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Purpose of Seminar:
The purpose of this seminar is to provide a quick and efficient overview of grounding
fundamentals. The course will zero in on how to ground, why to ground, when to ground,
where to ground, and what may happen if you don’t do it properly.
Students leaving this course will have a firm understanding of the importance of proper
grounding and how it can prevent damage to equipment, improve power quality and increase
safety at your plant or facility.
Have a specific grounding problem or question? Now is your chance to find out what the
experts say!
Who should take this course?
This seminar is designed for anyone responsible for the safe installation, maintenance,
repair or inspection of electrical equipment, building electrical systems and general
electrical wiring. This includes…
- Plant Electricians
- Construction Electricians
- Building Electricians
- Building Engineers
- Plant Engineers
- Design Engineers
- Electrical Engineers
- Installation Technicians
- Maintenance Technicians
- Inspectors
- Environmental Health & Safety Personnel
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, students will receive a training certificate and .7
Continuing Education Units indicating that the student understands:
- The importance of using accepted definitions and practices
- Performance requirements of NEC Article 250
- How grounding systems work
- How grounding protects people & equipment
- Electrical shock hazards and the effect of electricity on the human body
- Fires and heat damage to equipment caused by faulty grounding
- How grounding affects power quality
- Systems required to be grounded from those that are not
- Proper grounding connections
- Installation and sizing of conductors
- System grounding requirements
- Service raceway & enclosure grounding requirements
- Equipment grounding methods & requirements
- Requirements for grounding in hazardous locations
- Requirements for grounding special equipment
- The difference between grounding and bonding
Course Outline / Agenda
One of the greatest hazards to body, plant and equipment comes from poor grounding of
electrical systems. In this seminar attendees will learn the purpose of grounding, how
it works, and the requirements and practices for properly grounding their own equipment
and building electrical systems. Discussion topics for this class will include:
Introduction
- Purpose of Grounding
- Understanding Accepted Definitions
- Review of Electricity Basics
- Electrical Shock & Hazards
- Ground Fault Protection, GFCI / GFPE
Grounding Foundations
- NEC Articles
- General Requirements
- Objectionable Current
- Connection of Equipment
- Clean Surfaces
System Grounding
- A/C Circuits 50 to 1000 Volts
- Circuits not to be Grounded
- Grounding Service Supplied A/C Systems
- Feeders & Branch Circuits
Grounding Electrode System & Grounding Electrode Conductor
- Grounding Electrodes
- System Installation
- Methods
Enclosures, Raceways and Service Cable Connections
Equipment Grounding and Equipment Grounding Conductors
- Permanent Wiring Methods
- Types of Conductors
- Identification of Conductors
- Installation
- Sizing
Methods of Equipment Grounding
- Connections
- Fastened in Place or Permanent Wiring
- Considered Effectively Grounded
- Grounded Circuit Conductors
- Boxes and Receptacles
Bonding Overview
Specific Equipment Situations
Fundamentals of Equipment-Grounding Circuit Design
CEUs, Testing & College Credit
CEUs
After completion of this class,
students will receive a Certificate of Completion and .7 CEUs (Continuing
Education Units) for one day of training approved by the Maintenance
Training Association of the Americas.
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