Learning Center: Electrical Safety Training
Training is critical in the electrical industry. Learn the how and why of training.
How Can I Get Arc Flash Certification?
We sometimes get questions from electrical contractors who have been told that their company must be arc-flash certified. I have to explain to the contractors that there is really no such thing as “certification” for a company in arc flash.
Read the PostArc Flash Electrical Safety Training
Our arc flash electrical safety training helps qualified workers meet NFPA 70E and OSHA requirements with practical, scenario-based instruction. Choose public classes, onsite programs, or online training to fit your team.
Learn MoreWhat is an NFPA 70E Qualified Person?
An NFPA 70E qualified person is someone who has demonstrated skills and knowledge related to the construction and operation of electrical equipment and installations and has received safety training to identify hazards and reduce the associated risk.
Read the PostElectrical Safety Training Requirements (OSHA + NFPA 70E)
Electrical safety training requirements under OSHA and NFPA 70E determine who must be trained, what the training must cover, and when retraining is required for qualified and unqualified workers.
Read the PostQualified vs. Awareness: Picking the Right Level of Electrical Safety Training
Qualified-person and awareness-level electrical safety training serve different workers, tasks, and hazard exposures. This guide helps employers match the right level of training to each role.
Read the PostElectrical Safety Training for Non-Electricians
Electrical safety training for unqualified workers is awareness-level instruction that teaches employees who are not qualified electrical workers how to recognize and avoid electrical hazards near their work.
Read the PostHow Often Is Electrical Safety Training Required?
Electrical safety training is required at least once every three years for workers exposed to electrical hazards under NFPA 70E, with earlier retraining when duties, equipment, or work practices change.
Read the PostElectrical Safety Training
Explore electrical safety training options for qualified and unqualified workers, including on-site and live-online formats designed around OSHA and NFPA 70E requirements.
Learn MoreNFPA 70E Training & Certification Requirements
NFPA 70E training helps workers recognize electrical hazards, apply safe work practices, and understand when retraining is required. The standard sets expectations for qualified and unqualified employees rather than creating a universal certification.
Read the PostAm I a Qualified Electrician?
According to NFPA 70E® Article 110.2(D)(1)(e), page 15, General Requirements for Electrical Safety-Related Work Practices, the specifications between a qualified and an unqualified person are defined. This is to specify the requirements of electrical safety training, retraining and certification.
Read the ArticleWhy Should I Be Trained in Electrical Safety?
Thousands of electrical workers are injured or even die annually, due to hazardous work conditions, lack of training and improper use of electrical equipment.
Read the ArticleWhy Should I Train Employees Who Work Around and on Electricity?
Here we give you four reasons why you should train those who work around and on electricity.
The e-Hazard Safety Cycle™: Training
Here we describe how training fits into the four parts of the electrical safety cycle.
Read the ArticleHow a Train the Trainer Program Will Help Your Company
Thousands of electrical workers are injured or even die annually, due to hazardous work conditions, lack of training and improper use of electrical equipment. Being informed about electrical safety is the key to avoiding dangerous, even life-threatening conditions while at work.
Read the ArticleThe Importance of Training Task Qualified Operators
Employees are a company’s greatest asset. Without their creativity and productivity, companies would suffer and eventually fail. There are many ways an employer can support and encourage employees to be creative and productive, and foremost on that list would be providing a good electrical safety training program.
Read the PostEquipotential Grounding: Let’s Review
First Things First: What is High Voltage? When we examine industrial on-site electrical distribution systems, we immediately notice that a large majority of these sites distribute power throughout the facility with voltage levels exceeding 600 volts.
Read the PostWhat Quick Thinking and Good Training Can Do
Quick thinking from two policemen helped save a construction worker’s life. The worker’s industrial concrete saw was believed to come into contact with an energized electrical line, rendering him unconscious. He ended up lying in water about 6 in. deep. At least one other person tried to move him, but he or she was shocked also.
Read the PostProper Lockout and Training Could Have Saved Employee’s Life
A 60-year-old employee was pulled into a rotating shaft of a coal elevator and killed at his workplace in Tonawanda, NY. He was preparing to grease the elevator when his jacket was caught.
Read the PostWhy Electrical Safety Training and Arc Flash Training Are Important for Supervisors
It was the last call that I wanted to get. A few years ago I received a phone call from an OSHA inspector asking for one of our training manuals. He sounded upset and demanded that it be sent overnight. A worker had died in an electrical arc.
Read the PostWhat Not to Do When Teaching: Part One
On our journey to becoming exceptional trainers, it is good to occasionally review important points that may have been forgotten over time. Here are some considerations worth repeating.
Read the ArticleWhat Not to Do When Teaching: Part Two
In the previous post we briefly covered the infractions of being late for class, being unprepared, and speaking in monotone or in a boring manner. Here are a few more “undesirables” to watch out for…
Read the ArticleMore Ways to Learn
Watch electrical safety webinars that e-Hazard has hosted.
See an archive of our monthly electrical safety newsletter, ArcNews.
Learn electrical safety tips in bite-sized chunks in this video series.
Find videos of arc flash in our resource center.
Read valuable information related to electrical safety issues.
Find answers to frequently asked questions related to electrical safety training and e-Hazard classes.
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