Underground Troubleshooting School
Wood County Electric Cooperative, Quitman, TX Visit Website
Monday, May 19, 2025
- Friday, May 23, 2025
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COURSE INFORMATION
Underground Troubleshooting and Fault Locating
This course teaches how to safely and properly perform switching, grounding and fault-locating procedures, and locate cable routes in a safe manner. This class is designed for employees who are involved in the operation of an underground system. Through hands-on training exercises based on real-world situations, students learn the safest ways to troubleshoot, isolate and ground an underground electric installation.
Each participant should bring
Hardhat - Safety glasses - Long-sleeved shirts
Safety-toe footwear - Work gloves - Hand tools
Cable preparation tools - Rain gear
Rubber gloves and sleeves
Course Prerequisites
The participant should have experience as a groundman or be an apprentice lineman.
Course Schedule
Course begins at 1 p.m., Monday, May 19 and ends at noon, Friday, May 23.
Guest instructors’ meeting 1 p.m., Monday, May 19
Wood County EC, 501 South Main St., Quitman 75783
Class Limit
15 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.