Mission Statement
“We have prepared our shoulders to mentor electricity crafts professionals in their pursuit of strategic knowledge, through the application of tactical skills awareness and are leading the way in the development of quality metering craftsmen/craftswomen”
HITT: The Vision and Inspiration
HITT WAS FOUNDED BY BRAD HARRIS OUT OF HIS GROWING CONCERN OF THE NEED FOR QUALITY TRAINING OF ELECTRICAL METERING APPRENTICES AND OTHER ELECTRICAL CRAFT PERSONNEL. BRAD’S NAME IS SYNONYMOUS WITH QUALITY INSTRUCTION OF ELECTRICAL CONCEPTS, PRINCIPLES, THEORIES, AND METERING, AS WELL AS BEING KNOWN FOR HIS GENUINE CONCERN AND CONSCIENTIOUS ATTITUDE ABOUT WORKING SAFELY “ALL WAYS”.
INCREASINGLY FRUSTRATED BY THE SHIFT IN METER APPRENTICE TRAINING ATTITUDES, BRAD HAS DESIGNED A TRAINING PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES THE ELECTRICITY CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES OF NOT ONLY THE NECESSARY TACTICAL SKILLS, BUT ALSO THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGIC KNOWLEDGE, FOR BECOMING A THROUGHLY SKILLED METERMAN. THE PUSH BUTTON MENTALITY IN TRAINING METERMEN TODAY IS RATHER LIKE GIVING A 1ST GRADER A CALCULATOR. THE PROBLEM CAN BE ENTERED INTO A ‘TOOL’, BUT IS THE FORMULA UNDERSTOOD? IS THE ANSWER CORRECT? HOW DO YOU KNOW?
THE HEARTFELT DESIRE TO SEE EACH APPRENTICE ACHIEVE JOURNEYMAN STATUS ALONG WITH THE LIFE SKILLS NEEDED TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL BOTH PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY IS WHAT FUELS BRAD’S PASSION AND COMMITMENT. BRAD’S CONCERN FOR PERSONAL SAFETY IS APPARENT AT ALL TIMES AND IS A CORE VALUE OF HITT.
THIS VISION INCLUDES THE USE OF SELECT JOURNEYMEN METERMEN AS INSTRUCTORS, WHO UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING. JOURNEYMEN WHO HONOR, RESPECT, VALUE, AND HAVE PASSION FOR THEIR CRAFT. EACH INSTRUCTOR’S PERSONAL COMMITMENT AND STRATEGIC KNOWLEDGE ENABLES THEM TO TEACH FROM A FIELD PERSPECTIVE OF KNOWING THE WORK FIRST HAND AND THE ATMOSPHERE IN WHICH IT IS PERFORMED AS IT APPLIES TO ALL ASPECTS OF THE CRAFT, INCLUDING WORKING SAFELY AND CONFIDENTLY.
Core Values and Beliefs
Who We Are: HITT provides electricity training to electrical crafts with specific focus on the metering craft through tactical skills training and strategic knowledge development, delivered in an atmosphere of personalized instruction.
What We Do: HITT enhances the success and integrity of electrical trades and associated craft personnel through education, training, public information, union relations, safety awareness, internal & external customer relationships and value added services.
Where We Are Going: HITT inspires to promote the integrity of working environments, where the value and benefits of having highly knowledgeable and skilled craftsmen & craftswomen in the electric metering trade, and other associated electrical crafts, are respected.
What Is Important To Us: HITT values trade needs; integrity; personal & public safety; quality of service; effective craft representation; and personal accountability along with a commitment to the success of each apprentice.