The ISRI Gulf Coast Chapter says it drew nearly 50 people from 18 different states and Canada for its 2011 Scrap.edu preventive maintenance workshop.
The two-and-a-half-day session is described as hands-on by the Gulf Coast Chapter and as covering “the main topics maintenance and operations staff face at scrap facilities.”
Participants heard presentations and discussed different techniques for maintaining material handlers, shredders, forklifts, balers and methods that scrap yards use to keep track of these efforts. Among the presentations that received positive feedback was one by Bill Nichols of Nichols Consulting on new requirements for DOT compliance and what maintenance teams need to know to keep truck fleets up to par with new rules.
“The speakers had great suggestions,” says attendee Sam Richardson of Monterrey Iron & Metal Co., San Antonio. “They were all experts in their fields, and I couldn’t wait to get back to the yard to try out some of the new techniques that were mentioned.”
The speakers not only addressed the ins and outs of maintenance, but also how to perform work in a safe, organized and environmentally compliant manner, according to event co-organizer Haley Glick of Tri-State Iron & Metal, Texarkana, Ark.
The 2011 Scrap.edu program was the second seminar co-organized by Glick and David Fulton of Fulton Supply and Recycling, Gainesville, Texas
The 2012 meeting will be held the third week in January and will focus on the basics of scrap yard management for new employees, says Glick, who adds that it will be open for registrants from all ISRI Chapters.