Cable Identification / Spiking

Course code: T5

Introduction

This course is designed for electrical personnel responsible for identification/spiking and proving dead of HV electrical power cables.

Note: This is not a cable fault location course.

Participants

Electrical engineers/technicians responsible for ensuring the safety of personnel working on HV underground electrical power cables.

Aim

To provide instruction in the practical, technical and safety aspects of identifying electrical power cables and their subsequent spiking to ensure the safety of personnel required to work upon these cables

Outline Contents

• Safety requirements
• Ground clearance
• Methods of cable identification
• Cable spiking (use and maintenance)
• Electrostatic/Electromagnetic fields
• Case studies
• Practical exercises
• Course review

Certification

Candidates who successfully complete the theoretical and practical competence assessments will receive a Faraday “Competence” certificate. Candidates who fail or do not wish to undertake the competence assessments will receive a Faraday “Attendance” certificate.

Course Duration

1 day

Course Dates

For courses undertaken at our UK training centre in 2012

• 3rd Feb
• 30th Mar
• 1st Jun
• 27th Jul
• 5th Oct

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