The first new wind technicians to pass through Avangrid’s National Training Center in Sherman County, Oregon.
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When Juan Flores started his first job fixing wind turbines 14 years ago, he wished he’d had more training. On one of his first days on the job, he had to climb a 90-meter ladder. But no one told him to take breaks.
“I climbed all the way up to the top without stopping. I think I rested on the ladder for maybe one minute. So when I got up there, I almost passed out. I was gasping for air,” Flores said.
That’s when he got the advice to take breaks on the ladder.
Now, Flores is helping new technicians avoid similar pitfalls. He’s helping train them at Avangrid’s newly built National Training Center in Sherman County, Oregon. The facility was built this summer and just worked with its first set of technicians.
This September, Flores taught 10 students…
