Colley Elevator's 10th Annual QEI Education Training – Always Keep Learning

 

Each year for the last 10 years, Colley Elevator has been hosting inspectors from across the Chicago area as well as mechanics from Colley and other companies to attend QEI/Elevator code continuing education.  This year we had people from Colley Elevator, Elevator Inspection Services, Chicago Public Schools, Anderson Elevator, Suburban Elevator and Kone Elevator attend.  I got to sit in a room where a few of the guys had more years in the business than I am alive, these guys know something and have seen some things, we are lucky to have them.

This year we again had Joe Donnelly – PE conduct the training. Joe D has had a pretty incredible career starting out by working for Westinghouse Elevator as an apprentice, then field engineer, moving to Lerch Bates to start his consulting career and now at Donnelly & Associates doing elevator consulting and training.  He has had experience working on the State of Illinois Board as the technical advisor and currently is the Chair of the City of Chicago code committee and helped bring the City from a 2001 code to 2016.

The last few years in the Chicagoland/Illinois region has seen our Illinois code go from 2013 to 2019 and Chicago from 2001 to 2016 code.  Each year there are a few items in the code that are disrupters to how we do our inspections and our elevator work.

This year we reviewed – City – State code update, 2016 & 2019 A17.1 major code update, 2019 A17.1 Part 2 code update, 2019 A17.1 Part 3 code update, A17.1 Part 6 code update, A17.1 part 8.6 code update, FEO service review, A17.3 code review, NEC code update, A117.1 class, A17.2 routine inspection review, A17.2 periodic test review, City of Chicago 2018 code A17.1, City of Chicago 2018 code A17.3 

Take away – When I was 17 I knew everything, when I was 24 and had a few years in the business I thought I was on a path to quickly know everything.  At 43 I have discovered I have a long way to go and a lot to learn.   These two days a year are very long, my Tuesday started at 5:15am leaving my house to go to the southside of Chicago and ended at 10pm when I got home.  I learn so much from these two days, even if it is similar material, I get different things out of it each time I hear it. We always have to keep learning and keep growing. 

If you have any questions or would like additional information feel free to contact me at CraigZ@colleyelevator.com or 630-766-7230 ext. 107.

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