Continued safety and certifications for White River Valley Electric employees

Branson, Missouri – Kevin Compton and Cory Sanders, employee(s) of White River Valley Electric Cooperative, Branson, attended the Overhead and Aerial Basket School at the AMEC Training Center in Jefferson City.

The course emphasized safe and efficient live line work practices and procedures to the class. Field instruction focused on the proper application of protective insulating equipment, live line tools and aerial devices utilized when installing and maintainingenergized lines and equipment. AMEC training staff and instructors from several of Missouri’s electric cooperatives were assisted by Doug Eggen of CMB, Inc. and Neil Alley

of Altec during the school. AMEC is the service organization for the state’s 47 electric cooperatives which serves more than 560,000 rural Missourians.

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