High Voltage Authorised Person Training
5-Day Classroom Course – £1450
Venue: Royal Wootton Bassett
Price includes City & Guilds Certification
High Voltage Authorised Person Training
5-Day Classroom Course – £1450
Venue: Royal Wootton Bassett
Price includes City & Guilds Certification
Course Prerequisites:
Delegates wishing to enrol in the High Voltage Authorised Person course must have a solid understanding of basic electrical principles and theory
High Voltage Authorised Person Training Course Overview
This 5-day High Voltage Authorised Person Training Course is designed for staff appointed as authorised persons responsible for high voltage systems in a commercial setting.
This City & Guilds Accredited Programme aims to equip delegates with the knowledge and competence to work safely on high-voltage electrical systems. The Authorised Person – High Voltage course covers the hazards of working with high-voltage systems and provides the essential knowledge required to issue safety documentation in compliance with current legislation and HSE guidance. Delegates will also learn to follow generic commercial safety rules and procedures
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High Voltage Authorised Person Training Course Aims
By the end of this Commercial High Voltage Training course, you will be able to:
- Recognise statutory safety regulations related to HV safe working practices.
- Follow procedures outlined in generic commercial safety rules and protocols.
- Prepare safety documentation, including Permits to Work and Sanctions to Test.
- Perform cable location and identification.
- Conduct HV pressure testing on cables and vacuum circuit breakers.
- Safely confirm HV cables are de-energized using a Cable Spiking Gun.
- Test HV Protection Systems.
- Perform the earthing of switchgear and cables.
- Conduct live HV phasing operations.
- Complete operating records and documentation.
- Operate and maintain HV switchgear.
Benefits for the Employer
Employers will benefit from sending delegates on this course, as they will gain engineers who can work safely and competently on high-voltage equipment, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and guidance. This enhances workplace safety, reduces operational risks, and ensures adherence to industry standards.
Benefits for the Delegates
Upon completing this City & Guilds Accredited Programme, delegates will be equipped to work safely and competently on high-voltage equipment, adhering to relevant legislation and guidance.
Learning Outcomes for this Authorised Person – High-Voltage course.
During this City & Guilds Accredited Course, delegates will work through a series of learning outcomes, and by the end of the program, they will demonstrate competency in these areas.
The course covers key legislation and statutory regulations, following procedures outlined by a set of generic commercial safety rules. Delegates will also learn how to complete essential safety documentation, such as Permits to Work and Sanctions to Test, in their role as authorised persons.
Practical aspects of the course include cable location and identification, HV pressure testing of cables and vacuum circuit breakers, and confirming that high-voltage cables are safe to work on using a cable spiking gun.
Delegates will also gain skills in high-voltage testing, including testing HV protection systems, performing earthing operations on switchgear and cables, and conducting live high-voltage phasing.
The final section of the training focuses on the operation and maintenance of HV switchgear, covering the review of operating records, proper documentation, and ensuring the safe operation and maintenance of switchgear.
How is this course delivered?
This High Voltage Authorised Person training course is delivered as a classroom-led course with practical examples and hands-on experience over the 5 days.
Authorised Person High Voltage: Course Information
- The delegate by the end of the course will have covered the Statutory safety regulations relating to High Voltage Safe Working Practices
- Learners will leave with an understanding of statutory safety regulations, as well as relevant legislation for HV safe working practice
- Delegates will leave with the knowledge of the procedures defined by generic commercial safety rules and procedures
- Delegates will cover how to follow the procedures defined by generic commercial safety rules and procedures.
- Delegates will leave this course with an understanding of safety documentation and the knowledge to prepare a Permit to Work along with a Sanction to Test
- Delegates will get a working knowledge of cable location and identification
- The learners will understand high voltage pressure testing for cables and vacuum circuit breakers.
- Delegates will carry out a hands-on high-voltage pressure testing of cables and vacuum circuit breakers practical
- On the course, delegates will cover how to safely confirm HV dead and safe to work on using a cable-spiking gun
- Delegates will learn how to carry out switching and earthing operations of switchgear and cables.
- Delegates will gain an understanding of how to perform tests on HV protection systems
- On this course delegates with learn how to carry out, and will conduct live HV phasing.
- Delegates will get the knowledge on how to complete operating records and documentation
- On this course delegates will get an understanding of how to operate and carry out maintenance on High Voltage Switchgear
By the end of this Commercial High Voltage Training course, you will be able to:
- Recognise statutory safety regulations related to HV safe working practices.
- Follow procedures outlined in generic commercial safety rules and protocols.
- Prepare safety documentation, including Permits to Work and Sanctions to Test.
- Perform cable location and identification.
- Conduct HV pressure testing on cables and vacuum circuit breakers.
- Safely confirm HV cables are de-energized using a Cable Spiking Gun.
- Test HV Protection Systems.
- Perform the earthing of switchgear and cables.
- Conduct live HV phasing operations.
- Complete operating records and documentation.
- Operate and maintain HV switchgear.
