A question for Mr. Collins
"Sometimes it is not what you say, but what you leave out that makes the difference."
Mr. Collins, I have a question for your that I wanted to ask at the debate but was not allowed to do so:
In your handouts, you state: "26 year career as a manager and consultant in the energy and utility industries"
However, on your Facebook page, it states: "Originally trained as a clinical social worker, Kenneth had a career
working for and consulting to industry on mental health and substance
abuse issues in the workplace".
My question is: What exactly were your duties and responsibilities while working in the energy and utility industries?
The answer might well reflect on your qualification for the office of PUD Commissioner.
If you have the opportunity, please ask Mr. Collins this question and let me know his answer.
Thanks
Tony
Tony
Hi Tony, Thank you for asking. My experience in the energy and utility industries were on the human resources side of the business. In the 12 years that I consulted with Pacific Gas & Electric, I coordinated fitness-for-duty evaluations, evaluated employees with substance abuse and mental health issues that might compromise safe work performance, consulted with supervisors, managers and human resource advisors about employees, conducted vendor audits, performed cost/benefit analyses, consulted with safety and security personnel as well as outside experts on threats of violence, provided on-site training on workplace stress, drug and alcohol issues and the employee assistance program for supervisors, managers and employees and consulted with the manager of the employee assistance program on numerous policy issues. In the twelve years that I worked for Chevron Corporation, I began as an employee assistance program advisor, working on-site at the El Segundo refinery and working with refinery workers, truck drivers, oil field workers, welders, boiler makers, research scientists and various technicians. I evaluated employees who presented themselves for assistance with substance abuse, mental health or family problems, as well as employees referred by management because of declining work performance. The work also entailed consultation with supervisors, managers and human resource professionals. After four years, I was promoted to manager and supervised a staff of nine full-time and seven part-time professionals providing services to an international employee population of 30,000+ employees. As manager, I was involved with numerous committees to establish policy on drug and alcohol issues, compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, workplace stress, drug testing, work/life issues and other significant issues of the day and I also helped select and evaluate various vendors. My work with impaired executives was formally recognized by the Vice Chairman of the corporation. I served on the Workplace Health, Safety & Security Committee for the Society for Human Resource Management and have a chapter on workplace drug testing in the Employee Assistance Handbook, published by Wiley. And I have a question for you: What is your experience in the energy and utility industries?
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