Right-of-Way School at DEMCO

The Louisiana Electric Cooperative Superintendent and Foreman’s Right of Way school is designed to serve electric cooperative line workers and their contractors by developing their skills through expert lectures and hands-on training. The objectives are to receive technical training credits for their Utility Arborist and Pesticide Applicators license renewal requirements. 

Agenda

Monday, February 5, 2024

8:00 – 8:15 a.m.                 Registration, Welcome, and Introduction – Aarron Graham, ALEC Director of Loss Control
8:15 – 9:30 a.m.                 OSHA Information Sharing – Rickey Cummings
9:40 – 10:15 a.m.             Trees in Heat, A Dry Review – Dr. Hallie Dozier, LSU Assistant Professor of Forestry
10:30 – 11:30 a.m.            Tree Climbing – Brad Abshire
11:30 – 1:00 p.m.              Lunch On Your Own
1:00 – 2:00 p.m.                 Jarraff Operation, Maintenance, and Safety – Kenny Jones, Jarraff Industries
2:15 – 3:00 p.m.                 Threatened, Endangered Species and Eagles – Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
3:15 – 4:00 p.m.                Traffic Control – Ricky Melancon

Agenda-Commercial Herbicide Applicator

Tuesday, February 6, 2024

8:00 – 8:15 a.m.                 Registration, Welcome, and Introduction – Aarron Graham, ALEC Director of Loss Control
8:15 – 9:30 a.m.                 Post-application Calibration for Utility Brushwork –ENVU
9:40 – 10:15 a.m.             Label Understanding and Safe Use of Brushwork – ENVU
10:30 – 11:30 a.m.            Herbicide Mode of Action and Resistance Management – ENVU
11:30 – 1:00 p.m.              Lunch On Your Own
1:00 – 2:00 p.m.                 Poison Plants, Snakes, and Spiders – Ricky Melancon
2:15 – 3:00 p.m.                LSU Agriculture– Bryan Guetlig, LSU AgCenter
3:00 – 4:00 p.m.                Rules and Regulations, LDAF Updates – Joe Engrayo LDAF (Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry)

Registration

For more information contact Aarron Graham at agraham@alec.coop.