NFPA 70b Training - Electrical Maintenance

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NFPA 70b Training - This 12-Hour live online instructor-led course is particularly useful for industrial and commercial electrical engineering and condition of maintenance professionals, electrical maintenance supervisors, plant electricians, as well as field and plant personnel who may come in contact with electrical equipment.

Our "NFPA 70b Training live online course is an in-depth examination of the 2023 NFPA 70B electrical maintenance standard. These recommended practices apply to preventive maintenance for electrical, electronic, and communication systems and equipment installed in industrial, commercial and institutional power systems.

This course is designed to alert electrical maintenance personnel in utility, industrial, commercial and institutional facilities to the latest North American Electrical Maintenance and Testing Specifications. These specifications cover the suggested field tests and inspections that are available to assess the suitability for continued service and reliability of electrical power distribution equipment and systems. The purpose of these specifications is to assure that tested electrical equipment and systems are operational and within applicable standards and manufacturer's tolerances and that the equipment and systems are suitable for continued service. This program will also deal with the important subject of troubleshooting electrical systems and choosing the proper preventive maintenance testing equipment and procedures.

 

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Upon completion of this course, the participant should be able to:

  • Learn How to design and implement a cost-effective electrical maintenance program.
  • Learn the essential procedures for the safe operation, repair, testing, and maintenance of major power equipment.
  • Students will learn how to establish what electrical maintenance work can be done in-house or contracted out.

 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This comprehensive two-day nfpa 70b standard course is designed to benefit those working in maintenance that desire to increase their practical knowledge of electrical maintenance standards and practices. The course is open to industrial, commercial and institutional electrical engineering and maintenance professionals, plant electricians, electrical maintenance supervisors, field and plant personnel.

 

STUDENTS RECEIVE

  • $100 Coupon Toward any Future Electricity Forum Event (Restrictions Apply)
  • 1.2 Continuing Education Unit (CEU) Credits
  • NFPA 70B Training Certificate of Course Completion
  • FREE Magazine Subscription (Value $25.00)
  • Course Materials in PDF Format

 

 

NFPA 70B Training Course Outline

 

DAY ONE

 

Part 1


Why Establish an Electrical Preventive Maintenance (EPM) Program
Value and Benefits of a Properly Administered EPM Program EPM and Energy Conservation

Part 2


What is a EPM and what are its benefits?

  • Planning an EPM Program
  • Personnel Safety
  • Equipment Loss
  • Production Economics
  • Main Parts of an EPM Program
  • Programmed Inspections
  • Recordkeeping
  • Training for Safety and Technical Skills

 

Part 3


Planning and developing a program

  • Survey of Electrical Installations
  • Data Collection
  • Single Line Diagrams and Data
  • Electrical Equipment Installation Change
  • Lighting System Diagrams
  • Ventilation
  • HVAC
  • Control and Monitoring
  • Emergency Procedures
  • Test and Maintenance Equipment
  • Identification of Critical Equipment
  • Establishment of a Systematic Program
  • Inspection Frequency
  • Forms, Planning, Records

 

Part 4


Personal Safety

  • Qualification, Tools, Equipment, Training, Arc Flash, NFPA 70e, PPE

 

Part 5


Fundamentals of Electrical Equipment Maintenance

  • Scheduling, cleaning, environmental concerns, equipment additions and retrofits

 

Part 6


Substations and Switchgear Assemblies

  • Insulators
  • Conductors
  • Air-Disconnecting Switches
  • Grounding Equipment
  • Enclosures
  • Switchgear Assemblies
  • Air Circuit Breakers
  • Arc Interrupters
  • Oil Circuit Breakers
  • Interrupter Switches
  • Gas-Insulated Substations and Gas-Insulated Equipment
  • Maintenance and Repair of the GIS and GIE
  • Surge Arresters
  • Instrument Transformers and Auxiliary Transformers
  • Protective Relays, Meters, and Instruments
  • Ground-Fault Indicators
  • Network Protectors

 

Part 7


Power and Distribution Transformers

  • Liquid-Filled Transformers
  • Regular Inspections
  • Current and Voltage Readings
  • Temperature Readings
  • Liquid-Level Indicator and Pressure/Vacuum Gauges
  • Special Inspections and Repairs
  • Liquid Maintenance and Analysis
  • Fault-Gas Analysis
  • Dissolved-Gas-in-Oil Analysis
  • Dry-Type Transformers
  • Regular Inspections
  • Current and Voltage Readings
  • Temperature Readings

