Iowa Association of Electric Cooperatives

SAFETY & LOSS CONTROL

Our Safety & Loss Control department manages safety training and general work procedures training in addition to accident investigation, communicating compliance information, and first aid and CPR training. The department activates the Emergency Preparedness Plan and the Iowa Disaster Plan as needed. We also administer the Rural Electric Safety Achievement Program (RESAP) to promote a proactive safety culture.

IAEC recently formed a collaborative apprenticeship program with the Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities and Northwest Iowa Community College. The four-year-program is sanctioned by the Department of Labor and requires 7,000 hours of study, online testing, skill evaluations, and additional testing which is administered onsite by IAEC safety staff.

Photo of Scott Meinecke Scott Meinecke
Director of Safety & Loss Control
712-348-2511 cell

Scott joined IAEC in 2017 as a job training & safety instructor before being named as the department director in 2020. Prior to IAEC, Scott was a Powerline Program instructor at Northwest Iowa Community College for 27 years, and served as a lineman for Iowa Lakes Electric Cooperative before teaching. Scott is also active in emergency services in the state as an assistant chief on a fire department and a fire service instructor for the State Fire Marshal’s Office.

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