Rod graduated from the inside program in 1992. He has worked as an Electrician, Foreman, General foreman and Project manager for some of the most notable local projects, including the NIKE World Campus, Tualatin Valley Parks and Recreation and Hawthorne Farms Athletic Club. Rod graduated from the University of Tennessee’s National Training Institute, and became a principle member of code panel 9 for the NEC. Earning his Master Electricians license in Washington, Rod has a sincere interest in education and works as the Training Director for the NIETC in Portland, where he manages the training staff and focuses on Apprenticeship and Journeyman curriculum.

Barry Moreland – Safety Director- Journeyman Inside Wireman Born in Vancouver, Washington and raised in Ridgefield. After 2 years attending Clark College, Barry entered the electrical apprenticeship and graduated in 1998. He is a member of the National Safety Council and the National Fire Protection Association and also serves as chairman of the Oregon OSHA Construction Advisory Committee.

Lance is a graduate of the Commercial Inside Wireman program and is responsible for managing the IT infrastructure and software development at the training center.

Lance holds several industry certifications and has spoken at the Zend PHP Conference, MacWorld and the FileMaker Developers Conference.

He also teaches courses on Networking, Routers, Switches and WAN/LAN technologies.

After serving 9 years in the Navy, Brian was accepted into the IBEW Local 48 apprenticeship program. In 1997, he graduated from the program and began teaching for the NIETC. He holds an Oregon Electrical Supervisors License (2005), an Electrical Inspector’s License, and has been appointed to represent the IBEW on NEC Code Making Panel #13. He is a member of the NECA Code Committee and has graduated from the NJATC National Training Institute.

John has taught both part time and full time since 1996 at the NECA-IBEW Electrical Training Center. Prior to becoming an electrician, John graduated from the University of Oregon in 1987. John entered the apprenticeship in 1990. Since becoming a Journeyman in 1995, Mr. McCamish has acquired his Master Electrician's license in Washingon and NICET level 2 Fire Alarm Technician. In 2006, John earned his Oregon General Supervising Electrician Card and EPRI level B certification.

After serving 4 years in the Military Laura was accepted as a NECA-IBEW Inside Apprentice and became a Journeyman Wireman in 1998. She has since earned her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from PSU. Laura works for the NIETC as a full time instructor and outreach coordinator.

After going through the Nuclear Power program with the Navy, Jason joined Local 48 and graduated as Journeyman Wireman in 2000. Jason taught various computer related topics and became a full time instructor in 2004.

In 2004, Christopher completed the Inside Wireman program with Local 48, in one of the first groups of apprentices to exclusively attend day school. He has experience in commercial and industrial installations and most recently worked as a service electrician specializing in troubleshooting and installation of variable frequency drives and Building Automation Systems. Christopher has a B.S. from the School of Allied Arts and Architecture at the University of Oregon and completed the NJATC's National Training Institute in 2008.

Dave has taught both part time and full time with NIETC since 2001. Prior to entering the apprenticeship program with Local 48 at Metro he spent 12 years as a Field Construction Supervisor in the retail construction industry for a national gift chain where he ran projects in Major Malls and Strip Centers throughout the contiguous 48 states. Dave graduated from the NIETC in April 2000 and holds Journeyman Electrical Licenses in both Oregon and Washington. He has worked on many diverse jobs both large and small and has been a Foreman and Safety Professional at various job sites. He graduated from NTI in 2009 and holds many additional training certifications, mainly in Safety related topics. He taught at Timberlake Job Corps as the pre-electrical apprentice instructor from 2003-2005 while teaching evenings and weekends at Portland Community College and the NIETC. In addition to teaching apprenticeship and journeyman classes he also teaches various outreach electrical and safety classes.

After earning both undergraduate and graduate degrees at Portland State University, John competed a yearlong Fellowship in Diversity and Policy at the Institute for Education Leadership in Washington D.C. Before joining the NIETC team as our first Workforce Development Coordinator, John spent nearly twenty years teaching, developing non-profit organizations, writing grants and establishing himself as a leader in public education. His successful background in program/policy development, public speaking and classroom teaching has prepared him well to lead NIETC’s efforts to establish effective long-term strategies for diversifying our student body and increase awareness/attractiveness of the electrical profession among student attending high schools with our service area.