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The North American electrical safety standards, NFPA 70E and CSA Z462, require that your electrical workers and operators be proven qualified for the tasks that they are performing. This two day, 80% hands-on course will ensure that your successful participants have the knowledge, and can demonstrate the skills, to perform their electrical operating tasks safely and properly. Instruction is based on the above standards as well as those of your facility. (NOTE: Participants must be previously certified in our high voltage arc flash safety training as a prerequisite for this training.) It encompasses both outdoor and indoor substations with the major emphasis on indoor substations and electrical rooms. The course is taught by utility safety professionals each with over 30 years of hands-on maintenance, testing and troubleshooting experience with exemplary safety records working in generating and substations..
The course is taught using Canada Training Group’s Lab Two and the client facility. Our Lab Two is a 53' highway trailer outfitted with 25kV, 15kV, 5kV and 480/600V electrical equipment with full cutaways giving complete access to the equipment during switching and racking. This lab also has simulated overhead distribution lines with fuses, cutouts, switches and grounding capability allowing participants to conduct potential tests, perform lockout/tagout, isolations, switching, phasing and apply safety grounds using hotsticks. If the client has suitable facilities then our lab will not be needed.
Simple or complex lockout/tagout can be performed combining electrical, mechanical, fluid, process, optical, overhead crane and physical guards with written, verbal, hand signal and radio communication while using Category 2 and 4 PPE.Mobile Lab #2 is presently being set up for PLC control allowing us to simulate numerous substation configurations and incident energy exposures as well as monitor student activity.
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Course topics
I. SWITCHGEAR SAFETY
Objective: Integrate and follow common standards in your operating procedures.
II. PERSONAL PROTECTIVE GROUNDING
Objective: Safely and properly operate 480/600V MCC’S and switchgear.
III. 480/600V MCC’S and SWITCHGEAR
Objective: Safely and properly operate 480/600V MCC’S and switchgear.
View all topicsI. SWITCHGEAR SAFETY
Objective: Integrate and follow common standards in your operating procedures.
- CSA Z462/NFPA 70E Requirements
- Provincial/State/Federal Requirements
- Control Circuits
- Protection Circuits
- Local/Remote/PLC Control
- Potential Testing
- Lockout/Tagout
- Isolating
- Switching
- Phasing
- EquiPotential Grounding
- Safe Work Procedures
- Safe Work Practices
- Switching Orders
II. PERSONAL PROTECTIVE GROUNDING
Objective: Safely and properly operate 480/600V MCC’S and switchgear.
- Personal Protective Grounding
- Basic Criteria for Safe Grounding Practices
- Ground Cable Assemblies
- Application of Protective Ground Cables
- Power and Plant Protective Grounding
- Switchyard and Substation Protective Grounding
- Care, Inspection, and Testing Protective Grounding Equipment
III. 480/600V MCC’S and SWITCHGEAR
Objective: Safely and properly operate 480/600V MCC’S and switchgear.
- Review of Disconnects
- Review of MCC’s
- Review of LVPCB’s
- Circuit Control
- Fused Disconnects
- Bucket Operation
- Breaker Operation
- HRC/AFB Analysis
- ESWC
- Lockout/Tagout
- Racking
- Protection Relays
- Failure Modes
- Practical Projects
IV. 5KV BREAKERS and STARTERS
Objective: Safely and properly operate 5kV breakers and starters.
- Review of MV Breakers
- Review of Starters
- Control Circuit
- Breaker Operation
- Starter Operation
- HRC/AFB Analysis
- ESWC
- Lockout/Tagout
- Racking
- Protection Relays
- Failure Modes
- Practical Projects
V. 15KV BREAKERS AND DISCONNECTS
Objective: Safely and properly operate 15kV breakers and disconnects
- Review of 15kV Disconnects
- Disconnect Operation
- Review of 15kV Breakers
- Breaker Operation
- Control Circuit
- HRC/AFB Analysis
- ESWC
- Lockout/Tagout
- Racking
- Protection Relays
- Failure Modes
- Practical Projects
- Review of 15kV Disconnects
- Disconnect Operation
- Review of 15kV Breakers
- Breaker Operation
- Control Circuit
- HRC/AFB Analysis
- ESWC
- Lockout/Tagout
- Racking
- Protection Relays
- Failure Modes
- Practical Projects
VI. 25KV BREAKERS AND OVERHEAD FUSES
Objective: Safely and properly operate 25kV breakers and overhead fuses.
