SHARE:  

Volume 48 | December 22, 2023

IECSA 2023

Recap

What a Year for IECSA!!

January

  • Started 2023 Accelerated School Year with 25 students
  • CE Class (sponsored by Rexel)
  • EMT Class
  • Habitat for Humanity w/NEISD Ctech program
  • Economic & Investment Update Luncheon presented by Kelly

Corbiere (Broadway Bank) &

Jesse Abercrombie (Edward Jones)

  • Hosted District Skills USA Competition


February

  • 4 CE Classes (sponsored by Rexel)
  • EMT Class
  • Career Fair at Workforce Solutions
  • Career Fair at San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo (2 days)


March

  • 23rd Annual BBQ Cook-Off & Apprentice Wire-Off
  • Journeyman/Master Prep Class
  • Quarterly Education Class - Milwaukee Tools & Safety
  • 3 CE Classes (sponsored by Rexel)
  • EMT Class
  • Career Fair at Judson ISD


April

  • NEC Code Update Luncheon
  • Career Fair at Warren High School
  • Meet & Greet at Southside High School
  • Career Fair at Southside High School
  • 2 CE Classes (sponsored by Rexel)
  • EMT Class


May

  • Strategic Planning Session (2 days)
  • New Instructors Meeting
  • CE Class (sponsored by Rexel)
  • EMT Class
  • Career Fair at Medina High School
  • Career Fair at Roosevelt Elementary School
  • 15th Annual Sporting Clay Fun Shoot


June

  • Journeyman/Master Preparation Class
  • EMT Class
  • Graduation


July

  • CE Class (sponsored by Rexel)
  • EMT Class
  • Central Electric luncheon with Southside High School


August

  • Hired Associate Director
  • Hosted IEC Texas Executive Directors Conference
  • Hosted IEC Texas Training Directors & Instructors Conference
  • Journeyman/Master Preparation Class
  • EMT class
  • Incoming 1st Year Student Interviews
  • Happy Hour
  • Job Expo at Alamo Convocation Center
  • Instructor Meeting


September

  • Started 2023-2024 School Year with over 350 students
  • 23rd Annual Golf Tournament
  • EMT Class
  • Foreman/Leadership Training Class (2 days)


October

  • Volunteered at Rexel Golf Tournament
  • Exothermic Welding Certification for 3rd year students
  • Career Day for TCCI at Freeman Coliseum
  • EMT Class
  • Milwaukee & Dewalt Tool Nights for students
  • 7th Annual Construction Safety Summit
  • CE Class (sponsored by Rexel)


November

  • Journeyman/Master Preparation Class
  • Quarterly Luncheon Lien Laws by Dane Patrick (Langley & Banack)
  • 1st Annual Trade Show
  • EMT Class


December

  • Membership Appreciation Casino Night
  • EMT Class



Above is the list of events we held or attended. This does not include all the volunteer time of the following:

  • Board of Directors (monthly meetings)
  • Apprenticeship & Training Committee (monthly meetings)
  • Membership Team Meetings (bi-monthly meetings)
  • Professional Development Team Meetings (4 per year)
  • Events Team Meetings (8-12 per year)
  • Zoom meetings
  • Teams meetings
  • etc.....so many too mention!




For all our Volunteers and their time.....we say:


Thank you!!



Be on the lookout for 2024 Events coming soon....

IEC of Texas & IEC National 2023 Recap

January

  • IEC of Texas Quarterly Meeting - Austin, TX
  • IEC National Business Summit - Nashville, TN


April

  • National Executive Director Meeting - Cincinnati, OH
  • IEC of Texas Quarterly Meeting - Lakeway, TX


June

  • IEC National Workforce Development & Policy Conference -

Washington, DC

July

  • IEC National Instructor Conference - Chicago, IL
  • IEC of Texas Conference - Lake Tahoe, CA

August

  • IEC National Safety Summit - Houston, TX

October

  • IEC National Spark - Dallas, TX
  • IEC of Texas Quarterly Meeting - Dallas, TX



1st Quarter Drive Update


TOY DRIVE

November 30, 2023



Thank you to all those that donated toys or money to the Toy Drive last month. We were able to raise about $4,000 for the Bexar County Welfare System and CASA.


