Reluctantly we are canceling the PPTA Technical Trainer's Conference originally scheduled for April 28-30th in Concord, California. Although many people expressed interest in the conference, we just did not have enough people sign up to make the conference viable.

Thank you for your support of process operator training.

Please contact Colleen Grim at CGrim@losmedanos.edu or 925-439-2181 ext 3387 if you have any questions or would like more information.

Please consider attending our Los Medanos College Process Technology (PTEC) open house event on Tuesday, April 27th from 9 AM to 4 PM. The open house is a celebration of the success of the PTEC program at the college and a chance for you to see our hands-on equipment and computer simulators in action.

For detailed documentation from past events visit our Downloads page.

As we move further into the 21st century our ability to automatically control our many unique processes keeps improving. Our equipment is more reliable, and unit unscheduled shutdowns are becoming rare. Even the occasional power outage has almost become unheard of. If we couple these advances with the increasing number of new employees, the potential for problems and the need for high quality training becomes paramount.

One way to reduce the potential for future problems is through the development of competent, experienced trainers. By giving them the knowledge, skills and tools to become effective at their craft, we will help ensure a safe and efficient transition to safe, qualified and prepared new employees.

Besides the knowledge and skills you'll receive, you'll also get the opportunity to meet with many of our training providers, suppliers and developers. This is your chance to see some of the latest and greatest tools of your trade. They come with many years experience providing materials, applications and programs that will make your job easier and more effective. Several of them have given of their time and money to make this event possible. They have acted as conference sponsors, developed and hosted our website, designed the brochure, emailed the conference details to their customers, and even snail mailed several hundred brochures. We all owe them a debt of gratitude for helping to make this non-profit conference a reality. Thank-you all!

From my 17 years of attending, presenting and organizing training conferences for the American Petroleum Institute, by far the most popular sessions were the "Topics for Discussion". You will see these sprinkled throughout the entire two days. These are opportunities for you to ask your most burning training questions, describe a problem you need to solve, or just seek advice from the audience. You'll be amazed at the number of people who are eager to help! I have received many, many comments that the "Topics for Discussion" sessions are worth the price of admission. It's also a great networking tool. (Hint: Bring Plenty of Business Cards)

For further details about the Pacific PTA please direct your inquiries by e-mail to: info@nwpta.org
If you are interested in giving a workshop at next year's event, please review our Presenter's Guidelines.