Safe Switching for Operators + High-Voltage Safety

This is a practical course for crews who switch real equipment. We alternate short, focused classroom briefs with hands-on work in our full-size mobile switching lab. In the lab, teams run end-to-end switching scenarios: reading the one-line, confirm the lineup and indications, execute the order, control boundaries, and hand off cleanly to control/dispatch. Back in the class room, we break down what happened—interlocks, expected indications, error precursors—and tie it back to your procedures and permits. The pace keeps attention up and connects the paperwork to hardware, so operators see exactly how the steps play out on real gear.

Each day, we mix normal operations with problem cases such as loss of control power, disagreeing indications, backfeed issues, racking hazards Each session followed by a short debrief and updates to the switching order and checklist you just used. The goal is straightforward: crews leave with a field-ready way to plan, communicate, and execute high-voltage switching with discipline—no guesswork, no heroics.

We drill switching discipline: read the one-line and the nameplate, verify the lineup, confirm device position, write and follow switching orders, control points of isolation, apply tags/locks, determine boundaries, and hand off cleanly with dispatch/control. Expect lots of two-person verification, three-way comms, key/exchange discipline, and “stop the job” moments when something doesn’t look right.

High-voltage safety is baked into every scenario. Crews set and maintain approach limits, establish the arc-flash boundary, control line-of-fire and step/touch potential, and verify absence of voltage with properly rated instruments. We cover where temporary protective grounds fit in the workflow and when they’re applied by the right personnel—no guesswork, no heroics.

Scenarios are the ones that happen in the field: loss of control power, mis-identified equipment, interlocks that won’t clear, stuck or slow breakers, racking hazards, parallel/backfeed issues, pad-mount and yard switching, and recovery from a stopped sequence. Each evolution ends with a structured debrief and updates to the switching order you just ran.

We tune terminology, examples, and forms to your electrical safety program: your permits, tags, and job briefs. Crews leave with sharper pre-job planning, tighter comms with system control, and switching orders that run the same way on a Regular day shift as they do at 03:00 in a storm.