IECSA

Absolute Power

AL Electric

AX Electric

Circle Electric

Dewalt Tools

Electrical Design Solutions

Enterprise Solutions

Good Electric

Hill Electric

IES Commercial

J. Anthony Electric

Southwest Electrical Contractors

United Electric

Weber Electric




What a Christmas for those kids this year!

IECSA Training Opportunities

Educational Sessions
all classes held at IEC Training Center - unless otherwise noted


January 24 - IECC 2021 Update Lunch & Learn, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Hosted by Spectrum Lighting

(first session sold out)



Second Session only open



IECSA, IEC of Texas &

IEC National Events

IECSA


February TBD - CPA Luncheon, Joe Gubic, ABIP (topic TBD)

IEC of Texas


January 18-19 - IEC of Texas Quarterly Meeting, Austin, TX

IEC National


January 29-31 - IEC National Business Summit, Charlotte, NC



Meetings & Classes

December 25-January 1 - IECSA Training Center closed in observance of Christmas & New Year's holidays


January 2 - IECSA Training Center re-opens normal business hours

January 8 - January Accelerated School year begins, 5:00 - 9:00 p.m.

2023 Contractor &

Partner Levels

Platinum Contractors

Absolute Power Electrical Contractors

George Salinas
210.647.3138

Beard Integrated Systems, Inc.

Daniel Filla
512.634.6598

Central Electric Ent. & Co.

Chris Martinez
210.433.9999


Core Electrical Group

Don Watson
830.627.4503


CRI Electric, Inc.


Israel/Kristeen Garza

210.509.8889



Website Link

Good Electric

Mike Varnum
210.820.0220


Hill Electric

Billy Ross Hill
210.404.9074

HJD Capital Electric, Inc.

Ray Garcia
210.681.0954

IES Commercial, Inc.

Bobby Neuse
210.735.9111

James Francis Electric, Inc.


Mark Matheny

210.681.3200


Website Link


Masters Electric Services, Ltd.

Gary Weddle
830.303.6330

Power Source Electric, LLC


Ryan Benavides

210.924.3434


Website Link

Southwest Electrical Contracting, Ltd.


Miguel Martinez

210.568.1632


Website Link

The Levy Company

Harry Levy
210.497.4500

Platinum Partners

City Electric Supply

Nathan Jefferson
210.960.7900

Crawford Electric Supply

Robert De Lany
830.627.3344

Elliott Electric Supply

Brandon Hatch
210.646.6950

Hill Country Electric Supply


Jeff Fuller

210.653.0483


Website Link

Lonestar Electric Supply

Brian Zigrang
210.462.1436

Milwaukee Tool


Carlos Lopez

432.803.9725



Website Link

Rexel

Jeff Hicks
210.352.1000

The Reynolds Company

Allen O'Dell
210.581.7823

Gold Contractors

Circle Electric Co., Inc.


Tommy Monaco

210.341.2921




Gold Partners

CED San Antonio


Seth Groves

210.828.5631

Silver Contractors

Electrical Design Solutions


Christopher Martinez

210.201.1271



Silver Partners

Association Healthcare

Steven Wood

210.563.2016



Dealers Electric Supply

Scott Smith or Scott Dame

210.828.9995



Dewalt Power Tool

Kyle Anderson

210.347.0743



Eco-Staff, LLC

John Turner

214.901.4014



Federated Insurance

Nicholas Jonas

408.679.7411



Summit Electric Supply

Kevin Brown

210.313.7421



Sunstate Equipment Company

Brandon Beck

210.666.1100