Nick Hamlin and Justin Lunsford, employee(s) of Macon Electric Cooperative, Macon, attended the Overhead and Aerial Basket School at the AMEC Training Center on October 19-22, 2026, in Jefferson City. 

The course emphasized safe and efficient live line work practices and procedures for the class. Field instruction focused on the proper application of protective insulating equipment, live line tools, and aerial devices utilized when installing and maintaining energized lines and equipment. AMEC training staff and instructors from several of Missouri’s electric cooperatives were assisted by Hubbell Power Systems, Tallman Equipment and RMA Engineering during the school. AMEC is the service organization for the state's 47 electric cooperatives, which serve more than 560,000 rural Missourians.