For much of the drilling industry, continuing education is nothing more than a requirement that is more dreaded than anticipated and more boring than fun. It’s not that drillers don’t value learning and it’s not that they don’t want to expand their skillset; it’s that the most traditional approaches to continuing education aren’t captivating enough and that transferring classroom lectures into field practices is easier said than done.
Field demonstrations are a great alternative that many associations are embracing and National Driller recently attended one put on by the Indiana Ground Water Association (IGWA) in Indianapolis. The Fall Field Day continuing education event featured a water well drilling demonstration and pump installation, presented to a group of 158 groundwater professionals who found it very worthwhile, according to Troy Alexander, past president of IGWA.