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Eric Kuster, a longtime propane industry veteran, heads the team that advises senior management and the Council on all matters related to safety, education, and code compliance. He has been a member of the PERC Advisory Committee since 2003 and the former chairman of its Safety and Technical Training Working Group.
Kuster most recently served as director of safety and certification for the National Propane Gas Association (NPGA), where he oversaw the CETP certification program which provides a formal structure for testing employee knowledge and skills to meet training requirements for personnel who transfer or transport propane or install propane equipment.
Kuster is a former member of NPGA’s Education, Safety & Training Committee, where he received the NPGA Chairman's Award, and is a past contributor to the NFPA 58 Handbook. Prior to his work at NPGA, Kuster was Assistant Vice President of Risk Engineering at Crum & Forster and served 15 years at Fairmont Specialty Insurance as Risk Engineering Manager. He also spent nine years as a Terminal Manager and Director of Safety and Training for Tri-Gas & Oil Co., and five years at Ferrellgas as a District Manager.
He earned his bachelor’s degree from Delaware Valley University and holds structural firefighting, and emergency medical certifications from Hunterdon County Fire Academy. He lives in Maryland.
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