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TRAINING DAY SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, MAY 22ND, 2015
RESIDENTIAL
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM
8:00 AM - 9:10 AM
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
REGISTRATION
COMMERCIAL
INDUSTRIAL
Welcome Breakfast and Introduction
CEC Section 18 Changes
Bob Nelson
Fire Code Changes
Kevan Jess
SESSIONS I WILL ATTEND:
BREAKFAST
LUNCH
WELCOME RECEPTION DINNER
Fire Code Changes
Building a World Class System
CEC Section 18 Changes
Apprenticeship Curriculum Update
Changes to 2015 CSA Z462
CEC Changes Affecting Residential
Contractors
Alberta Building Code Changes
Major Changes to CEC Sec. 62&64
ALBERTA BUILDING CODE CHANGES
Wiring Requirements/Electronic Systems
FEE’s
Quality
Management:
Building a World
Class System
Major Changes to
CEC Section 62 & 64
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Bob Nelson
Rob Colclough, PEC
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
1:15 AM - 2:45 PM
3:00 AM - 4:15 PM
Wiring Requirements to
Support Electronic
Systems
Richard Kotowicz
Name
Company Name
Address
LUNCH
Major Code Changes
Affecting Residential
Contractors
Norm Kaiser, PEC
$140 PEC/PEC Student
$150 ECAA Member
$170 CME & RME
$185 Non Member
*5% Discount for 3 or more registrants from the same company
1:15 AM - 2:10 PM
Update on Changes to Alberta’s
Electrical Apprenticeship Curriculum
Jeff Bailey, NAIT
2:15 PM - 4:15 PM
Changes to 2015 CSA Z462
Terry Becker, ESPS
Phone
E-Mail
Method of Payment
Invoice
MasterCard
Cheque
American Express
Credit Card #
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Visa
Exp. date
WELCOME RECEPTION
Air Miles Collector Number
*Please note that the Welcome Reception dinner is included in your Training Day fee
* PEC’s will receive APD points for each session attended.
Signature
Please return registration forms to the ECAA Provincial Office [email protected]; by FAX 780.455.9815 or by mail 17725-103 Avenue, Edmonton, AB T5S 1N8
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA
TECHNICAL TRAINING DAY—MAY 22ND, 2015
COPPER POINT RESORT, INVERMERE, BC
“Changes in Codes & Standards”
TRAINING DAY SPEAKER BIO
Since 1990, Bob has written and presented seminars across Canada on the
Canadian Electrical Code and Electrical Installation Practices for CSA Group. He
has developed, revised and presented training based on the Canadian Electrical
Code, M421—Use of Electricity in Mines, and Workplace Electrical Safety. He is
the Technical Editor of multiple CSA Group Electrical products including the
Canadian Electrical Code Handbook, dating back to 1990, and the 2006 and
2009 CEC Pocket Reference. Bob is a member of the NETCO Solar PV Committee
developing the training and the personnel certification and has worked on the
development and technical content on the e-learning material to update the
Alberta Safety Codes Officers on the changes to the 2009 Canadian Electrical
Code. He is a member of the College Curriculum Advisory Committee on
Electrical Apprenticeship for both the Construction and Industrial Electricians,
the Canadian Electrical Code, Part I Technical Committee, and the National
Electrical Code Committee for Grounding and Bonding (Article 250). Bob holds
interprovincial certification as a Construction Electrician as well as an Industrial
Electrician.
Robert Colclough, PEC
Rob has been involved with the trades for over 20 years and been part of
Quality for 10 of those years. Rob has worked as a Quality Inspector, Quality
Lead, worked as a Quality Representative for the Client and spent 4 years as a
corporate Quality Manager for an Industrial Electrical Company. Currently Rob
is conducting consulting work for various companies from development to
Quality Management Systems to auditing and improvement plans as well as
work for an Industrial Mechanical company as their Corporate Quality Manager.
In the past, Rob has helped develop and teach the Quality Inspector and
Management course at the IBEW 424. This presentation is about Developing a
World Class Quality System. The presentation includes how to start your own
program, improve an existing program, implement change and tracking in order
to separate your company from the competition.
Richard Kotowicz
Richard was born in Calgary and raised in southern Alberta. He developed an
early interest in electronics as a hobby and by the age of 10 years old was fixing
radios and televisions. By 12 years old Richard had attained his
Advanced
Amateur Radio license and started the Electronics/Ham Radio Club in high
school. Graduating in 1979 at age 17 he was quickly accepted as a
Communications Systems Technician in the Canadian Armed Forces. After
completing trades training in Borden, Ontario at CFSAOE (Canadian Forces
School of Aerospace Ordinance and Engineering) Richard was posted to CFB
Cold Lake, Alberta. Within a few years a trade amalgamation transformed into
a
Communications/Radar/Electronic
Warfare/Instrumentation/Electrical
Specialist on Canada’s Premier Fighter, the CF18 Hornet. In 1987 he was posted
to CFB Baden-Baden, West Germany. After the Gulf War stationed back to Cold
Lake where Richard continued to work for the Canadian Forces and started his
own business custom building computers, installing Satellite Systems and fixing
small electronics. Duties at that time were a Flight Simulation Technician
maintaining and operating the CF18 Flight Simulator allowing him to attain NDT
credentials through NAIT and was doing LPI and MPI inspections on pulp and
paper plant shutdowns for 10 years. In 1999 he was deployed again to Aviano,
Italy to support the Kosovo mission as a Radar/Electronic Warfare specialist.
