Scrap Training is Focus of Dallas Event

Scrap.Edu is the name being given to a three-day training seminar that has been organized by the Gulf Coast Chapter of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. (ISRI). The seminar takes place Jan. 27-29 at the Sheraton Grand Hotel near Dallas-Fort Worth Airport.

The event’s organizers are billing the $295 seminar as consisting of interactive scrap training. Sessions that will be offered cover a range of topics, including:

·         Safety

·         Stormwater best practices

·         Stainless and alloyed metals identification

·         Aluminum grades identification

·         Ferrous scrap grades identification

·         Radiation detection

·         Railcar loading and unloading procedures; and

·         Regulatory compliance.

The educational sessions take place Wednesday and Thursday Jan. 27 and 28, followed by a tour of the Gerdau Ameristeel scrap processing and steelmaking complex in Midlothian, Texas, on Friday,  Jan. 29.

Those interested in finding out more about the event or registering for it can contact one of three people: Haley Glick at haley@tsimco.com; Jim Lawrence at jlawrence8484@yahoo.com; or Andres Montes at Andres.montes@elgmetals.com.