Comment on Xcel safety training preps apprentices for electrical field

Xcel Energy is making sure more than 100 apprentices are prepared, training them in a simulated world before going out into the real world to work as electrical field employees. “Most of our training involves safety — keeping our employees safe, and of course the public. Simulators allow us to do things in the classroom that we couldn’t previously do before putting them on a piece of equipment,” said Mark Palacio, Xcel’s technical training supervisor. read more