Natural Gas Utility Education & Training at MEA's 86th Annual Gas Operations Conference

Midwest ENERGY Association's 86th Annual Gas Operations Conference will be in Ames, IA on August 4- 7, 2009. Come for the over 55 gas technical classes for natural gas field personnel. This year also marks the return of Fire School.

(PRWEB) May 26, 2009 -- Midwest ENERGY Association's 86th Annual Gas Operations Conference will be in Ames, IA on August 4- 7, 2009. Come for the over 55 gas technical classes for natural gas field personnel. This year also marks the return of Fire School.

Not only is the best classroom education and hands-on training in the industry but it is also at the lowest cost. The conference provides solutions and ideas to reduce operating costs, increase productivity and enhance worker and customer safety. Most classes are eligible for CEU/PDH credit. The focus is on front-line operations personnel: gas and electric crews, foremen, team leads, supervisors, managers, and directors.

Sessions include:

Chip Madera - "The Leadership Lion"

Leak Pinpointing and Pipe Locating

CFR 192

Electronic Infrastructure Management

Principals of Regulations

Natural Disasters-Lessons Learned

Public Awareness

MakeSafe Leak Simulation Software

DIMP

PE Heat Fusion & PE Electro Fusion

Steel Tapping

Emergency Management

Trouble Shooting Communications

AMR Issues

Advanced Regulator Principles

Reality Based Safety

Dealing with Reorganization and Restructuring

Fire School, August 6 from 1:30 - 4:00: Safety First and Application of Fire Triangle Concepts. Training Ground hands on focus is; Safety and knowing when to back away from a fire. Class size is limited to 40.

For more information contact Stephanie Menning at (651) 289-9600 x114 or visit www.midwestenergy.org.

Midwest ENERGY Association (MEA) serves the people that bring electricity and natural gas to American homes and businesses. MEA was founded as a training association over 100 years ago by visionary distribution utilities in the Midwest to improve safety and efficiency. Utility companies nationwide now benefit from MEA's industry roundtables, operations conferences, and other events. Members collaborated to develop EnergyU, the world's premier online training and testing system for the gas and electric utility distribution industry. Our not-for-profit fee structure delivers to members and subscribers the best possible training at the lowest possible cost in the areas of natural gas, liquids, OSHA, electric, and leadership training.

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