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High Voltage Switching Operations – Refresher

This refresher course provides participants with up-to-date information on legislation and a review of important safety and procedural details relating to high voltage switching operations.

Attending regular refresher training helps to meet industry best practice standards, and in WA, this will also ensure compliance with the Guidelines for the safe management of high voltage installations.

2 days

Students have the option to choose between Blended Training (Partly delivered online) or Complete Face-to-Face Training delivered at one of Competency Training’s national training centres, or at a client’s facility.

$990 GST Excluded

Funding available for Construction workers in WA. Learn more.

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This refresher course provides a review of the following topics:

Legislation and standards
Electrical hazards, risk management and safety procedures
Writing and checking switching programs
Permit procedures

This course involves practical switching activities to a switching program, which includes:

Remote switching operations using our customised interactive network diagrams
Manual switching activities in our high voltage switching training facilities

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UNITS OF COMPETENCY

Participants are only eligible to be awarded a Statement of Attainment for units of competency which they have previously attained.

UEPOPS349 Operate local H.V. switchgear

UEPOPS357 Operate local L.V. switchgear

UEPOPS428 Develop H.V. switching programs

UEPOPS430 Control permit to work operations

UEPOPS456 Perform switching to a switching program

UEPOPS525 Coordinate and direct switching program

UETTDREL16A Working safely near live electrical apparatus

UETTDRRF09B Apply access procedures to work on or near electrical network infrastructure

UETTDRIS44A Perform HV field switching operation to a given schedule

UETTDRSB39A Perform power system substation switching operation to a given schedule

UETTDRIS48A Develop high voltage switching schedule

UETTDRIS50A Coordinate power system permit procedures

UETTDRIS51A Coordinate and direct power system switching schedules

UETTDRIS67A Solve problems in energy supply network equipment

Evidence of prior attainment of units of this course.
Relevant electrical trade qualification, if applicable.

Participants who meet prerequisites for the course will be awarded a Statement of Attainment for all nationally recognised units of competency which they have previously attained.

Students who do not meet these prerequisites will be issued a Statement of Completion for the course.

Who should attend?

This High Voltage Switching Operations – Refresher course is This course is intended as a periodic refresher for electrical workers who have previously completed equivalent training.

Evidence of prior training is required to be awarded a Statement of Attainment for nationally recognised units of competency.

REFRESHER TRAINING

In accordance with industry Best Practice, Competency Training recommends that this high voltage training course be refreshed every 2-3 years.

In WA, this will also ensure compliance with the Guidelines for the safe management of high voltage installations, which states:

HV switching operators are required to be assessed as being competent, and maintain currency, in units of switching contained in Industry Training Packages delivered by a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) approved to deliver Nationally Recognised Training within the Australian Qualifications Framework.