- Review of 25kV fuses
- Fuse replacement
- Review of 25kV Breakers
- Breaker Operation
- Control Circuit
- HRC/AFB Analysis
- ESWC
- Lockout/Tagout
- Racking
- Protection Relays
- Failure Modes
- Practical Projects
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Peter Waugh
Years of Experience44Peter Waugh brings 44 years of experience in fields of maintenance and human resources management. Peter graduated in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Brunswick. He started his career with Westinghouse Industrial Field Service servicing power distribution equipment. He then moved to the Pulp & Paper industry where he worked for three companies over the next 30 years working in...
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Amanda Sica, Camcor EnvironmentalPeter was very clear and easy to understand with basic electrical training. I thought the way he taught the safety aspect was very effective.
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Caeden Watkins, BC TransitPeter was a very knowledgeable instructor with lots of real world examples and lots of relevant industry information.
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Erik Mikkelsen, Pretium Resources"Peter was very well spoken and thorough with critical information. He exhibited excellent knowledge and patience. Im extremely excited to gain knowledge that I can start to use immediately. The brochure information followed a proper, organized system. Thank you very much."
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Wayne Jeffrey
Years of Experience41Wayne brings 41 years of experience in the electrical and instrumentation industry. He is a master electrician and a journeyman instrument mechanic. He started in the early 80’s with a petroleum company in the Lloydminster area performing maintenance duties. He then started and ran his own contracting company for 15 yrs. in Lloydminster. After he sold the company, he started working with a local...
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Ty Spooner, BluEarth RenewablesWayne is very knowledgeable. He is also very patient and helpful with making you understand the process and reasoning for planning and testing on electrical systems
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Steven Murphy, Keyera Corp.Wayne is very knowledgeable and presents in a very good manner.
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Adam LeChasseur, GCT DeltaportWayne Jeffrey was by far the best instructor I've ever had in any electrical training session I've taken before.
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Edward Rideout
Years of Experience54Ed Rideout has been involved with the electrical field in many ways for nearly 54 years. His electrical experience started when he was just out of vocational school and was hired as the sole electrician at a local fish plant in charge of six fishing trawlers, a power house and a fish plant facility. In 1975 Ed went on to work with Nova Scotia Power, first as an apprentice electrician in a generating...
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Terry Hilchey, Halifax Stanfield International Airport"Ed, the knowledge you shared was definitely an asset. The course was more enjoyable."
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Dave Robinson, Mosaic Esterhazy“The instructor, Ed Rideout is very good, easy to talk to and approach. He is very willing to help and spend extra time with any questions.”
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Mark Anderson, TransCanada Pipelines"I think the instructor was good because he realized that in our field of work we do not use a lot of the big breakers and racking etc. He geared the course with that in mind. Also, incorporated real life events because he had done the work before not just read it in a training manual."
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Terry Yonkheym
Years of Experience61Terry Yonkheym brings over 61 years experience in training and practical electrical maintenance to Canada Training Group's electrical, safety and high voltage programs. Terry's extensive service record for Ontario Hydro began as a Power Maintenance Electrician Apprentice, progressing through attaining the Inter-Provincial Construction and Maintenance Electrician's license, Journeyperson status and...
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Bert Cunningham, TransCanada"The instructor, Terry Yonkheym had the knowledge and expertise. His delivery was excellent."
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Matt Thompson, DMI Peace River Pulp"Terry Yonkheym had a clear understanding and a wealth of knowledge on the subject matter. He managed the time well and covered the information clearly and thoroughly."
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Philip Payne, City of Ottawa“Another good course from Canada Training Group. Terry was very good. We could use more trade-related courses like this one.”
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