Duncan Power Director, David Yeager, along with Interim City Manager Kenzie Wheeler, Mayor Armstrong, and Council, congratulate Duncan Power team member, Jason Russell, on recently achieving his Journeyman Lineman certification through the Merchant Job Training and Safety(MJTS) Job Training &Safety Program.
MJTS is a power line training program that is widely recognized throughout the United States, and several foreign countries, as one of the most comprehensive training programs for power line personnel and is certified for acceptance worldwide but specifically with the Oklahoma Department of Labor, US Department of Labor, and the US Department of Defense for Veterans Training. The MJTS program is administered to line personnel in more than 40 states with each utility having an acting Training Coordinator assisting their Trainees by administering “closed book” testing during the four-year program. The coordinators manage their own people throughout the training process from rules set forth by MJTS and the statewide power association.
Interim City Manager, Kenzie Wheeler, expressed her appreciation of Duncan Power’s continued commitment to the training and safety of team members and states that “Jason Russell, and the support staff at Duncan Power, can be proud of their accomplishment. We, at City of Duncan, believe in encouraging the professional development of all our team members in all departments and we congratulate Jason for his dedication to achieving this goal.”
“We congratulate Jason Russell, who can look forward to a very rewarding lifelong occupation,” states Duncan Power Director, David Yeager, “we are proud for Jason and pleased he is part of our team.”