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Pre-Conference Workshops

Kick off your iP Utility Safety Conference & Expo experience with our intensive pre-conference workshops. These in-depth sessions go beyond the basics, giving you hands-on training and practical strategies to reduce incidents, strengthen compliance, and build a resilient safety culture. Led by utility safety experts, the workshops provide interactive learning opportunities designed for both frontline professionals and industry leaders. Gain insights you can immediately apply on the job while connecting with peers and solution providers who share your commitment to safety excellence.

Pre-Conference Workshop


All times are in iP Conference Location Time Zone (Orlando, FL) 

4

May

Monday

Pre-Conference Workshop

The Trainer’s Toolkit: How to Deliver Appealing and Engaging Training

Monday May 4th | 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET | $250

David McPeak, CUSP, CSP, CHST, CIT, CSSM

Earn 4 CUSP Points for Completion

How great would it be if people looked forward to your next training and were actively engaged during your class? Train with Passion and Purpose explains how to make that happen. After the session, you will understand:

  • The Systematic Approach to Training, the ADDIE model and how to properly evaluate training
  • Pro tips and principles for encouraging engagement during training and retention after
  • Strategies to improve your training skills

Regardless of skill and experience, this training is a must for anyone responsible for developing, delivering and evaluating training. Training is an art. Attend this session so we can discuss how to excel at the art of training.

Topics Covered:

  • Systematic Approach to Training Using the ADDIE Model
  • Kirkpatrick’s 4 Levels of Evaluation, the Learning Pyramid and Blooms Taxonomy
  • Classroom Management including Difficult Trainees and How to Ask and Respond to Questions and Answers
  • Creating Engagement and Conducting Effective Training
  • Cornerstone of Developing Training – What to Put in and What to Leave Out
  • Trends Towards Short Form Training and How to Keep Attention

Pre-Conference Workshop

Substation Grounding and Bonding

Monday May 4th | 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm ET | $250

Mark Forster, CUSP, Gritty Tools

Earn 4 CUSP Points for Completion

The Substation Grounding and Bonding course provides participants with a comprehensive understanding of grounding principles to ensure worker safety and equipment reliability in substations. The course begins with an overview of relevant rules, regulations, and standards, emphasizing the importance of grounding and its effects on the human body. Key topics include protective grounding practices, such as testing before grounding, mechanical connections, and resistance, along with grounding methods like bracket, source, and multi-point grounding. Participants will also learn how to establish an Equipotential Zone (EPZ) to protect workers from step and touch potentials and explore equipment grounding strategies.

Topics Covered:

  • Introduction to Grounding in Substations
  • Electricity’s Effects on the Human Body
  • Protective Grounding in Substations
  • Grounding Methods
  • and More!

Exhibits Open: May 5th & 6th
– Daily Prize Drawings –

Educational Sessions to Choose from include topics such as:

  • Assessments
  • Culture
  • Driver Behavior and Driving Safety
  • Emergency Preparedness
  • Ergonomics
  • Fleet Safety
  • Generational Differences
  • Hazard Identification and Situational Awareness
  • Human Performance
  • Impairment in the Workplace
  • Incident Investigation
  • Incident Prevention
  • Leadership
  • Operations Strategies
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Regulatory Standards
  • Technology Trends
  • Telematics
  • Training
  • Workplace Violence
  • AND MORE!
Every effort will be made to ensure that the program schedule and events remain as published. However, unforeseen changes may occur. The iP Utility Safety Conference & Expo reserves the right to make program changes. Registering, attending or participation in the iP Utility Safety Conference constitutes and agreement by the registrant to iP’s use and distribution of the registrant or attendee’s image or voice in photographs, videotapes, electronic reproductions and audio tapes of such events and activities.