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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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Sean McLennan, Pretium Resources"The course was very detailed. The instructor, Peter uses real life stories to get the information across. Clear and able to relate to scenarios at work."
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Darren Storm, Pretium Resources"The course was very informative and it has opened our eyes to the potential hazards we work with on a day to day basis. Peter was a extremely knowledgeable."
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Wes Palmer, Pretium Resources"Peter was very informative and eager to help with any questions we had."
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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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Jonathon Martel, Total PowerWayne was a great instructor, he was clear in his description of scenarios and answered questions thoroughly.
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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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Jeffrey Farrell, Canfor PulpWayne was well educated on the course material. He spoke clearly and responded well to student feedback.
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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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A. Lichodzijewski, Department of National Defense"Very interesting insight into Arc Flash safety. Good balance of theory and potential applications in everyday situations."
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Dakota Quin, Global Container TerminalsEd was a very knowledgeable and thorough instructor. He did a good job explaining circuits and ways to troubleshoot them efficiently.
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Dan Rogers, Newfoundland Power“I thoroughly enjoyed this course. It had lots of hands on exercises, which is the best way to learn. Ed Rideout was very knowledgeable and obviously had a ton of practical experience. Great instructor!”
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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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Mark Rasmussen, Sherritt Coal Poplar River Mine"Terry is a very good teacher and obviously very experienced in troubleshooting techniques."
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Peter Wolfmueller, CO-OP Refinery Complex“Terry does a nice job in a polite and consistent manner. His sense of humor was evident all week. As an instructor he gets his point across.”
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