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. Over the past two decades we have seen alarming increases in frequency and severity of electrical system failures. Estimates on the annual costs to industry from power related anomalies have ranged from $30 billion to $200 billion. When an electrical system malfunctions, it is not only expensive to make repairs, but can be a disaster in terms of fire loss as well. Electrical system malfunctions are the leading cause of fire in both industrial and commercial facilities. Electrical losses continue to top the list as the equipment category with the most premature breakdowns, which cost business and indus try through extra expense, disruptions and lost profits. The systematic troubleshooting of electrical distribution systems has been one of the most persistent and difficult problems facing the industry. The performance and characteristics of electrical system configurations are vital factor in reducing or increasing the effect of failure on the system as earthing system, switch gear, protective relays, active and reactive power generation, etc.During this interactive course, participants will learn the logical systematic strategy for approaching machine faults and narrowing to the cause, starting with visual symptoms and evidence gathering techniques, essential logical thinking approaches to narrow down a problem area to a specific circuit, navigation of the systems and testing and verification of a fix; which interventions are low risk and which carry the possibility of making things worse (by adding a second fault into the system); which components need a setup routine when changed-out vrs those that are simple plug and play; the electrical schematics to enable cause and effect relationships to be determined and test points to be established; the effective strategies for faults including: open circuits, faulty components pulling down the power supply voltage, faulty coils, machine interlock loop faults, DC & AC short circuits, faulty sensors, sticky contacts, timer faults; the safe work practices for when to work live, deenergized and when and how to isolate, Lock and Tag for maintenance; and communicate effectively to the next shift, document progress on an unresolved fault and vital skill for avoiding repeated steps.

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TRAINING METHODOLOGY

This interactive training course includes the following training methodologies:

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 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
Training Materials	:	Only soft copy materials will be issued
Training Methodology	:	80% theory, 20% practical
Training Program	:	4 hours per day, from 09:30 to 13:30