The Protection & Control apprentice program, years one through five, will provide classroom and hands-on training techniques to prepare individuals to attain journeyman level skill expertise in the sixth year.
Year 1 - Introductory Training (two-day session)
- Participate in job briefing
- Safety manual review
- Station entry training
- Care and use of PPE
- Hazardous energy – lockout/tagout
- Conducting pre/post vehicle inspections
- Introduction to fall protection
- Six basic knots
- Using handlines
- Stretching and flexibility
- Setup of ladders
- Aerial device (bucket) operation and rescue
- Grounding and barricading aerial devices
Year 1 - (two – five-day sessions)
- Safety, station entry, substation safety and switchyards
- Technical math
- AC/DC circuits
- Introduction to basic relay concepts
- Print reading
- Instrument transformers
- Overview of the electric power system
- Overview of system protection (Philosophy of protective relaying)
Year 2 - (two – five-day sessions)
- AC station service & DC station power
- Three-phase power (Basics of three-phase power)
- Switching & tagging
- Transformers (fundamentals - LTC & regulators)
- Interrupting devices
- Distribution line protection
- Automated reclosing and sync check systems
- Distribution trip testing
Year 3 - (two – five-day sessions)
- Transformer protection
- Bus protection
- Automated reclosing and sync check systems
- Capacitor bank protection & control (PLC Logic)
- Transmission line protection
Year 4 - (two – five-day sessions)
- Mobile transformer installation
- Panel meters, transducers and displays
- Fundamentals of SCADA & station alarms
- Symmetrical components
Year 5 - (two – five-day sessions)
- Communication - power line carrier
- Transmission trip testing
- End-to-end testing
