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Comisión de Energía Eléctrica y Agua Potable de Orlando
{[#]} de abril de {[#]} |
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Grant J. Heston, Gerente de comunicaciones
Sheridan Becht | Erika Hodges |
OUC
LINEWORKERS WIN BEST RANKING IN NATION
Team
Captures Top Spot in Municipal Lineworkers’ Rodeo in Georgia
ORLANDO – In a competition that
measures skill, speed and safety, lineworkers from OUC-The Reliable
One bested 58 teams from across the country to take home the top prize at
the American Public Power Association’s Seventh Annual Lineworkers’ Rodeo
Competition in Marietta, Ga.
A three-man OUC team of James Alexander, Richard Boley and Chris Hosier
recorded the best overall score to win the event’s prestigious “Top
Journeyman Award.” OUC General Manger and CEO Ken Ksionek said the award is
a testament to OUC lineworkers’ ability to work safely and efficiently.
“A perfect score means that they demonstrated the highest level of skill
with a perfect safety score, all the while working against the clock,”
Ksionek said. “Nuestros trabajadores de líneas realizan trabajos físicamente exigentes en todo tipo de inclementes condiciones climáticas, y este premio prueba que la habilidad y dedicación que demuestran son la mejor del país."
The trio also won a first place trophy in the Journeyman: Insulator Change
Out event and took third place in the Journeyman: Recloser Change Out event.
A qualified journeyman is generally the highest level of craft training in
the electric utility trade.
The rodeo is a series of competitive events demonstrating the safe work
practices lineworkers must carry out at their utilities. A team consists of two climbers and a ground person.
In addition to helping keep OUC’s electric system the most reliable in the
Southeast, these training events help hone skills that serve as the best
line of defense against preventing accidents and saving lives.
Establecida en 1923 por una ley especial de la Legislatura de Florida, OUC—The Reliable One es el segundo servicio público municipal más grande de Florida. OUC brinda servicios de energía eléctrica y agua a más de 196.000 clientes de Orlando, St. Cloud y de partes no incorporadas de los condados de Orange y Osceola.
The American Public Power Association is the national organization
representing the nation’s more than 2,000 community- and state-owned
utilities.
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