A national partnership joining the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA), the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, the U.S. Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and others within the electrical T&D industry is focused on improving the training of thousands of union electrical workers and contractors.

In 2006, classes were held across the United States to teach utility and line construction company trainers how to deliver a new 10-hour OSHA safety course to electrical line workers. The course, created by NECA, IBEW and other members of the strategic safety partnership, aims at familiarizing line workers with OSHA rules for working on high-voltage utility power systems, while at the same time arming them with the latest in safety techniques and materials, including equipotential grounding and the proper use of personal protective equipment.