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CARILEC Linesman
Symposium and Rodeo

CARILEC Linesman Symposium and Rodeo is a
six-day event with a series of training activities
planned for building cap"ity and sharpening
expertise for the safe execution of linesman work;
these events occurred during the week of May
29-June 3, 2017. On June 4, 2017 CARILEC
Linesman Rodeo was achieved in Morne Rouge,
Grenada. Seven utilities comprising ten teams
battled for the coveted title of champion of the
rodeo in six events.

LUCELEC emerged the champion of the Rodeo in
apprentice categOly while Williams Electricals of St. CARILEC Associates CARILEC Signs MOU
Lucia is the champion in the experienced category. Members provides with Anguilla
support for CARILEC Community College
Mutual Assistance People Development
Initiatives in Linesman Programme The Caribbean Electric Utility Smices Corporation
(CARILEC) and The Anguilla Community College
Training (ACC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to
ABB and Megger provided training to CARILEC jointly certify Levell and 2 Linesmen Training. The
Barbados Light and Power provided Linesman members following the engineering conference MOU was signed on Friday Februal)' 17 at 10AM at
Training in Tortola for the British Virgin Islands in Jamaica. ABB's instructor, Guillermo Rodriguez the Anguilla Community College main conference
Electricity Company. Barbados Light and Power facilitated training in Transformers and room. Brief remarks were given by the CEO of
has been at the forefront of supporting Distributions while Megger facilitated the Power ANGLEC Mr. David Gumbs, Chairman of the Board
professional development to the other CARILEC Fault Locating course. There were twenty·six and of Anguilla Community College, MI. Rodney Rey,
members. This is the third year that this initiative sixteen participants respectively. N El Coordinator, Ms. Janis Mckeag and Executive
has been su((essfu lly implemented. JPS, Director of CARILEC Mr. Thomas Hodge. The
LUCELEC and T&TEC are the other supporting CARILEC facilitates first concept was piloted first at the Sir Arthur Lewis
utilities in this Programme. Community College in 2015 following the signing
ever Accredited PV of the MOU in 2013. Since then, LUCELEC
Installers Training contractors have been receiving training at level
VINLEC certifies more
one of the CAILEC Linesman Programme.
Linesmen The forty-hour training course was endorsed by
the North American Certified Board for Certified First Anniversary of
VINLEC certified two cohorts of linesmen at Energy Professionals. Twenty-si, (26) participants,
Levels one and two respectively. Three linesmen representing a cross section of companies in the CARILEC Renewable
at levell and nine at level 2 perlormed sector attended during the week of May 29 to Energy Community
su,,"ssfully at the robust fu ll day's practical March 5, 2017 in St. Vincent. Utility employees
exams and interview. Ta date, five utilities have represented more than 50% of the attendees. (CAREC)
utilised the linesman certification facility to 85% of the participants su((eeded with a pm
qualify the linesman in the field. mark of 90% and above. CARILEC is 100 king to CAREC marked its first anniversary year on June
29, 2017. Since its launch in June 2016,
repeat this course aga in in 2018.
membership has grown to over seven hundred
members, with over 500 participating in training
in more than fourteen webinars and 5 face-to-face
training sessions.