 

Part 8


Power Cables

  • Visual Inspection
  • Aerial Installations
  • Raceway Installations
  • Cable Testing

 

Part 9


Motor Control Equipment

  • Motor Control Preventive Maintenance Guide
  • Components and Maintenance of Motor Controls
  • Enclosures
  • Bus Bar, Wiring, and Terminal Connections
  • Disconnects
  • Molded Case Breakers
  • Fuses
  • Contactors
  • Motor Overload Relays — Thermal Types
  • Pilot and Miscellaneous Control
  • Devices
  • Mechanical Interlocks

 

Part 10


Electronic Equipment

  • Care and special precautions

 

 

DAY TWO

 

Part 11


Molded-case Circuit Breakers

  • Types of Molded-Case Circuit Breakers
  • Phase-Fault Current Conditions
  • Ground-Fault Tripping
  • Special-Purpose Breakers
  • Inspection and Cleaning
  • Loose Connections
  • Mechanical Mechanism Exercise

 

Part 12


Ground Fault Protection
Personal and Equipment Protection

 

Part 13


Fuses

  • Fuses Rated 1000 Volts or Less
  • Fuses Rated over 1000 Volts
  • Installing and Removing Fuses
  • Inspection, Cleaning and Servicing
  • Replacement

 

Part 14


Rotating Equipment

  • Maintenance, cleaning, Testing
  • Stator and Rotor Windings
  • Brushes, Collector Rings, and Commutators
  • Bearings and Lubrication

 

Part 15


Lighting

  • Cleaning, Relamping, Disposal

 

Part 16


Wiring Devices and Portable Tools
Heavy-Duty Industrial-Type Plugs, Cord Connectors, and Receptacles Periodic Inspection of Crucial Wear Points Employee Training Cord and Attachment Plug Care

 

Part 17


Testing and Test methods

  • Acceptance Tests and Maintenance Tests
  • Frequency of Tests
  • Special Precautions and Safety
  • Qualifications of Test Operators
  • Insulation Testing
  • Dielectric Absorption
  • Protective Device Testing
  • Circuit Breaker Tests
  • Transformer Turns-Ratio and Polarity Tests
  • Impedance Testing of Equipment Grounding Conductor
  • Infrared Inspection
  • Meggaring, Continuity, Hi-Pot testing of equipment

 

Part 18


Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) Systems

  • UPS System Maintenance Procedures — General
  • System Tests, Routine Maintenance, Special Tests

 

Part 19


Power Quality

  • Harmonics
  • Transients (Surges)
  • Voltage Sags and Swells
  • Long-Duration Undervoltages and
  • Sustained Voltage Interruptions
  • Unbalanced Voltages and Single Phasing
  • Symptoms — Grounding
  • Voltage Fluctuations and Flicker

 

Part 20


Grounding

  • Symptoms and Causes of Inadequate Grounding
  • Grounding System Inspection, Testing, and Monitoring
  • Solutions to Inadequate Grounding

 

Part 21


Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)

  • Concurrent Maintenance
  • Preventive Maintenance
  • Testing
  • Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM)

 

Part 22


EPM from Commissioning (Acceptance Testing) Through Maintenance

  • Commissioning Planning Stages
  • Submit Functional Performance Tests (FPTs)
  • Costs of Commissioning, New Construction
  • Suggestions for Inclusion in a Walk-Through Inspection Checklist

 

Part 23


Single line Diagrams and Symbols

 

Part 24


Forms to Document all Tests and Inspections

  • Battery inspections
  • Breaker Inspections
  • Test Results
  • Transformer tests, inspections,
  • Ground System Tests
  • Long-Term Maintenance Guidelines

 

COURSE SCHEDULE

Both Days:

  • START: 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time
  • FINISH: 4:30 p.m.  Eastern Time

 

 

Live Online Course Registration Fees & CEU Credits

The registration fee to attend this live online training course is $599 + GST/HST.

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EARN CONTINUING EDUCATION UNIT (CEU) CREDITS

EIC

Successful completion of this course qualifies delegates to receive a certificate of course completion with indicated CEUs.

CEUs are granted by the Engineering Institute of Canada. One CEU is equivalent to 10 professional development hours of instruction.

This course earns 1.2 CEUs.