Wisconsin State Telecommunications Association
Job Training and Safety Program
 

WSTA’s Telecommunications Job Training and Safety Program has been in existence for 35 years. This highly successful program has helped small, medium and some large telcos create and keep a high level of safety awareness among their employees, maintain a safe working environment and provide safety training required by such government entities as OSHA, the PSC, the Wisconsin DOT and private insurance companies.

The program, which has been administered through the state Technical College system, consists of five 6-hour classes at 11 locations around the state. WSTA’s Education and Safety Committee has worked diligently with the Technical College system and its program instructor to create and maintain the course.

This is the fifth year, Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College (WITC) Rice Lake has agreed to contract directly with each participating company, based on the number of students enrolled. Based on the support for the program shown last year, the school will plan on holding classes at the same 11 locations as last year. There will be five classes at each location beginning October 16 and ending April 3.

WITC Rice Lake's registration fee is $340 per student. The school will handle all of the administrative tasks, including registering students, submitting contracts, billing participating companies and sending certificates. The school is not asking companies to pre-register students, but is asking companies to submit registration forms for all employees expected to attend classes to Roger Neitzel at the first class.

For your convenience, a registration form, a schedule of classes and a list of class topics for the 2007-2008 year are available on the WSTA web site at http://www.wsta.info/training.htm.  Please print the registration forms, fill them out and submit them to Roger Neitzel at the first class.

WSTA’s Education and Safety Committee continues to monitor the program looking for ways to upgrade the content and delivery process so that companies and employees will benefit even more. We are seeking input from all of our member companies. Please continue to take advantage of this educational opportunity. Thank you.