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Keep your clinical environments safe, compliant, and resilient. This intensive one-day program demystifies CSA Z32 and shows your team how to apply it, practically, across patient care areas, equipment rooms, and support spaces. We focus on what Z32 expects, how it connects to your Canadian Electrical Code obligations, and how to make smart decisions during projects, maintenance, and outages without disrupting patient care.
You’ll learn how Z32 defines and protects electrical safety in health care delivery and how essential electrical systems (EES) are organized so that critical loads keep running when the normal supply fails. We translate the branching concept into clear actions for design, operations, and maintenance-what must start immediately, what can be delayed, and what is conditional so facilities, engineering, and clinical leadership share the same playbook.
Because Z32 doesn’t live in a vacuum, we connect its requirements to the standards it’s harmonized with the Canadian Electrical Code, Part I (CEC) and CSA C282 for emergency power so you can coordinate transfer equipment, generator capabilities, selective coordination, and protection settings without surprises at inspection or commissioning. Expect straight talk on documentation, labeling, testing intervals, and what auditors typically look for.
From upgrading receptacles in patient care areas to planning shutdowns in operating suites, we work through real-world scenarios: classifying spaces; selecting distribution and protective devices; grounding and bonding considerations; integrating medical equipment; and planning safe maintenance windows. We’ll also cover the governance side-roles, responsibilities, records, and change control-so due diligence is baked in, not bolted on.
You’ll leave with a clear, shared understanding of Z32’s intent and the confidence to apply it-whether you’re scoping a renovation, commissioning a new wing, setting testing programs for your EES, or preparing for your next compliance review.
Who should attend: facility managers, electrical engineers and technologists, maintenance leaders, biomedical/clinical engineering, project managers, commissioning teams, and contractors who design, install, or maintain electrical systems in health-care environments
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Course topics
I. Foundations of CSA Z32 in Health Care
Objective: Establish a shared understanding of Z32’s purpose, scope, and terminology so teams can interpret requirements consistently.
II. Essential Electrical Systems (EES): Architecture & Operation
Objective: Explain how Z32 organizes essential power and how to plan, operate, and verify performance during disturbances.
III. Patient Care Areas & Distribution Requirements
Objective: Classify spaces correctly and apply Z32 distribution rules that protect patients and staff.
View all topicsI. Foundations of CSA Z32 in Health Care
Objective: Establish a shared understanding of Z32’s purpose, scope, and terminology so teams can interpret requirements consistently.
- How Z32 interfaces with the Canadian Electrical Code and facility policies
- Key definitions: patient care area, essential electrical system (EES), normal vs. essential supply
- Roles and accountability (owner, engineering, maintenance, clinical, AHJ)
- Risk management lens: consequences of failure and prioritization
- Documentation pathways: one-line diagrams, labeling, asset registers
II. Essential Electrical Systems (EES): Architecture & Operation
Objective: Explain how Z32 organizes essential power and how to plan, operate, and verify performance during disturbances.
- Branching structure (life safety, critical, equipment): immediate vs. delayed loads
- Transfer arrangements: ATS types, restoration times, test/bypass provisions
- Generator capability: loading scenarios, redundancy, fuel and cooling considerations
- Selective coordination: protective device settings and maintenance mode
- Distribution topology: segregation, separation, and physical pathways
- Monitoring & alarms: annunciation points, trending, and response expectations
III. Patient Care Areas & Distribution Requirements
Objective: Classify spaces correctly and apply Z32 distribution rules that protect patients and staff.
- Space classifications (basic, intermediate, critical care) and implications
- Receptacle quantity, placement, identification, and color conventions
- Grounding and bonding for medical locations; isolated power where applicable
- Wet locations and protective devices (e.g., GFCI/AFCI) considerations
IV. Maintenance, Testing & Compliance Practices
Objective: Set up sustainable inspection, testing, and recordkeeping routines that demonstrate due diligence.
- Routine inspections and test intervals for ATS, generators, and distribution
- Load testing approaches (including load bank strategies)
- Breaker maintenance, coordination verification, and labeling updates
- Records that matter: logs, permits, sign-offs, and audit packages
- Coordinating with clinical operations: notifications and contingency planning
V. Projects, Renovations & Outage Planning in Occupied Facilities
Objective: Plan design changes and shutdowns that meet Z32 while minimizing disruption to care.
- Design inputs: clinical program needs, risk categories, resilience and growth
- Commissioning: integrated systems testing, scenario drills, deficiency tracking
- Temporary power strategies and infection prevention & control coordination
- Shutdown sequencing, back-out plans, and communication protocols
- Change management: drawing updates, training, and handover
- Lessons-learned loop into maintenance and governance programs
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Norm Jewitt
Years of Experience40He began his career in the electrical trade by engaging in construction activities at a potash mine located west of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Since then, he has accumulated experience in various facets of the electrical trade, including construction, commissioning, and maintenance.Norm has contributed his skills to the commercial, industrial, and mining sectors. Additionally, he successfully managed...
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Robert Mitchell, Inter PipelineNorm was excellent. He taught well and has great experience with this training. He answered all my questions and was able to help with my lab related issues.
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Dan Sweeney, KeyeraNorm is a great teacher, his knowledge and experience made learning easy. He is very easy to talk to and interact with.
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Matthew Lavergne, Maka PowerNorm was very informative and great at explaining things. The hands-on training will help when I do this in the field.
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