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Trevor Tremblay, Technical Advisor at Electrical Safety Authority, shares his advice on keeping pools and hot tubs up to the Ontario Electrical Safety Code.

Despite electrical shock being a serious and potentially dangerous event, it is frequently portrayed in a cringeworthy comedic narrative.  While arc flash safety requirements have changed work procedures, they may have overshadowed the dangers of electrical shock. 

Suderman Electrical Estimating Course 1 is an intense hands-on course designed to introduce the basic principles of Electrical Estimating and its applications. Online and in class (under COVID-19 Protocols) training available.

Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) are indivisible parts of conversations about how to build a successful team and culture. Creating an environment that is inclusive to employees of all genders, backgrounds, and identities is important not just because it’s the right thing to do but also because it’s the only thing to do.

Acuity Brands, Inc. has announced its Care222® filtered far-UVC module with patent-pending dosing electronics is the first germicidal UV (GUV) source in the wavelength range 200-230 nm (i.e., “far-UVC”)  to be UL LLC Certified to meet U.S. and Canadian standards for germicidal equipment for use in occupied spaces.

LEDVANCE, the makers of SYLVANIA general lighting in the United States and Canada, recently launched the SYLVANIA LED Catalog App for Apple and Android devices. 

Signify Canada has launched a new national contest, “If You’re Ready to Win” promotion. With over $5000 in prizes available to be won, this contest consists of two parallel sweepstakes open to all Canadian Contractors and Signify Authorized Distributor staff across Canada between August 1st and December 31st, 2021.

Chris Brams sits down this week with the President of Goodwin Industrial Electric, Perry McDougall. They discuss Perry’s early years and the progression of his career, plus his unique outlook on employee work/life balance and how he is helping the future of the trades through his leadership in local apprenticeship programs.

This course will increase your awareness and understanding of legal issues and pitfalls common to electrical contractors.

Learn proven management concepts in the areas of managing business strategy, direction for improved performance, credit and collections, time management, managing required human resources concepts, business promotion and public relations, selling and customer service focused business.

The federal governemnt launched a Call for Proposals under the new Apprenticeship Service, to support employers, as they look to hire apprentices and provide on-the-job training towards a certification in the trades.

GE Current’s all-new Daintree Controls software platform allows users to manage building portfolios big and small from a single, easy-to-use interface.

With five fatalities and one critical injury in the last several years within the province, the Electrical Safety Authority of Ontario (ESA) is warning against using high voltage energy sources such as microwave oven transformers or similar components to manufacture fractal wood-burning devices called Lichtenberg generators.