Training and the In-House Overhaul Process (I-HOP)

PAL engineers have hundreds of years’ experience working on GE gas, steam and wind turbines.

During their GE days, PAL technical trainers wore many hats:

senior field engineers
area engineers
managers of field services
lead technical advisors

They trained over 1000 field engineers at the Field Engineering Development Center (FEDC) near Schenectady, NY.

Dave Lucier managed the Field Engineering Program (FEP), as well as being a lead technical trainer in Fuel Regulator and Speedtronic™ control systems for six years.
Other PAL engineers were lead training specialists on gas and steam turbine installations, maintenance and start-ups.

Chances are good that field engineers who have provided services for you in the past are graduates of the FEP during their tenure.

PAL engineers have taught over 200 on-site training schools and multi-client seminars in addition to our main responsibilities as turbine field engineers. PAL has also had the honor of being asked to be guest speakers to various User Groups, including: CTOTF, 7EA and 6B.

PAL training schools and seminars always include “real world” experiences of the instructors. Trouble-shooting exercises focus on specific problems that have occurred on your equipment or other power plants of similar design.

PAL offers seminars and on-site unit-specific gas, steam and wind turbine technical training.

For some courses, training can be taught in both English and Spanish or using simultaneous interpretation.

In 2002, PAL introduced a new concept called the In-House Overhaul Process (I-HOP). Clients order on-site training for their crew the week before a planned outage. The outage begins with PAL providing a plan using the critical path method (CPM) covering all of the expected activities, manpower and timing. PAL provides a technical advisor (TA) and mechanical assistant (MA) to cover the outage. The PAL team together with the trained crew provided by the client conduct the pre-planned outage. The COST $AVING$ will be significant! The added benefits include worker pride and knowledge that the job was accomplished in house and DONE RIGHT. PAL has accomplished the I-HOP method for clients in Sherrill and Batavia, NY; Springfield and Greenwood, MO; Portland, Oregon, and a major outage with I-HOP will soon be done in Philadelphia, PA.

For on-site schools Contact the PAL office to discuss your specific training needs.