Personal Protective Grounding for Electric Utilities
In Personal Protective Grounding for Electric Utilities, you'll learn ...
- Six basic criteria for the design, fabrication and application of personal protective grounds at the worksite
- Procedures for temporary grounding of de-energized and isolated high-voltage for the purpose of bare hand contact
- The mechanics and effects of electric shock in humans
- Protective grounding requirements for power plants, substations and power lines
- Maintenance, inspection and testing of protective grounding equipment
Overview
This 4-hour course covers the application of personal protective grounds on electric power facilities. The course explains the basics of safe grounding practices, explains the components of protective grounds and how grounds are applied in different utility environments.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Define the terms related to personal protective grounding.
- Explain the need for personal protective grounding.
- Describe basic grounding practice criteria.
- Identify the hazards of electric shock.
- Apply protective ground cables.
- Explain proper grounding cable installation practices.
- Describe power line protective grounding practices.
Certificate of Completion
You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 30 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.
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