NFPA 70b Training - Electrical Maintenance

This comprehensive 12-Hour (2-Day) NFPA 70B Training course is designed to benefit those working in maintenance who desire to increase their practical knowledge of electrical maintenance standards and practices.

• Electrical engineers

• Maintenance supervisors and managers

• Plant and facility electricians

• Reliability and safety professionals

• Electrical maintenance technicians

• Industrial, commercial, and institutional maintenance staff

• Field service and testing personnel

• Contractors and consulting engineers

• Facility operations and asset management staff

NFPA 70B Training Course Outline

DAY ONE

1. Why Establish an Electrical Preventive Maintenance (EPM) Program

Value and Benefits of a Properly Administered EPM Program EPM and Energy Conservation

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

• Instruction for Safety and Technical Skills

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

4. Personal Safety

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

5. Fundamentals of Electrical Equipment Maintenance

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

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

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

8. Power Cables

• Visual Inspection

• Aerial Installations

• Raceway Installations

• Cable Testing

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

10. Electronic Equipment

• Care and special precautions

DAY TWO

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

12.  Ground Fault Protection

• Personal and Equipment Protection

13. Fuses

• Fuses Rated 1000 Volts or Less

• Fuses Rated over 1000 Volts

• Installing and Removing Fuses

• Inspection, Cleaning and Servicing

• Replacement

14. Rotating Equipment

• Maintenance, cleaning, Testing

• Stator and Rotor Windings

• Brushes, Collector Rings, and Commutators

• Bearings and Lubrication

15. Lighting

• Cleaning, Relamping, Disposal

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

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

18 Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) Systems

• UPS System Maintenance Procedures — General

• System Tests, Routine Maintenance, Special Tests

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

20. Grounding

• Symptoms and Causes of Inadequate Grounding

• Grounding System Inspection, Testing, and Monitoring

• Solutions to Inadequate Grounding

21. Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)

• Concurrent Maintenance

• Preventive Maintenance

• Testing

• Reliability-Centred Maintenance (RCM)

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

23. Single line Diagrams and Symbols

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