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Houston, TX, United States, 2009/04/30 - Jim White of Shermco Industries will present an electrical safety seminar on May 11 and August 18 in Houston, Texas.
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Jim White, training director for Shermco Industries, will present two upcoming seminars on electrical safety at the Cooper Bussmann Technology Training Center in Houston, Texas.
“Electrical Safety,” an 8-hour session that covers important OSHA and 2009 NFPA 70E requirements, is scheduled for May 11. This seminar will provide important aspects of safety including electrical hazards, arc flash prevention, methods to increase safety and much more. The second seminar titled “Electrical Power Systems Maintenance & Safety” will be held on Aug. 18. This 4-hour session will show attendees how a properly instituted maintenance program can not only save money but ensure the safety of electrical power systems.
White is the training director for Shermco Industries, a leading provider of rotating apparatus and electrical power system training. He was the chairman of the 2008 IEEE Industry Applications Society Electrical Safety Workshop and the NETA representative on the Research Testing and Planning Committee (RTPC) working group for the IEEE/NFPA collaborative project investigating arc flash hazards. White is a principal member of the technical committee “Recommended Practice for Electrical Equipment Maintenance” (NFPA 70B) and an alternate member of the Technical Committee on “Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace” (NFPA 70E). Jim is also a columnist for “Tech Quiz” and “NFPA 70E and NETA” for the trade journal NETA World. He is a NETA Certified Level IV Senior Test Technician; an OSHA authorized Outreach Instructor for General Industry; and an Inspector Member of the International Association of Electrical Inspectors.
About Shermco
Shermco Industries (shermco.com) is a provider of safe, reliable testing, repair, professional training, maintenance and analysis of rotating machines and electrical power distribution systems and related equipment for the light, medium, and heavy industrial base nationwide. Founded in 1974 in Dallas, the company is comprised of two strategic business units; Apparatus Services Division and an Engineering Services Division. With a corporate location in Irving, Texas, a sales office in Brussels and service centers in Austin and Tulsa, Shermco Industries has over 250 full-time employees and exceeds $50 million in annual revenues. The company is a member in good standing with the American Wind Energy Association, European Wind Energy Association, Electrical Apparatus Service Association and the International Electrical Testing Association.
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