Transformer School
Nueces Electric Cooperative, Robstown, TX Visit Website
Tuesday, October 08, 2024
- Friday, October 11, 2024
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COURSE INFORMATION
Course Description
This course covers the basic principles of electricity and applying Ohm’s Law and the power formula through classroom instruction and hands-on experience. Students learn turns ratio, polarity, impedance, nameplate, induction, A/C current, Wye/Delta, fault current values, transformer fusing, transformer lightning protection, single-phase and three-phase connections, troubleshooting, and safe work procedures.
Each participant should bring
Hardhat - Rubber gloves - Voltmeter - Safety glasses
Long-sleeved ARC-rated shirts - Hand tools
Course Prerequisites
Participants should have one year or more of line crew construction and/or maintenance experience or one year or more experience as a serviceman or meter technician.
Course Schedule
Course begins at 8 a.m., Tuesday, October 8 and ends at noon, Friday, October 11
Nueces EC, 14353 Cooperative Ave., Robstown 78380
Class Limit
20 students
Continuing Education Units
32 hours (3.20 CEUs) A South Plains College certificate will be mailed to participants who complete this course and pay the $10 fee.
Registration cancelation policy: All changes or cancelations must be made by email to tknipstein@texas-ec.org. No refunds will be issued for cancelations made fewer than 15 days before the event. Cancelations made more than 15 days before the event will receive a full refund, minus a $50 charge per student or substitution.