Session Type: Convention, Management Workshop
Location
Location: Convention Center
Available Dates & Times
Description
| Finding and securing skilled-laborers is crucial for contractors to be successful in today’s construction industry. This program discusses the resources available to NECA member contractors and reviews a variety of training programs offered by the ALLIANCE to better equip workers for today’s electrical construction challenges. |
Speakers
-
Joey Shorter
Joey Shorter is NECA’s Director of Workforce Development. Joey has been with NECA since August of 2014 and comes to us with 30 years of experience in teaching and coaching, primarily in private and public educational institutions. -
Todd Stafford
Todd Stafford is the Executive Director of the IBEW-NECA Electrical Training ALLIANCE. Todd began his IBEW-NECA experience by serving an Apprenticeship with the Baton Rouge Area Electrical Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee. Upon completion of his apprenticeship, Todd continued working as an IBEW journeyman inside wireman and foreman. Simultaneously to his Journeyman employment, Todd also obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Louisiana State University in 1991. Todd was also an instructor for the NECA-IBEW Joint Apprenticeship Training Program in Baton Rouge for 1988-95. Todd remains a member of Local Union 995, IBEW where he has been a member since 1982.
Todd began working for the Electrical Training ALLIANCE (previously known as the National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee) in 1994 as a consultant to develop an Instrumentation and Controls course for the IBEW-NECA team. Todd then became employed full time by the NJATC in 1995 as a curriculum specialist. During this time, he advanced to Director and then Senior Director working on curriculum and training for local JATCs and the National JATC. Todd was appointed Executive Director of the IBEW-NECA Electrical Training ALLIANCE in November 2014.