ESL in conjunction with Cooper Industries, have recently run a series of training days. The most recent of which was at the Sheldon Hotel on 21st October 2011.
It was extremely well attended, mainly by electrical contractors and the consensus was that it was very useful indeed.
The program was opened by Phil Kane, the Ireland manager of Cooper Industries Limited. Phil gave us an overview of some of the Cooper brands in Ireland. Most observers were surprised at just how large the company actually is.
Derek McKeever then spoke about Cooper safety - Menvier, and spoke in some depth about fire installation design. He discussed the different types such as addressable, wireless and the conventional fire products and how to program them.
A working "hands on" demonstration followed by tea and coffee.
After the break, John Walsh spoke about Cooper lighting, the range of products catalogue and emergency lighting. Their was a lengthy debate on specifications in regard to both toilet fittings & outdoor bulkheads and questions on escape route lighting.
The debate continued as Brendan Neenan took to the stage and discussed the Cooper Ceag range of central battery and monitored emergency lighting systems.
If audience participation can be used as a way of judging the success of an event (in my experience, it really is) then most definitly it was a useful day, all round.
We finished up with a nice lunch laid on by ESL and about 8 contractors attended an open session afterwards with an opportunity to get their own specific questions answered.
In these tougher times, its nice to see an electrical wholesaler actively working with suppliers to promote these kind of events, so congrats to Electrical Supplies Limited.
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