NETCO Leadership Excellence Award Nominations Now Open

NETCO

Apr 7, 2019

Established in 2016, the NETCO Leadership Excellence award honours an industry training professional for his/her role in the success of and their outstanding contributions to apprenticeship training and continuing electrical training. An industry training professional is defined as an individual who is involved with or supports apprenticeship training and continuing electrical training by virtue of his/her organization who has assisted and promoted education. Recipients of the Leadership Excellence Award demonstrate inspirational leadership to others.

Eligibility criteria

The recipient will have distinguished himself or herself through one or more of the following:

    • ongoing promotion of apprentices and journeypersons in the electrical industry
    • leading and supporting the growth and development of the Red Seal electrical occupations
    • innovator of programs that provide training development in the electrical industry

Specifically, an individual has

    • participated in activities that encourage, motivate and promote dedication and passion in an electrical skilled trade
    • served as a role model for success of tradespersons
    • demonstrated qualities of outstanding leadership

Previous recipients include the following:

    • 2018 — Kelly Kienleitner, RSE, Chief Instructor, Electrical Joint Training Committee (IBEW Local 213 & ECABC)
    • 2017 — Andy Cleven, RSE, Training Director, Electrical Joint Training Committee (IBEW Local 213 & ECABC)
    • 2017 — Peter Olders, RSE, Training Coordinator, Ontario Electrical Industry Training Trust Fund (ECAO & IBEW-CCO)
    • 2016 — Raymond Matthews, RSE, Provincial Training Director, Electrical Industry Training Centres of Alberta (IBEW Local 424 & ECAA)
    • 2016 — Robert Nelson, RSE, Senior Electrical Consultant, CSA Group

Nomination deadline: April 15, 2019. Find out more.

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