Mark your calendars for the 2019 Complete Watt-Hour Metering Workshop.  The workshop will take place January 28 – February 1, 2019 at the IAMU Training & Office Complex.  This workshop will once again be conducted by Larry Chapman of Chapman Metering.  A strong supporter of IAMU and Iowa’s municipal utilities, Larry is a highly regarded expert on watt-hour meters.

There will once again be three paths that registrants may take.

The “Basic” portion of the workshop will take place at the beginning of the week (January 28 – 30) with topics including:

• The Electric Meter
• Basic Meter Application Theory
• Self-Contained Metering
• Instrument Transformers
• C.T. & P.T. Rated Metering
• Multiplier
• Sockets

The “Advanced” portion of the workshop will take place towards the end of the week (January 30 – February 1) with topics including:

• Wiring and Application Error Analysis
• Polyphase Metering
• Solid State vs. Mechanical Demand vs. Thermal Demand
• Solid State Meters

Or…

Come for the Whole Week and get the Complete Watt-Hour Metering Workshop experience!

Bring your wiring diagrams and pocket calculators!

Registration

The registration deadline for this workshop is January 25, 2019.

A minimum of 20 registrations will be required to hold the workshop.

Class maximums are as follows:  Basic = 30 registrations; Advanced = 20 registrations.  Wait-lists for each class will be available.

Cost

Whole Week – IAMU Member Price - $835.00

Whole Week – Non-Member Price - $890.00

Basic or Advanced – IAMU Member Price - $450.00

Basic or Advanced – Non-Member Price - $510.00

Questions?

Contact Dan Llewellyn at dllewellyn@iamu.org, or (515) 289-1999.

For additional information, including registration, please click HERE.

Still wondering if you are correctly entering illness, or injury information on your company’s OSHA log?  Are you confident of when to record and when not to record?  This webinar will explain the regulatory requirements of OSHA’s illness and injury recording and reporting standard.  Attendees will be able to assess injuries, or illnesses, and determine whether or not it meets the 3 elements that make a case recordable.  The webinar will also cover the criteria of a new case and when to keep a case open and what to do when the case is completed.

Discussion will include first aid, employee involvement in your reporting system, and how to inform employees of their right to report work-related injuries, or illnesses, free from retaliation.  The webinar will also include electronic reporting requirements, applicability, and updates to the standard.  Attendees will also learn how to complete the OSHA 300, 301, and 300A forms and whose signature must be on the annual summary.

Webinar Availability:

This is a pre-recorded webinar.  It will be available for purchase from the IAMU Online Store from 12/20/18 to 2/28/19.  The Online Store link will appear on the IAMU website under Resources once you are logged into your member account.  Webinar link will be sent upon purchase.

Cost:

$40 for IAMU members

Questions?

Contact Margret Meade (mmeade@iamu.org), or Larry Banwart (lbanwart@iamu.org) at (800) 810-4268.

The Postal Board of Governors approved the proposed Postage Increase effective January 27. Media outlets have reported up to a 10-percent increase while overall marketing mail increase is roughly 4 percent. The biggest impact will be on drop-ship mail. For more on the rate change, click here.