Iowa Association Of Municipal Utilities

The association provides training on a wide range of subjects. It conducts regular workshops and conferences to support electric, gas, water and broadband utilities. Iamu provides job training and safety services to a statewide group consisting of over 195 members; 8 regional safety groups consisting of over 70 members and 11 individual cities and organizations who utilize iamu training services under seperate agreements. Iamu provides thousands of hours of member training hours.

Iamu contracted with an outside lobbyist at the state level in order to advocate for its members interests, and protect their needs, while collaborating with national trade associations to do the same at the federal level. Iamu participates in the regulatory process on behalf of members to ensure that their voice is heard. This includes providing written comments on proceedings before the iowa utilities board, the iowa department of natural resources, the federal energy regulatory commission, the environmental protection agency, the office of pipeline safety, the iowa office of consumer advocate, and the federal emergency management association.

-safety regional coordinator positions have been created to provide a more personal approach to safety training and allow cities to have a main point of contact at iamu to handle all safety related aspects for the members within the regional group. - iamu began offering its mobile crane operator certification and examination course for digger derrick, service truck, and mobile crane operators. Osha's updated crane standard requires that operators of lifting equipment be trained, evaluated, and tested to obtain certification, and iamu wanted to make sure that our members had a convenient and affordable way to get that necessary certification. - gas operator qualification has moved to an online training which allows cities to provide the training on their own schedule with iamu overseeing and providing evaluations. -iamu converted 9 safety clusters to one large safety group providing in person classes at several locations across the state; webinars; focused content; streaming videos; free and customizable programs; mock walkthroughs and audits, maintaining safety training records; free cpr; hearing and respiratory fit testing.