This course covers electrical principles and the efficient operation of various devices and systems that produce, distribute, and use electricity. Features DuPont Safety Solutions (now DSS+).

Course Objectives:

• Exercise proper safety precautions when working with and around electrical equipment
• Apply the principles of electricity
• Identify the devices that produce electricity and understand their basic operation
• Identify the equipment required for the distribution of electricity
• Identify motors, motor controls, generators, and lamps as devices that use electricity and understand their basic operation
• Apply specific best practices related to electrical energy conservation.

Course Menu:

• Safety Considerations
• Principles of Electricity: Electric Circuit Basics, Current and Magnetism
• Electrical Generators, Generator Prime Movers and Excitation
• Distribution of Electricity: Electrical Conductors, Switchgear and Transformers, Instruments, Meters, and Relays
• Devices that Use Electricity: Motors, Motor Control Equipment, Operation of Motors and Generators, Lamps
• Electricity Generation and Distribution Best Practice