The Hoosier Energy Apprenticeship Training and Safety (HEATS) Program recently celebrated the 2023 graduating class with a ceremony in French Lick.
After being welcomed by Hoosier Energy Manager of Safety and Training Brandon Gentry, IBEW Local 1393 Business Manager and Financial Secretary Bob Cox and Hoosier Energy Chief Technology Officer Bob Richhart, it was time to hand out the honors.
Apprentices and instructors pose together at the completion of HEATS Climbing School at The Training Center in Franklin.
Graduates of the Lineman program were Cody Christianson, Dakota Evans and Jacob Pierce of Clark County REMC; Wesley Weyer of Dubois REC; Joseph Jacobi, Mark Kies, Jacobb White, Trysten Williams and Jacob Zeller of Harrison REMC; Luke Lanaan of Henry County REMC; Dillon Johnson, Jake Marker and Logan Voris of JCREMC; Logan Laswell of Orange County REMC; Johnathan Campbell and David Leach of South Central Indiana REMC; Curtis Hasler of Utilities District of Western Indiana; and Bruce Gill and Shawn Wolfe of WIN Energy. Clark County’s Pierce was the Academic Award winner.
Hoosier Energy’s Kenny Burkhart and Dustin Cox were the Substation program graduates with Cox earning the Academic Award.
A full class completed the Member Services Representative program. Those graduates were Jennifer Merriman, Presley Harbin, Jessica Noblitt, Alex Olson and Amy Tewell of Clark County REMC; Candice Reynolds and Natalie Ward of Harrison REMC; Hayley Berg, Heather Flynn, Amber Houser and Chelsi Jackson of Henry County REMC; Amy Key of JCREMC; MariBeth Schmidt of RushShelby Energy; Tammy Berg, Kara Gunn, Lisa Hinton and Amy Ramsey of Southern Indiana Power; Katelyn Beck, Samantha O’Neil and Sarah Simon of Southeastern Indiana REMC; Gary Frye of Utilities District of Western Indiana; Suzie Latham of Whitewater Valley REMC; and Denise Stanley of Hoosier Energy.