Ontario Power Generation - Lambton Generation Station
Top row: Doug Cambell, Mechanical Maintainer, Lambton GS; Peter Bourassa, Mechanical Maintainer, Lambton GS; Pat Kerwin, Mechanical Maintainer, Lambton GS; Carl Benn, Mechanical Maintainer, Lambton GS; Lee Scott, Mechanical Maintainer, Lambton GS;Frank Kewaquom, Mechanical Maintainer, Lambton GS; Arnie Kursiss, Site Project Engineer, Lambton GS. Middle row: Yvan Benoit, Mechanical Maintainer, Lambton GS; Harry Knapp, Mechanical Maintainer, Lambton GS; Rhys Jenkins, Mechanical Maintainer, Lambton GS; Nancy McIlroy, Mechanical Maintainer, Lambton GS. Front row: Gilbert Poon, Sr. Engineer/Scientist, EP - Technical Services; Bill Brooks, Shift Maintainer 1, Lambton GS; Bruce Haygarth, Thermal Station Engineer, Lambton GS. (Inset) John McLin, Mechanical Maintainer, Lambton GS. Absent: Mark Causley, Mechanical Maintainer, Lambton GS.

Giving in-house welders training and certification in specialized orbital welding techniques has produced immediate dividends for Lambton Generation station. Initial savings are projected to reach $3.8 million, and even more promising results are expected, because the productivity of the workers is increasing.

For example, the weld completion rate at the beginning of the first job was 20 per day. But by the end of the project, the productivity had jumped up to 39 per day, a pace that allowed the project to be completed without any extended outage time. Better still, there is now the potential to generate revenue by making the newly acquired skills of the welders available to other companies.

Below: A letter of appreciation to Arc Machines, Inc., from Gilbert Poon, Senior Engineer - Specialist, Welding & Technical Services, OPG-EP.