Right-of-Way School at Claiborne Electric

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

Wednesday, February 7, 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 and Heat – A Dry Review – Dr. Hallie Dozier, PhD, LSU AgCenter
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

Thursday, February 8, 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 herbicides – 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 Gueltig, LSU AgCenter
3:00 – 4:00 p.m.                Rules and Regulations, LDAF Updates  – Joe Ingrao, LDAF

Registration

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