After 6 months returned to Canada and completed his 22 year career with the
Canadian Forces and joined forces with Bombardier Aerospace NFTC program
to train NATO pilots to fly. As the senior Avionics specialist on the Hawk aircraft
now for 14 years, Richard continues to run his incorporated business as well,
installing satellite/TV services, home security, home automation, now into its
21st year. As a member of numerous Associations (ASET, IEEE, ACM, CEDIA,
COPA, AOWMA) and a ROI, maintaining currency with the rapidly changing
world is a priority to him.
Norm Kaiser, PEC
A Journeyman electrician for 35 years, Master Electrician and PEC. Norm has been
teaching at NAIT for nine years and was a former contractor leaving the business to
become an instructor at NAIT. Norm loved the business but always loved the
teaching component the most. Norm has been teaching the Master’s course and
has done so many times. He taught the transition to the 2012 Code for all NAIT
instructors, and also at the provincial instructor’s conference. Norm has also taught
a 90 hour code class over six weeks to CSA from the 2012 Code Book. He is a
husband of one, father of 7 and grandfather of 4.
Jeff Bailey
Jeff Bailey is the Chair of the Electrician Program at NAIT. The Electrician
Program delivers technical training to all four periods of Electrician
training. The program is also active in delivering continuing education courses
such as the Masters Certification course. Jeff has been part of delivering
Kevan Jess
Kevan Jess is currently the Manager of Flood Recovery for the Public Safety Division technical education for the past 24 years in Alberta and also worked for
of Alberta Municipal Affairs and until recently was concurrently the Chief Fire Apprenticeship & Industry Training (AIT) as a Program Development Officer.
Administrator for the Province of Alberta responsible for the development and
interpretation of the
Alberta Fire Code. Kevan has worked for over 35 years in
emergency operations, safety compliance and training in provincial and municipal
government service. For the eighteen years prior to being appointed as Chief Fire
Administrator in early 2009 he worked as a Fire Service Advisor for th e Fire
Commissioner’s Office in Southern Alberta and as Assistant Fire Commissioner and
Operations Manager for the Alberta Emergency Management Agency. Kevan
currently sits on the Canadian Advisory Council – International
Standards
Organization, Standards Council of Canada and Underwriters Laboratories of
Canada S500F Fire Alarm and Detection
Systems and S500B Fire Department
Equipment committees, the Provincial/Territorial Sub-Committee on Fire and
Building Codes and the Standing Committee on Hazardous Materials and Activities
for the National Research Council. He also serves as an Advisor to the Canadian
Council of Fire Marshals and Fire Commissioners and the Alberta Fire Chiefs
Association. He holds most NFPA and SCC
certifications in fire and emergency
services including those of Fire Inspector and Fire Investigator. Kevan has served on
the Canadian Board of the National Lifeguard Service and the Provincial Boards of
the Royal Life Saving Society of Canada and the Alberta
Recreation and Parks
Association. Kevan has been honored with the Commonwealth Recognition Badge
and Service Cross of the Royal Life Saving Society, the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond
Jubilee Medal, the Canadian Fire Services Exemplary Service Medal, the Alberta
Emergency Services Medal and the Alberta Premier’s Award of Excellence. Kevan
holds a Bachelor of Arts in Recreation
Administration and a Management
Development Diploma and currently registered in the Senior Executive
Development Program, all at the University of Alberta. He has been a regular
contributor and instructor for the Emergency Training Centre (fire etc.) at Lakeland
College, Lethbridge College, Medicine Hat College and the Safety Codes Council. He
has presented to classes and audiences across Canada and the northwest United
States on most aspects of firefighting, fire service leadership, codes and standards
development and application, public sector management, dangerous goods
response, fire prevention and fire investigation.
Terry Becker
Terry Becker, P.Eng., Certified Electrical Safety Compliance Professional
(CESCP), IEEE Senior Member is the owner of ESPS Electrical Safety Program
Solutions INC. a total solutions provider for engineering based electrical safety
consulting services and products based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Terry has
over 23 years’ experience as an electrical engineer working in both
engineering consulting and for large industrial oil and gas corporations. Terry
is a Professional Engineer in the Provinces of Alberta, British Columbia,
Saskatchewan and Ontario. Terry is the First past Vice-Chair of the CSA Z462
Workplace electrical safety Standard Technical Committee, and currently a
Voting Member and leader of Working Group 8, Annexes. Terry is also a Voting
Member of the IEEE 1584 Committee, Associate Member of the CSA Z463
Guideline for maintenance of electrical systems Technical Committee, and a
member of the NFPA 70E Annexes Working Group. Terry is the visionary,
creator and subject matter expert of the unique processes, and systems
established at ESPS delivering Electrical Safety Programs, Electrical Safety
Audits and Qualified Electrical Worker Electrical Safety Competency
Validation. ESPS also provides classroom based low and high voltage arc flash
and shock training for Electrical Workers and Non-Electrical Workers. ESPS
also developed and offers “Best in Class” e-Learning for arc flash and shock,
the
Electrical Safety Training System (ESTS), a comprehensive adult elearning based training program for Electrical Workers and Non-Electrical
Workers in English and French, www.arcflash-training.ca. Terry has presented
at numerous Canadian Standards Association (CSA), IEEE and industry
conferences or workshops on electrical safety in Canada, the United States
and Australia.
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA
TECHNICAL TRAINING DAY—MAY 22ND, 2015
COPPER POINT RESORT, INVERMERE, BC
Bob Nelson, CSA
FRIDAY, MAY 22ND, 2015