AIRSTREAMS—Where It All Began
Airstreams was founded in 2003 by Dave Schulgen, one of several pioneers of the wind industry boom of the 1980’s. As a safety and technical consulting firm, Airstreams early mission was to offer a unique safety training solution, through a model Dave and others established during their corporate careers. While safety training has been around in other industries for quite some time we acknowledged early on that few companies in the industry recognized the need for quality third party training, we were preaching the message but few were buying into it at the time. By staying true to its core mission, Airstreams has established its reputation for quality safety and technical training programs.
Today, the company provides a critical link between theory and experience that started for many back in the mid 1980’s when the company founders, our management team and key instructors started in the wind industry as service technicians. During the 1980’s wind energy was a new, unknown industry and yet, it transformed the sleepy community of Tehachapi, CA into one of the largest concentrations of wind energy in the US. Not since the boom of the railroad had Tehachapi seen such a transformation and no one knew at the time that many of today’s Airstreams staff would have been involved in helping to develop, construct, manufacture, train, operate and service wind turbines on such a large commercial scale.
After nearly 25 years of industry development, Airstreams has brought together one of the most powerful teams of individuals to do what we do best; train! Our instructor-led training programs are designed to integrate field theory with hands-on practical training where students are measured through a set of complete training assessments to ensure the holder of an Airstreams certificate has consistently met or exceeded the necessary requirements for successful employment within the renewable energy industry.
Our long standing motto that ensures our students and our clients programs are successful is that "Safety and Training are not an event, they are a culture".
Airstreams is focused on increasing the productivity of our students, whether new to the renewable energy field or continuing their education. Our programs are continuously updated and taught by highly experienced industry leaders. The Airstreams curriculum has served as a model for many college and educational programs, is accepted in many state workforce development agencies and we continue strive to create and maintain long term relationships with both our students and business partners.
In 2010, Airstreams identified three critical areas of focus:
First, we recognized that our product is a well trained individual. Our goal is to give our students the safety and technical skills necessary to get a good job. In order to complete the job placement cycle and get our graduates careers on track, we launched our own Greenjobs Placement Services (GPS) company.
Second, we recognized that to be a leader in safety and technical training arena, we needed to surround ourselves with experts. In July 2010, Airstreams acquired a leading safety-at-height training company called ENSA North America, Inc. ENSA has established its leadership role in the work-at-height industry and is one of the leading providers of rescue training in the wind industry.
Finally, students requested online training solutions to supplement our hands-on courses and we’ve responded with a new, dynamic and easy-to-use web based system.
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