Start Date: 26 Sep, 2027
End Date: 30 Sep, 2027
Duration: 5 Days
Overview:
The Electrical Safety Compliance Professional course, offered by Energy Milestones Corporation, is designed to equip professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to ensure electrical safety in high-voltage environments. Upon completion, participants will be able to identify and mitigate electrical hazards, understand and apply relevant safety standards, and implement effective safety practices in their workplaces.
Course Objectives :
At the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Explain the issues (statistics) associated with poor electrical safety in the workplace.
- Define and differentiate between qualified and unqualified persons under OSHA.
- Identify requirements specified in OSHA, NFPA 70E, and describe similarities and differences in OSHA & 70E.
- Fundamental requirements for high-voltage electric safety
- List types of electrical hazards to personnel and describe the nature of the hazards
- Electric shock in high-voltage equipment.
- Grounding system with high-voltage equipment.
- High voltage protective equipment is in a safe, reliable condition.
- Neutral grounding in high-voltage equipment is protective.
- Earth resistivity measurements for high voltage.
- Overvoltages on power systems and safety.
- High-Voltage Cables and Safety: Alternative Forms of Power Switchgear and Circuit Breakers – Current-Limiting, Non-Current-Limiting, etc.
- Power optimisation equipment for real power and use of transformers, transmission lines, generators and motors devices to improve system operation
- Electrical hazards and precautions Statutory regulations and codes of practice High voltage safety rules Electrical safety documents
- Operational features of switchgear
- Circuit breakers - oil, gas, air and vacuum
- Auxiliary equipment
- Primary conductors and switchgear enclosures
- Switchgear maintenance
Course Content:
Fundamental requirements for high voltage electric safety
• Overview of a typical systems covering generation, transmission and distribution
• Determination of flow of real (P) and reactive power (Q)
• Determination and control of fault level
• Introduction, switchgear definition, function main components& specifications
• Main high voltage equipment
• Generation of high voltage
• Earthling switch
• Operation of high voltage equipment (circuit breaker, motors, transmission lines etc )
• High voltage electric safety
• Electric shock in high voltage equipment
• Electric Shock in high voltage
• Shock and human body
• How electricity hurts people
• Safety precaution to be taken in high voltage during maintenance
• Coping with rising demand for power - transmission and distribution
• The costs associated with increasing fault level
• Power switchgear equipment design and operation
• Arc-less Power switchgear
• Quality of switchgear equipment
• Grounding system with high voltage equipment
• Neutral grounding in high voltage protective equipment
• Ground –grid mesh electrode
• Failures causes and analysis of faults in high voltage sides
• A practical approach to safe grounding
• The requirements for neutral grounding
• High voltage protective equipment in a safe, reliable condition
• Grounding for power system plants
• Methods for decreasing grounding resistance
• Advantages and disadvantage of each grounding systems
• High Voltage Applications - Surge protection, current limiters network switching, etc
• Earthing and Electrical safety
• Earth electrode resistance
• Earth fault loop impedance
• Requirements for RCD protection,
• Protective against mechanical dama
• Safety Related Work Practices
• Determine the LO/TO procedure applicable to a given facility, operation, equipment or activity
• Selection and use of work practices o De-energized work practices
• Approach boundaries and approach distances
• Requirements for use of test instruments and equipment o Requirements for insulated tools
• Other equipment such as ladders, barricades, signs
• HIGH VOLTAGE SWITCHGEAR
• Fundamentals of Switchgear and Requirements for Switchgear
• Air Blast Switchgear
• Oil Filled Switchgear
• SF6 Switchgear
• Vacuum Switchgear
• Test Requirements for Switchgear
• Working On or Near Live Parts
• List the conditions under which “hot work” is allowed
• Energized electrical work permit
• Optical Current Transducers for Protection - optical current sensors eliminate CT saturation
• Protection against corrosion
• High Voltage Applications - Surge protection, current limiters network switching, etc
• Non-linear loads - harmonics at PCC - filtering - G5/4 requirements
• Electric safety in high voltages power system
Targeted Audience:
Electrical Engineers and Experienced Electrical Maintenance technicians
Structure & Methodology:
The course uses a mix of interactive techniques such as brief presentations by the consultant and the participants, group exercises and case studies. The course also includes live instructions, video presentations, and practical examples & case studies. The trainer uses up-to-date training techniques and a variety of training methods, to give all participants the best opportunities for learning, including:
- Class Session
- Group Discussions
- Case studies
- Simulation
- Evaluatio
