Electrical Engineering

This online course includes specific requirments for poles and structures, pole mounted equipment, and aerial lines. This course is intended for electrical engineers and electrical maintenance technicians interested in safe working conditions handling aerial electrical power distribution lines. Requirments addressed for aerial line work, include pole handling and erection, climbing and working on poles, stringing of lines, working around pole-mounted lighting and other equipment, tool handling, tree and brush trimming adjacent to an aerial line right of way.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• Have a better understanding of pole handling operations, pole installation, replacement and removal
• Learn about ground handling of poles
• Requirements for poles
• Understand the gin pole method
• General rules for pole climbing
• Proper procedure for sharpening gaffs
• How to work safely on crossing structures
• Understand the importance of tree trimming and brush removal
• Know the terminology of aerial rope use

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a twenty (20) question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies five (5) professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.

This course provides an introduction to exterior electrical power distribution systems for buildings and related infrastructure. The information provided here can be utilized by electrical engineers in the development of the plans, specifications, and calculations, and can serve as the minimum electrical design requirements. It is applicable to the traditional electrical services customary for Design-Bid-Build construction contracts and for Design-Build construction contracts. Project conditions may dictate the need for a design that exceeds these minimum requirements. The design criteria and standards contained within are the minimum requirements acceptable for installations for efficiency, economy, durability, maintainability, and reliability of electrical power supply and distribution systems. The criteria and standards herein are not intended to be retroactively mandatory. After completing this course you will have gained knowledge of circuitry and electrical equipment found to power buildings and how to design an exterior electrical distribution systems for buildings.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• Learn guidelines for selection of primary voltage
• Learn about main electric supply station
• Learn how design utilization electric supply stations differ from main electric supply stations
• Learn about primary unit substations to distribute underground medium voltage circuits
• Learn design criteria for secondary unit substations
• Learn guidelines for design and installation of pad-mounted transformers
• Learn about medium voltage switchgear
• Learn about application of pad-mounted sectionalizing termination cabinets
• Learn application and limitation guidelines for power factor correction or to minimize line losses
• Learn “best practices” for exterior electric power distribution
• Learn criteria for overhead power distribution lines
• Learn about the advantages and disadvantages of copper versus aluminum conductors for exterior electrical power distribution
• Learn when and where to apply surge arrestors
• Learn the fundamentals of fuse protection
• Learn about underground electrical distribution systems.

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a twenty (20) question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies four (4) professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.

This course provides an introduction to interior electrical distribution systems for buildings and related infrastructure. Topics covered in this course include transformers, service entrances, switchgear, switchboards, panelboards, motor controls and motor control centers. After completing this course you will have gained knowledge of circuitry and electrical equipment found in buildings and how to design an interior electrical distribution system for buildings.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• Learn how to select and specify transformers
• Have knowledge of service entrance requirements and learn about switchgear and switchboards
• Know the basic considerations when employing panelboards
• Know the requirments for motor control centers
• Know the fundamentals of motor controls and motor control circuites
• Know when to employ surge protection devices
• Understand Raceways and wiring devices
• Learn about emergency engine generator sets
• What is automatic transfer equipment
• Learn how to employ stationary batteries and battery chargers

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a fifteen (15) question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies three (3) professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.

This is an introduction to design and application of cathodic protection systems to mitigate corrosion in underground steel structures such as tanks and pipelines. Topics that will be covered in this course are the two principle methods used to mitigate corrosion, an introduction to the steps designing a sacrificial anode system and impressed current system and the field testing requirements needed for both of these systems. This course is intended for engineers with a current or prospective need to understand the fundamentals of protecting underground structures from corrosion using sacrificial anode and impressed current cathodic protection systems.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• Learn the nine steps in designing a sacrificial anode system
• Learn the thirteen steps in designing an impressed current system
• Learn how to conduct field testing requirements for both of these systems
• Calculations for current requirements, life expectancy, rectifier voltage, and anodes needed

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a twenty (20) question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies four (4) professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.

This online course is an introduction to electric power requirements for building and multi-building developments. In this course you will learn about terminology, acquistition and analysis of preliminary load data needed, estimate individual loads, emergency loads, area loads and loads for entire developments and activities. This course will teach you about basic considerations for power sources and considerations when purchasing primary electric power from a utility. This course will give electrical engineers who have limited experience with building design an introduction to electric load estimating methodology./p>

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• Know how to convert motor horsepower to input kilovolt-amperes for preliminary estimates
• Define Demand Factor and know how it is used to determine power requirements
• Define Diversity Factor and know how it is used to determine power requirements
• Define Coincidence Factor and know how it is used to determine power requirements
• Learn the guidelines for selection of Demand Factors
• Learn the guidelines for selection of Load Factors
• Know the three types of emergency power loads
• Demand and Load Factors for a wide variety of buildings and activities
• Estimate lighting power requirements for various areas

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a fifteen (15) question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies two (2) professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.

In this online course you will learn what a photovoltaic (PV) power system is and the following as it pertains to the PV system: Circuit requirements, Disconnecting means, Wiring methods, Grounding, Marking, and Connections to other sources.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• Understand the various components and terminologies associated with photovoltaic systems
• Learn photovoltaic system’s circuit requirements and installation guidelines including wiring methods
• Discuss grounding methods as well as standard markings of photovoltaic system components
• Identify standard methods to connect to other power systems and loads

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a ten (10) question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies one (1) professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.

This is an online course that gives detailed description of the electrical system blackout that happened August 14th, 2003. This was one of the largest blackouts in US history, that affected more than 150 million people. This course will cover the conditions prior to the start of the blackout sequence, conditions prior to the start of the blackout sequence, casual events leading to the power system cascade, and the cascading failure of the power system.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• Know what happened, why it happened, and what can be done to minimize future outages
• Learn about power system operations, the planning, design, protection and control

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a twenty (20) question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies six (6) professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.