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36 new line and substation employees have been hired by the subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp West Penn Power from the Power System Institute(PSI) training programs. The action is to enhance service reliabltity for customers in Pennsylvania. It is a part of its ongoing effort. FirstEnergy has added 1315 line workers and 419 substation personnel who completed PSI programs in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey and West Virginia since 2000.

The new employees include 25 line workers who are recent graduates of the company's Power Systems Institute (PSI), a utility training partnership established with Westmoreland County Community College in Youngwood, Pa. in 2012, and two from a partnering college outside the state.

The nine new substation electricians graduated from Pennsylvania Highlands Community College in Johnstown, Pa., and another partnering college outside the state.

"The PSI program continues to produce well-trained, highly skilled employees to provide safe, reliable electric service for our customers," said David W. McDonald, president of West Penn Power. "The new graduates will work shoulder-to-shoulder with our veteran linemen and substation personnel, and fill key jobs as current employees retire."

PSI is an award-winning, two-year educational program originally developed by FirstEnergy in 2000 to help prepare the company's next generation of utility line and substation workers.

The PSI curriculum for lines employees requires two-and-a-half days each week spent at Westmoreland County Community College completing academic course work, with the remainder of the week spent at a West Penn Power training facility in Jeanette, Pa.  The PSI curriculum for substation employees requires a half week spent at Pennsylvania Highlands completing academic course work, with the rest of the week spent at a FirstEnergy training facility in Johnstown, Pa.  All students focus on safe work practices and procedures in the electrical environment.  The graduates earned an associate of applied science degree in Electric Utility Technology.

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Source: prnewswire.com