Electrical Troubleshooting & Preventive Maintenance Seminar

Canadian Trainco Seminars

Bring this seminar on-site to your facility for groups of 10 or more.

Teaching students common-sense electrical troubleshooting techniques so they can keep their facilities and equipment up and running is the primary goal of this seminar. Learning how to protect themselves from serious injury while doing it is a vitally important bonus.

Course Description

This seminar is designed for anyone who needs to sharpen their electrical troubleshooting skills in order to increase efficiencies and uptime at their industrial plant or building facility. And more than just a "hands-on" training course, we have analyzed the job of the maintenance technician and provide training on some of the more commonly performed electrical troubleshooting tasks. You can and should expect results from this seminar!

Attendees in this course will not be playing with trainers built for a classroom but, instead, they'll be working with real world industrial components found in their facility. They will be using CAT III industrial meters to troubleshoot - just as they should in their facility. They will troubleshoot industrial components from pushbuttons to relays and motor starters. They will wire basic electrical circuits using wiring diagrams and then, once they understand how they operate, they will troubleshoot faults inserted by the instructor. They will use a phase-rotation meter, Megohmmeter and different types of multimeters and voltage testers. They will see three-phase power in action and learn to measure its values. They will learn what electrical PPE they should wear and will even have the opportunity to try on Flame Resistant (FR) clothing. They will try on different sizes and types of electrically rated rubber gloves and learn what they should be using in the field.

Granted, we can't substitute years of experience in a day or two of training, but we can show you how to safely and correctly troubleshoot electrical components and circuits based on your career level. At American Trainco we provide "Real World Training?for Real World Needs."

Who should take this course?

This seminar is a must for anyone who works with electrical equipment and systems at industrial plants, utilities or commercial and private building facilities. General maintenance personnel, workers in cross-training programs, electricians and engineers will find this course extremely useful. Attendees come from a wide variety of industries, skill-levels, company sizes, and job titles, so if you're not sure you'll fit in or will benefit from the class, don't worry - you will - as long as you work with electricity! People who will benefit from attending this seminar include? ?

All maintenance personnel in:

Manufacturing Plants
Commercial Buildings
Hospitals
Waste Water Facilities
Schools
Government Buildings
Research Facilities
Shopping Centers
Apartment Buildings

Including:

All Building Maintenance Personnel
All Plant & Facility Maintenance Technicians
Electricians
Mechanics
HVAC Technicians
Apprentices
Boiler Operators
Alarm & Low Voltage Technicians
Stationary Engineers
Building Engineers
Maintenance Supervisors
Multi-craft & Cross Training Personnel
Electronic & Instrumentation Technicians
Any person needing a basic course in Electrical Troubleshooting & Preventive Maintenance

Training Outcomes

During this seminar you will perform the following basic electrical maintenance tasks. When you return, you will be presented with a training certificate indicating that you have successfully completed the following:

Interpret the OSHA requirements for troubleshooting and working on energized circuits
Determine the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) requirements for electrical troubleshooting.
Safely and correctly verify a circuit is de-energized.
Perform basic circuit checks for shorts, opens and ground faults using a multimeter.
Read and interpret simple ladder and schematic diagrams.
Perform continuity and resistance checks on relay coils and contacts, overloads, fuses, circuit breakers, switches and other control circuit components.
Wire and troubleshoot basic electrical control circuits to develop a logical, systematic approach to troubleshooting.
Take clamp-on ammeter readings on 3-phase circuits and interpret readings.
Measure voltage on 3-phase Wye and Delta connected circuits and calculate percent phase imbalance as part of troubleshooting motors.
Test single-phase power distribution systems for correct wiring.
Use a Megohmmeter to perform the following insulation resistance tests used on motors and distribution systems: Spot Reading, Dielectric Absorption Ratio, Polarization Index.
Observe power quality problems and troubleshooting techniques for facility distribution systems, three-phase loads and commercial lighting.
Read and interpret basic PLC ladder diagrams.
Measure VFD output characteristics and observe VFD operation.
Be ready to read and interpret your facility one-line electrical drawings and electrical floor plans.
Identify components of a successful electrical preventive maintenance program.

Course Outline / Agenda

BASIC SKILLS FOR ELECTRICAL TROUBLESHOOTING

Safety First
OSHA Requirements Regarding Troubleshooting and Qualified Persons
Using Electrical Drawings
Using Meters ( multimeters ) and Circuit Measurements
Developing a Logical, Systematic Approach to Troubleshooting

TROUBLESHOOTING CONTROL CIRCUITS

Relays, Motor Starters and Control Devices
Reading and Interpreting Ladder Diagrams
Power Loss
Control Circuit Industrial Applications
Electric Motor Drives
Solenoid-Operated Valves
Heating Elements

TROUBLESHOOTING MOTORS

Most Common Motor Problems
Electrical Problems
Testing Windings for Shorts, Opens and Ground Faults
Phase Unbalance
Mechanical Problems
Phase Rotation Testing

TROUBLESHOOTING POWER DISTRIBUTION

Wye and Delta Systems
Overcurrent Protection
Branch Circuits

TROUBLESHOOTING POWER QUALITY PROBLEMS

Sources of Power Quality Problems
Test Equipment for Troubleshooting Power Quality Problems
Harmonics

TROUBLESHOOTING LIGHTING CIRCUITS

Lighting Terminology
Types of Lighting Circuits
Incandescent Lighting
Fluorescent Lighting
HID Lighting

TROUBLESHOOTING PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS ( PLCs )

Overview of Programmable Logic Controls ( PLCs )
Reading PLC Ladder Diagrams
Status Indicators and Error Codes
Force and Disable
Startup Procedures

TROUBLESHOOTING VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVES ( VFDs )

VFD Terminology
VFD Basic Operation
Components
Pulse Width Modulation
Types of VFDs
Common Problems and Corrective Action

ELECTRICAL PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE

More Seminar Information

Canadian Trainco
Summary	Teaching students common-sense electrical troubleshooting techniques so they can keep their facilities and equipment up and running is the primary goal of this seminar. Learning how to protect themselves from serious injury while doing it is a vitally important bonus.
Delivery Method	Seminar
Also Available As	On-Site Training
Who Should Attend	This seminar is a must for anyone who works with electrical equipment and systems at industrial plants, utilities or commercial and private building facilities