• Why Training First
• Classes We Offer
  
•      Details about Our Training
•      About our Instructor & Methods
• Types of Training
•      On-Site
•      Public
•      On-Line
• Re-Training Requirements
• Who must be Trained
• Record Keeping Requirements
  

Why Training First

OSHA, NEC, and NFPA 70E all require training for qualified and non-qualified employees.

Training is the best place to start your OSHA and NFPA 70E Electrical Safety Compliance efforts.  The primary issue is, understanding the potential hazards.  Employees must know what hazards exist, the possible injuries, and how to avoid these hazards.  Your initial training should also cover the requirements of OSHA and NFPA 70E for compliance, how to avoid the hazards, learn safe work practices, and avoid costly mistakes.  This becomes the base to start work on your over-all Electrical Safety Program.

2-Hour - 4-Hour - 1-Day - 2-Day - 3-Day

2-Hour NFPA 70E "Certificate of Electrical Hazard Recognition"

This class is designed for non-qualified employees.  This would include people who do not perform electrical work, some examples would be: Painters, Custodial, Janitorial, Security, Watchmen, Fire, Emergency, or other First Responders, Managers (who do not supervise qualified employees), and any employees who do not require training below.

4-Hour NFPA 70E "Certificate of Electrical Hazard Recognition"

This class is designed for non-qualified employees who would have an increased risk or need to know.  Some examples of employees who should at a minimum take this class would be: Machine Operators, Welders, Construction (not qualified or HVAC), supervisors of the above people, including those who take the 2-Hour class above.

1-Day NFPA 70E "Review Certificate" or "1-Day Certificate of Completion"

This class is recommended as review for employees who have previously taken the 2-day class below.  The class material will review the material covered in the 2-Day class and include any changes since the last training.  Employees taking this class will be tested and certificates provided for your OSHA records.  OSHA and NFPA 70E require at a minimum an Annual Inspection.  The testing can be used to document the training requirements of your annual review.

2-Day NFPA 70E "2-Day Certificate of Completion"

This class is the industry standard for qualified employees and those who supervise them.  The class assumes the participant possesses the basic skills and techniques necessary to distinguish energized parts from other parts of electrical equipment, determine the nominal voltage of exposed energized parts.  Candidates for this course would include: Electricians, Electrical & Electronic Technicians, Engineers, Maintenance employees, Heating & Air Conditioning, Millwrights, Mechanics, Field Service Technicians, Stationary Engineers, Riggers & Roustabouts, Health & Safety Personnel and their Supervisors.

3-Day NFPA 70E "Certificate of NFPA 70E Achievement"

This is a new class that includes all the information contained in the 2-Day class above plus additional practice with applying the requirements of NFPA 70E.  Course materials will be included to help demonstrate the requirements to others.  An exam will follow that will demonstrate a higher competence and earn a "Certificate of NFPA 70E Achievement."  This course is beneficial for qualified persons and Health & Safety officers to become more comfortable with the requirements of NFPA 70E and be able to help others understand how to apply the principles.  Others such as Forman, Superintendents, Supervisors, Engineers, Technicians, Facility Maintenance, Inspectors, Risk Managers, Project Managers, and anyone desiring a more in depth understanding of NFPA 70E and OSHA requirements.

We are experts on NFPA 70E and related OSHA requirements.  Our training includes but is not limited to:

Training involves much more that presenting technical facts of the Standards and Regulations.  Obviously that is part of it; however, workers must understand the hazards, the injuries possible, and know how to recognize and avoid electrical hazards.  One of the most difficult tasks a trainer faces is changing bad work habits and attitudes for good work habits and attitudes.  This task is not normally accomplished by text book talks.

About our Instructor & Methods

We use state-of-the-art presentation methods presented by our industry expert, Mr. Roy Dutcher.  With over 40 years experience in the industry and over 10 years of experience with NFPA 70E, Mr. Dutcher brings an experienced voice to the classroom like no other.  His stories are interesting, sometimes entertaining, and real.  They grab the attention of those in attendance.  Roy has a compassion for worker safety and is able to influence workers in positive ways.  We produce high quality video clips in house, interviews with medical experts, victim interviews, and news stories from our very own WORK studio.  We add in other professionally produced videos mixed with photographs (some are very graphic), documentation, lectures, and real life stories.

On-Site - Public - On-Line

On-Site Training

On-Site is more convenient and will save you money.  We come to you so you have no problems with employee travel arrangements.  You will not incur any lodging, meal or other travel related expenses.  You will save accounting functions like advances and expense reports.  You can freely make last minute changes or substitutions in who attends or not.

On-Site classes are more effective.  We can modify our presentation to include issues, problems and possible solutions for your facility.  Our goal is to provide hassle free effective training.  Employees are more comfortable and less stressed when not traveling.  They will be less tempted to indulge or over-indulge in potentially harmful conduct and your liability exposure is reduced significantly.

Public Classes

Our Public Classes are an excellent way to have from one or more employees trained.  Class materials are provided in the price of the class.  If you do not have enough people for an on-site class, our public classes are a valuable solution.  We will try to schedule a public class in your area.  Simply fill out our SIGN UP form.

Online Training

BUYERS BEWARE.  OSHA AND NFPA 70E DO NOT ACCEPT ON-LINE OR VIDEO TRAINING.  On-Line and un-instructed video training may be tempting to some who are looking to save costs.  However it may only lead to an OSHA Citation for non-compliance training issues.  OSHA has determined Arc-FlashTraining.

OSHA

29 CFR 1910.332 (c) OSHA requires personal instruction in classroom, on-the-job, or a combination of them.

NFPA 70E

Article 110.6 (B) Shall be classroom or on-the-job, or a combination of the two.

At a minimum, companies must have annual inspections to determine if additional training or re-training is required.  Many companies provide annual re-training to cover the training portions of this OSHA requirement.  Re-training is also required anytime there are changes or updates in the codes and/or standards, procedures, or electrical distribution system.

OSHA requires any and all employees and their supervisors who works on or near energized conductors or circuit parts operating at 50 volts or more to be trained on the electrical hazards.

OSHA and NFPA 70E are somewhat ambiguous about the exact amount of training required.  NFPA 70E states, "The degree of training provided shall be determined by the risk to the employee."  OSHA states, "The degree of training provided shall be determined by the risk to the employee."  Nevertheless, an industry standard seems to have developed.  Our classes were developed around the industry standards plus we offer additional classes and options to more closely fit our customer's needs.

Employers are required to maintain records to show that appropriate and adequate training has been provided for their workers.  We provide Certificates for all our courses.  These certificates will help you verify to OSHA that your company has satisfied the Electrical Safety Training requirements of CFR 1910.332 and NFPA 70E.