Training and Courses

This 2-Day in person course is designed for anyone who is involved in the specification, installation, operation, maintenance and asset management of distribution underground cables or are interesting in cable condition assessment, testing, and root cause failure. Attendees will be able to learn the theory behind underground cable and be able to participate in a hands-on workshop. Some of the topics and content include:

• The theory behind MV/HV underground cables: construction, insulation types, electrical stress
• Site Acceptance Testing: AC/VLF/RTS HIPOT, partial discharge
• Hands-on experience with AC Hipot, PD, TDR, Shield Resistance and jacket spark tests at METSCO HV lab
• Hands-on experience of root cause failure (cable wafer, microscopic analysis, dissection) at METSCO HV lab

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This 2-day course will discuss the Testing, Condition Assessment and Root Cause Failure of the Power Transformers. It is designed for anyone who is involved in the specification, manufacturing, installation, operation, maintenance and testing of power transformers. Attendees will be able to learn the theory behind power transformers and be able to participate in a hand-on workshop at METSCO HV lab. Topics and content include:

• Power Transformer Types, Construction, Insulation, Electrical and Thermal Stress
• Commissioning Testing and Basic Tests: TTR, DC Winding, Power Factor, SFRA
• Hands-on Experience with AC Hipot & PD and DFR Tests
• Advanced Power Transformer Testing: DFR, Online Acoustic and Electrical PD

This course is designed for anyone interested in familiarizing themselves more intimately with how all the various moving parts of a utilities operation and assets all work together to keep the lights on. Attendees will receive an overview guided by senior experts with hands on working experience in every part of the utility business. Topics and content include:

• The purpose of the grid
• Various utility structures and integration
• Regulatory and its role (tailored to your regulatory environment)
• What happens during an outage?
• A typical utility project example from scope to energization

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This course is designed for engineers and technical staff. The purpose of the grounding system is to provide a sufficiently low-impedance path to ground during normal or fault conditions to permit reliable operation of the circuit protective devices and to maintain step and touch potentials within safe acceptable limits. Well-designed grounding system ensures safety and protects against excessive step and touch potentials for workers performing tasks around transmission or distribution system. In this course attendees will cover:

• Introduction to the Grounding System
• Electrical Characteristics of Soil
• Fault Current Analysis
• Ground Electrode Resistance
• Grounding System Components
• Grounding System Maintenance and Testing
• Common Grounding System Deficiencies
• Safe Work Practices
• Case Studies

This single course will cover the following key topics as they relate to asset management principles within the electric utility sector:

• Introduction to Asset Management Philosophies
• Asset Management Standards (i.e. ISO 55000x)
• Development the Asset Management Framework
• How to Predict Asset Failure (i.e. creating failure probability curves)
• How to Measure the Impact of Asset Failure (i.e. impact qualification & quantification)
• How to Perform Risk Assessment (i.e. Risk Matrix & Quantification Approaches)
• Creating the AM Business Case (i.e. economic life-cycle evaluation)
• Risk Assessment Applications (i.e. long-term & short-term planning)