Course Description

This practical and highly-interactive course includes various practical sessions and exercises. Theory learnt will be applied using our state-of-the-art simulators. This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of ABB LV & MV switchgears and associated equipment operation, maintenance, testing, troubleshooting and protection. It covers the electrical hazards; the personnel protection; the energized work and de-energized and electrical switching practices; the fundamentals of ABB circuit breakers; and the switchgear details, circuit breakers control circuit and ABB protection relaying. During this interactive course, participants will learn the ANN switchgear asset management, equipment register, switchgear diagnostic techniques, tripping device, maintenance and testing; the ABB LV/MV substation bus arrangement, incoming and outgoing circuits, current transformers and voltage transformers; the components of protection schemes; the numerical relays and ground potential rise during power system faults; the feeder overcurrent protection, distribution protection and breaker failure, bus protection, transformer protection, motor protection, power quality and distribution protection; and the ABB medium voltage fuses, current limiting switching device, ABB vacuum interrupters, medium voltage surge arrestors and ABB relay configuration. link to course overview PDF

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

This interactive training course includes the following training methodologies as a percentage of the total tuition hours

30 % Lectures
20 % Workshops & Work Presentations
20 % Case Studies & Practical Exercises
30 % Videos, Software & Simulators

In an unlikely event, the course instructor may modify the above training methodology before or during the course for technical reasons.

VIRTUAL TRAINING (IF APPLICABLE)

If this course is delivered online as a Virtual Training, the following limitations will be applicable

Certificates	:	Only soft copy certificates will be issued to participants through Haward’s Portal. This includes Wallet Card Certificates if applicable
Training Materials	:	Only soft copy Training Materials (PDF format) will be issued to participant through the Virtual Training Platform
Training Methodology	:	80% of the program will be theory and 20% will be practical sessions, exercises, case studies, simulators or videos
Training Program	:	The training will be for 4 hours per day starting at 09:30 and ending at 13:30
H-STK Smart Training Kit	:	Not Applicable
Hands-on Practical Workshops	:	Not Applicable
Site Visit	:	Not Applicable
Simulators	:	Only software simulators will be used in the virtual courses. Hardware simulators are not applicable and will not be used in Virtual Training