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Program

Electrical Technician

Working safely on industrial electrical systems. You learn electrical safety, switchgear and distribution, transformers, motors, protection relays, earthing, and cable testing.

Courses
7 courses
Self-paced
40h 34m

Courses in this program

This is the order we suggest. You can start with any course.

  1. 1
    Online, self-pacedHealth, Safety & Environment

    Electrical Safety Awareness

    Recognising and avoiding electrical hazards for anyone working around electrical equipment. Covers shock and arc flash, safe systems of work and isolation, portable equipment and site power, buried and overhead…

    3h 52mFree
  2. 2
    Online, self-pacedElectrical Engineering

    Power Distribution and Switchgear

    Low and medium voltage switchgear in industrial and oilfield installations. Covers busbars and switchboard construction, circuit breakers and their interrupting media, motor control centres, switching and racking…

    5h 46mFree
  3. 3
    Online, self-pacedElectrical Engineering

    Transformers: Operation and Maintenance

    Power and distribution transformers in industrial service. Covers construction and principles, vector groups and tap changers, cooling and loading, oil and insulation condition, protection, and the testing and…

    5h 49mFree
  4. 4
    Online, self-pacedElectrical Engineering

    Electric Motors and Starters

    Induction and synchronous motors in industrial service. Covers how motors produce torque, nameplate data and duty ratings, starting methods, installation and alignment, insulation and bearing care, and systematic fault…

    3h 58mFree
  5. 5
    Online, self-pacedElectrical Engineering

    Electrical Protection and Relays

    Protective relaying for industrial power systems. Covers fault types and fault level, instrument transformers, overcurrent and earth fault grading, differential and distance principles, ANSI device functions, and the…

    9h 37mFree
  6. 6
    Online, self-pacedElectrical Engineering

    Earthing, Bonding and Lightning Protection

    Earthing systems for industrial and oilfield installations. Covers why systems are earthed, earth electrode design and soil resistivity, step and touch potential, equipotential bonding, static electricity control in…

    5h 32mFree
  7. 7
    Online, self-pacedElectrical Engineering

    Electrical Cables, Terminations and Testing

    Cable selection, installation and proving for industrial and hazardous area installations. Covers construction and insulation types, sizing for current, voltage drop and fault withstand, installation and segregation,…

    6hFree

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