Electrical Safety Talks

Episode 15: The Electrical Workforce Math That Should Alarm Every Safety Professional

John Welch and Steve Quiett

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Paul of Guided Power joins John Welch to break down the skilled labor crisis hitting electrical maintenance departments hard, losing more than two experienced workers for every one coming in, maintenance teams being led by non-technical managers, and AI data centers about to make the demand problem dramatically worse. They also cover how up-skilling mechanical workers and matching job titles to asset incident energy levels is one way facilities are safely closing the gap.