Electricity affects almost everything we do. Sometimes its impact is so subtle, we don't even realize it's there. Just about everybody depends on it and expects it to be available when it's needed. From the businesses that use electricity to process information to suburban homeowners who rely on electricity for the basic conveniences we've grown accustomed to, to the rural dairy farmer who relies on electricity to operate much of his machinery, our entire country is interlaced with transmission and distribution systems that get electricity to where it's needed when it's needed. The purpose of this interactive online course is to teach the basic safety principles and practices applicable to substation and switchyard maintenance work. The course describes electrical, chemical, and personal hazards that may be encountered in substations and switchyards. A general procedure for responding to imminent dangers and accidents is also presented. At the conclusion of this course, participants should be able to identify hazards in substations and switchyards and explain why safety practices are important. They should be able to recognize hazards and unsafe practices on the job, and they should have a general understanding of how to respond to imminent dangers and accidents.
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Training Time: 60 minutes
Compatibility: Desktop Only
Based on: Industry Standards and Best Practices
Languages: English
“good overview of substations and switchyards. Some pictures at times did not match what was being discussed which could cause confusion.”
Mark L. Verified Customer
“Video and audio very helpful.”
Ian H. Verified Customer
“Nice video and graphics.”
Roger M. Verified Customer
“Photos and narration were helpful.”
Jelena M. Verified Customer
“Good course, no typo's, good presenter!”
John O. Verified Customer
“The course is well-designed, brief and concise.”
Rahim J. Verified Customer
“Good course, informative for someone without an electrical background.”
JAMES P. Verified Customer
“Animated slides were helpful.”
Brian C. Verified Customer
“Slides were great, clean and concise. Topic was well thought out and presented.”
Mark W. Verified Customer
“Very good. Easy to follow. I feel that i learned a lot.”
Darrel S. Verified Customer
“The exam questions should be different from the pre-exam questions”
Muhammad H. Verified Customer
“Somewhat simplistic”
Nicholas I. Verified Customer
“The smart notes may have mixed up the uses for surge arrestors and static wires”
Mark M. Verified Customer
“This is a good, updated course of the Substations and Switchyards course, in fact, this course follows the course materials for that book from that course. However, the book was updated from the original CiNet book that was originally in the Substation and Switchyard Maintenance course and there are a number of errors in the book such as typos, missing phrases, etc., very poorly reviewed, if it was reviewed at all. If you would like me to provide specific details of the errors, please contact me (Ryan Caya, Training Coordinator, Basin Electric Power Cooperative, Leland Olds Station) at rcaya@bepc.com.”
RYAN C. Verified Customer
“This is a good course.”
Christopher S. Verified Customer
“your picture of a OIL breaker is wrong...that is a SF6 gas breaker”
Russell B. Verified Customer
“It was more geared toward an operator than an engineer but still informative.”
Daniel B. Verified Customer
“In the pre-exam, the question "Which device is typically inspected in the switchyard control house?" seems to have the wrong answer. I chose the "Status Indicator", which was marked wrong. I'm guessing the answer that was plugged into the pre-exam was "Disconnect", since this also needs to be inspected, but this is outside the control house. Please research this one.”
Thomas T. Verified Customer
“Some Questions need to be worded clearer, could be more than one right answer.”
Michael S. Verified Customer
“I believe there are a couple of questions with incorrect answers (device inspected in CH, Power Transformers do not have...)”
Troy P. Verified Customer
“Good basic material”
Tariq N. Verified Customer
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