2005 Code update class in Minnesota
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jwelectric
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Re: 2005 Code update class in Minnesota
Contact Richard Owen, 350 St. Peter Street, Suite 300 St. Paul, MN 55102-1510 (651) 266-9031 and ask when and where the IAEI will have there next meeting. This is the best advice that I can give.
Contact Richard Owen, 350 St. Peter Street, Suite 300 St. Paul, MN 55102-1510 (651) 266-9031 and ask when and where the IAEI will have there next meeting. This is the best advice that I can give.
al hildenbrand
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Re: 2005 Code update class in Minnesota
I think that's a great question, Paul. I'd like to know if there is anyone that came away excited by the learning experience in a cont. ed. class here in MN, as well. I've had several good classes, but they didn't wind me up. . .so to speak.
I think that's a great question, Paul. I'd like to know if there is anyone that came away excited by the learning experience in a cont. ed. class here in MN, as well. I've had several good classes, but they didn't wind me up. . .so to speak.
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Al, in another thread you posted that you took a class from MEA. Was it the code class that includes the IAEI's Analysis of Changes book? The text describes it as an overall introduction to the code as well as the changes. How did that class compare to other you have had? Was it one of the good classes even though it didn't wind you up?
I know someone that had the MEA exam prep class and wasn't too impressed.
I had looked at the Minnesota IAEI web site, and they had cont ed seminars but I didn't see one for 2005 code changes.
Al, in another thread you posted that you took a class from MEA. Was it the code class that includes the IAEI's Analysis of Changes book? The text describes it as an overall introduction to the code as well as the changes. How did that class compare to other you have had? Was it one of the good classes even though it didn't wind you up?
I know someone that had the MEA exam prep class and wasn't too impressed.
I had looked at the Minnesota IAEI web site, and they had cont ed seminars but I didn't see one for 2005 code changes.
al hildenbrand
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Re: 2005 Code update class in Minnesota
Paul,
As I recall, I've gone through four continuing ed. cycles. The first two were given by a team of State inspectors that were running their own program. The last two were MEA presentations, and it simply happened by luck of the draw that I had the same MEA instructor both times. Both MEA classes were based on the IAEI Analysis of Changes, 2002 & 2005.
All four cycles of cont. ed. were, in my opinion, adequate for the purpose. . .please forgive the "faint praise." The problem is the limited time (only 16 hours of class time) and the large amount of material. Just the changes in the NEC is a huge topic, let alone, the brush up that exposes misconceptions, confusions or forgotten points that expands the topic beyond the changes.
Having to reign in the questions and to push on through the list of changes in the time allotted is a job I would find very difficult.
Your opening question in this thread, inquiring after a "good instructor", is what caught my attention. I've been in a fair number of classrooms over the years, and have come to appreciate the learning excitement that can occur when the chemistry is right. I try to bring an openness and interest to the class, the instructor adds his/er part, and the rest of the class also adds a significant part.
Perhaps the question is "has anyone had a continuing ed class in MN that really excited them?"
[ March 08, 2005, 12:08 PM: Message edited by: al hildenbrand ]
Paul,
As I recall, I've gone through four continuing ed. cycles. The first two were given by a team of State inspectors that were running their own program. The last two were MEA presentations, and it simply happened by luck of the draw that I had the same MEA instructor both times. Both MEA classes were based on the IAEI Analysis of Changes, 2002 & 2005.
All four cycles of cont. ed. were, in my opinion, adequate for the purpose. . .please forgive the "faint praise." The problem is the limited time (only 16 hours of class time) and the large amount of material. Just the changes in the NEC is a huge topic, let alone, the brush up that exposes misconceptions, confusions or forgotten points that expands the topic beyond the changes.
Having to reign in the questions and to push on through the list of changes in the time allotted is a job I would find very difficult.
Your opening question in this thread, inquiring after a "good instructor", is what caught my attention. I've been in a fair number of classrooms over the years, and have come to appreciate the learning excitement that can occur when the chemistry is right. I try to bring an openness and interest to the class, the instructor adds his/er part, and the rest of the class also adds a significant part.
Perhaps the question is "has anyone had a continuing ed class in MN that really excited them?"
[ March 08, 2005, 12:08 PM: Message edited by: al hildenbrand ]
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