daniel Ferguson, Hylife FoodsKirk was good; he explained everything in a thorough but easy-to-understand way.
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Jeff Leighton
Years of Experience33Jeff pairs operations insight with electrical craft skill, bringing more than three decades in oil-and-gas to the classroom. He broke into the industry at Gulf/Petro-Canada’s Cochrane gas plant, first as a process operator and later as a maintenance electrician. In 1996 he moved to Shell’s Scotford Upgrader as an Electrical Specialist, ultimately becoming the site’s turnaround high-voltage...
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Kalum Huxtable, BV ElectricJeff was very helpful in answering questions and kept the course going at a good pace.
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Scott Smith, BV ElectricJeff was very informative and knew the course. Good encouragement from him to get the attendants engaged.
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Justine Adams, West FraserHe was really good. Engaging. Especially for a course this long
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Jason Slade
Years of Experience36Jason Slade began his career as a Control Maintainer (E&I) Apprentice and brings with him two electrical tickets and over 35 years of experience from Ontario Hydro / OPG's thermal power plants. His first 18 years in the trade included troubleshooting, calibrating and repairing the electrical and instrumentation devices and systems that controlled the turbines, boilers, generators and auxiliary...
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Damien Rose
Years of Experience15Damien Rose specializes in electrical safety, Arc Flash risk management, infrared thermography, and technical training. With over 12 years of experience in industrial, mining, and commercial environments, he has helped organizations enhance electrical safety, achieve regulatory compliance, and improve asset reliability through practical training and advanced diagnostic inspections. A certified trainer...
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Peter Waugh
Years of Experience47Peter Waugh brings 44 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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Chris Fox, Invista CanadaPeter spoke very clearly and was very organized. He was able to answer my questions with great detail and was easy to understand.
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Ryan Nobes, MedatechPeter was very knowledgeable on the core material and went out of his way to tailor the material to our company.
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Erik Mikkelsen, Pretium Resources"Peter was very well spoken and thorough with critical information. He exhibited excellent knowledge and patience. Im extremely excited to gain knowledge that I can start to use immediately. The brochure information followed a proper, organized system. Thank you very much."
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Edward Rideout
Years of Experience57Ed Rideout has been involved with the electrical field in many ways for nearly 54 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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Carlos Alejos, Syncrude CanadaEd was Very knowledgeable about electrical equipment. Always had answers to our questions.
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G Ansell, Suncor"Ed Rideout was easy going and helpful, I liked the ``no question is a stupid question``. I would recommend this training to others, another tool added to the kit!! (How to Analytically Troubleshoot Electrical Systems)."
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David Workun, Syncrude Canada"Poor knowledge of great hockey teams:) However, great knowledge of electricity and very fine tuned method of relaying that knowledge."
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Dave Neal
Years of Experience53With 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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Michael Chen, York Energy Centre“The instructor, Dave Neal is very knowledgeable and experienced. Hope to see him again in there years for the refresher course.”
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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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John Slaney, Kiewit Energy Canada Corp.“Dave brought a lot of experience with him to the course. He was very knowledgeable and answered all questions. Dave Neal was a great instructor.”
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Jim Roberts
Years of Experience46Jim Roberts brings over 43 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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Salman Afzal, Syncrude Canada“Jim Roberts is a really good instructor; he explained everything in detail and explained the hazards of switching electrical equipment. He has shown us the safest way of switching and what to look for when switching. I would recommend Jim because he is experienced and very safe and he knows the stuff...
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Daniel Martin, Pinnacle Renewable EnergyJim was professional, with good knowledge of the course. He was personable and easy to ask questions. He made sure we were clear on the content.
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Chris Drdla, University of TorontoJim was an exceptional instructor. It was great to have an instructor with so much hands-on experience. Jim kept me engaged in a course where I would normally be zoning out. Overall I would like to have Jim back to teach other courses.
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Tim Dacey
Years of Experience44Tim brings 42 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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Chad, KLTPTim provided useful tools to help me work safely around electricity.
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Scott Kelly, KLTPHe was a great teacher. He communicated clearly and instructed us well in our class.
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Dennis Stog, Crown metal packagingTim did very well in spreading his knowledge and making sure everyone understood the topic. Top notch.
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Dave Winsor
Years of Experience50A graduate of the Canadian Coast Guard College with over 40 years' experience as Marine Engineer. Worked as a Junior Engineering Officer in the Coast Guard Fleet including Heavy Ice Breakers, Fishing Trawlers, and Offshore supply vessels, along with 30+ years as Chief Engineering Officer on Petroleum Tankers and Great Lakes Bulk Carriers. Holds a 1st. Class Motor & 4th Class Steam Vessel certificates...
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