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Two CVEC Apprentice Lineman Graduate to Fourth Year.
TALLADEGA, Ala. - Two Coosa Valley Electric Cooperative apprentice lineman
have graduated in their fourth and last year of lineman apprenticeship training
program.
Marty Hayes and Brad Cooper have both completed their first three years of training
and are well on their way to becoming full-fledged linemen.
Hayes, a resident of Talladega, has been employed with Coosa Valley Electric
Cooperative since February 1994. Cooper, also of Talladega, started working
at CVEC in January 1996.
Upon completion of their fourth year, both apprentices will be promoted to the
position of lineman.
The Alabama Rural Electric Association (AREA) sponsors the 48-month apprenticeship
program that CVEC employees must go through to become linemen.
Coosa Valley Electric, which serves more than 15,000 customers in Talladega,
St. Clair, Shelby, Clay, Etowah and Calhoun counties, is a Touchstone Energy®
cooperative. Nationwide, some 1,000 cooperatives provide power to rural America,
and 570 of those operate under the Touchstone Energy umbrella.
For more information, contact:
Jon Cullimore 362-4180 or 1-800-273-7210, ext. 225, Fax: 256-761-2615, Cell: 256-299-0551
Barbara Edmondson 1-800-273-7210, ext. 224
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