Train-the-Trainer Arc Flash & High Voltage Safety

This advanced program prepares experienced personnel to teach Arc Flash & High Voltage Safety inside your organization—on your schedule, at your facilities, and tuned to your switching practices and equipment. Candidates build instructor-level mastery of high-energy hazards and learn to coach crews who work on or near systems above 750 V: metal-clad switchgear, substations, feeders, transformers, pad-mount gear, MCC line-ups, and overhead/underground distribution. The emphasis is practical: reducing exposure, executing clear switching orders, and maintaining disciplined controls in real-world conditions.

The course combines deep technical content with proven teaching methods. Participants practice delivering short, high-impact lessons; leading job briefings; and running safe demonstrations that mirror your energized work boundaries, permits, and system operator interfaces. They learn how to translate complex topics—incident energy, clearing time, induced voltages, step-and-touch potential, and temporary grounding—into plain language, and how to reinforce the behaviors that prevent the rare but catastrophic event.

On the high-voltage fundamentals, candidates sharpen their ability to guide workers through task-based risk assessments, live-work justification, and establishing an electrically safe work condition on primary equipment. They learn to set and control approach boundaries, verify absence of voltage with appropriate live-line tools, place and remove protective grounds correctly (worksite, bracket, and equipotential methods), manage stored and transferred energy, and recognize when equipment condition or switching configuration elevates risk. Special attention is given to breaker racking, rack-in/rack-out interlocks, relay and protection considerations, transfer schemes, and coordination with control centres.

Personal protective equipment is addressed with equal rigor. Candidates learn to select arc-rated suits, face shields/hoods, hand protection, and accessories using incident energy or category methods; to instruct crews on inspection, fit, limitations, and care; and to integrate PPE into a larger control strategy that prioritizes engineering and administrative measures. The result is instruction that goes beyond “what to wear” and anchors PPE decisions to the task, equipment condition, and available fault energy.

Compliance is built in, not bolted on. Content aligns with CSA Z462 (Workplace Electrical Safety), CSA Z460 (Control of Hazardous Energy/LOTO), CSA Z463 (Maintenance of Electrical Systems), and the Canadian Electrical Code as adopted provincially, with practical references to provincial requirements such as the Alberta OHS Code, WorkSafeBC OHS Regulation, and the Ontario Electrical Safety Code. For teams that cross borders, U.S. terminology and expectations (NFPA 70E and OSHA 29 CFR 1910/1926) can be incorporated so instruction stays consistent across jurisdictions.

Delivery is flexible. The program can be delivered onsite, live online with two-way participation, or as a blended pathway pairing e-learning pre-work with hands-on sessions. Mobile training labs bring high-value demonstrations, test instruments, temporary grounding sets, and arc-rated PPE kits to your location—so candidates can practice boundary setting, absence-of-voltage verification, grounding placement, and safe switching in a controlled environment without taking critical equipment offline.

Ideal candidates are trusted electricians, technologists, lineworkers, substation or protection & control technicians, supervisors, or safety leaders who model safe work and can communicate clearly. Prior exposure to high-voltage operations and arc-flash principles is expected; prerequisites and emphasis are confirmed during scoping with subject matter experts to reflect your hazards, equipment, and procedures. Graduates leave confident in both the material and the method—ready to deliver engaging, compliant training that reduces risk and builds a consistent safety culture across every site.