Palmer Hickman

Palmer Hickman is the Director of Safety and Code Training and Curriculum Development for the Electrical Training Alliance in Washington, DC. The Electrical Training Alliance is the training arm of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) and the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA). He also serves as a Director of Codes and Standards for the IBEW. In this capacity, he represents the IBEW on the National Electrical Code (NEC) Technical Correlating Committee (TCC), Code Panels 1 and 20 of the NEC®, and on the Technical Committees for NFPA 70E®, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace, and NFPA 70B®, Recommended Practice for Electrical Equipment Maintenance. In addition to his Codes and Standards responsibilities, he is an OSHA Construction Industry Master Instructor as well as an OSHA authorized Outreach Trainer for both Construction and General Industry. He is twenty-eight year member of the IBEW with additional memberships including IAEI, NFPA, IEEE, NETA, and the UL Electrical Council. In addition to completion of the IBEW/NECA/NJATC apprenticeship, his educational background includes a B.A. in Labor Safety and Health.