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Base Technical & Critical Environments

Training course length is customizable based on your needs.

Course Overview

Understanding electrical distribution systems and equipment is essential to guaranteeing power continuity, performance, and safety for critical equipment and the personnel who maintain them. The correct installation, operation and maintenance of these systems save thousands of dollars, prevent equipment damage, and prevent accidents, while ensuring system availability. The purpose of this course is to provide a comprehensive overview of typical electrical systems present at critical data sites. The instructor will utilize lectures, plant walkthroughs, case history examinations, and hands-on demonstrations to provide the greatest possible exposure to typical electrical equipment and configurations. Anyone who works on or near power generation, transmission, or distribution systems, and any new employees should attend this course.

Base Technical & Safety

• General Safety Overview
• Review of LOTO
• Don / Doff / Adjust PPE
• Limitations of PPE
• Safety Program Updates
• Fluke meter overview & hands-on
• Schematics
• One-line diagram analysis

Low Voltage Switchgear

• Low Voltage Safety
• Design & Construction
• Circuit Breaker Construction & Maintenance
• Ground Fault Protection
• Contactors
• Fuses
• Thermal Overloads
• Nameplate Data / Reading

Medium Voltage Switchgear

• Safety
• Power Distribution
• Codes & Standards
• Grounding
• Components
• Switchboard Inspections

Batteries & UPS Systems

• Introduction
• Battery Construction / Testing / Load Testing
• Charging
• Safety
• UPS Operations

Generators

• Codes & Standards
• System Overview
• Function & Operation
• Maintenance & Troubleshooting
• Case Studies

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