Underground Installation School
Wood County Electric Cooperative, Quitman, TX Visit Website
Monday, May 20, 2024
- Friday, May 24, 2024
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COURSE INFORMATION
Underground Cable and Equipment Installation
This course teaches how to properly install an underground system from the riser to the secondary installation. The class is designed for employees in the electric utility industry who install underground electric utilities. Students gain extensive hands-on experience during training exercises with experienced craftsmen, who provide one-on-one training. Students learn proper cable installation and preparation, and how to install single- and three-phase transformers, risers, secondary pedestals, elbows and splices.
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 - Stripping tools
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 20 and ends at noon, Friday, May 24.
Guest instructors’ meeting 10 a.m., Monday, May 20
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.