Substation Safety Awarness Training

[maryl]

Does anyone know of a good source, online or otherwise, for safety awareness training when working in a substation? The work is strickly low voltage related.

 

[zog]

Does anyone know of a good source, online or otherwise, for safety awareness training when working in a substation? The work is strickly low voltage related.

Can you be more specific? Are you looking for substation training or only safety training?

Forget about on-line training for substations, the few courses out there are junk, needs to be a live hands on class. I did this training for 15 years and knwo about every course out there. Here is a good place to start, after you post more details perhaps I can make some other suggestions.

http://shermco.com/training.html

 

[mivey]

Your POCO may have some offerings.

 

[mxstar211]

We recently had a great two week course taught by Eaton. It was over low-voltage/medium-voltage equipment.

 

[charlie]

We recently had a great two week course taught by Eaton. It was over low-voltage/medium-voltage equipment.

The problem is that most (at least the ones I have been in) substations are HV and MV (some go to EHV). You have to have safety training on both if you are going to be around both.

 

[mxstar211]

The problem is that most (at least the ones I have been in) substations are HV and MV (some go to EHV). You have to have safety training on both if you are going to be around both.

That is true, but if you are doing substation training you should be able to find a company that can accomadate your work environment. It also depends on what your company calls low/medium/high-voltage. I consider low-voltage 600 V or less, 600 V- 15K medium voltage, and anything higher high-voltage. But that is based on my work environment.

I do agree you need training on both if you will be working around them.

 

[charlie]

LV = Voltage levels that are less than or equal to 1 kV

MV = Voltage levels that are greater than 1 kV, but less than or equal to 69 kV

HV = Voltage levels that are greater than 69 kV, but less than or equal to 230 kV

EHV = Voltage levels that are greater than 230 kV, but less than or equal to 800 kV

UHV = Voltage levels that are greater than 800 kV

The highest voltage we deal with in Indiana is 765 kV and on our system it is 345 kV.

 

[walton]

You might try National Technology Transfer INC. They offer a combination course on NFPA 70E / Arc Flash Electrical Safety with High / MV Voltage. We have taken the course here at the Sacramento Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant, very informative. The Instrutor was Willaim Clapp.

 

[charlie]

. . . The Instructor was William Clapp.

I wonder if he is related to Allen Clapp?