Continuing Education

UNDERSTANDING THE NEC CODE IN N.Y.C

• Introduction- Understanding N.E.C.
• Requirements for electrical installation
• Use identification of grounded conductors
• Branch circuit
• Feeders
• Branch circuits calculations
• Service
• Grounding
• Wiring Methods
• Equipments for general use
• Fixture wires
• Switches
• Luminaries
• Motors
• Transformers
• Hazardous locations, Classes 1, 2, and 3
• Health care facilities
• Cranes Elevators
• Pools
• Fire pumps
• Emergency systems
• Circuits and equipments operations at less than 50 volts
• Class 1
• Communications systems

ELECTRICAL ESTIMATING

• Reading plans
• Doing take offs
• Price sheets for incoming service
• Conduit and wiring
• Wiring K-devices
• Lighting fixtures, distribution panels and switchgear
• Intercoms and alarm systems
• Lighting protection
• Control wiring
• TV and Cable systems
• Unit Price and square foot

RUNNING YOUR BUSINESS EFFICIENTLY

• Introduction to running your business more efficiently
• Record keeping/ Accounting methods
• Planning for profits
• Cost estimating and bidding
• Scheduling
• OSHA/Workmen’s compensation

ANALYSIS OF 2002/2005 NEC ELECTRICAL CODE

• Code Wide changes
• Administration and Enforcement
• Introduction
• General
• Wiring and Protection
• Wiring Methods and Materials
• Equipment for General Use
• Special Occupancies
• Special Equipment
• Special Conditions
• Communications Systems

ELECTRICAL SAFETY IN THE WORKPLACE

• Hand Wrist and Finger Safety
• Personal protective equipment
• Respiratory safety
• Hearing safety
• Back safety
• Safety showers and eyewashes
• Eye safety
• Basic First Aid
• Fall protection
• Slips, trips and falls
• Forklift safety
• Driving safety
• Workplace violence
• Electrical safety
• Confined space entry
• Asbestos awareness
• General awareness
• Safety training

COMMON BOILER/FURNACE ELECTRICAL WIRING FOR COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL INSTALLATION

• General information-Boiler furnaces
• Electrical circuitry
• Practical wiring
• Troubleshooting

ONE AND TWO FAMILY DWELLINGS ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS

• General requirements for Grounding and Bonding
• Circuit and system grounding
• Grounding electrode system and grounding electrode conductor
• Enclosure, raceway, and service cable grounding
• Bonding
• Equipment grounding and equipment grounding conductors
• Methods of equipment grounding
• Direct current systems
• Instruments, meters, and relays
• Grounding of systems and circuits of 1KV and other (high voltage)

STAND BY POWER SYSTEMS/HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

• Introduction to Emergency and power systems
• Emergency power supplies, switching, protection and installations
• Maintenance and Operational testing
• Introduction to Health Care Facilities
• Wiring methods/requirements
• Testing
• Design considerations/requirements

LIGHTNING PROTECTION/COMPUTER ROOMS

• Introduction to lightning protection
•   A. Purpose protection
•   B. Common terms and definitions
• Protection (NFPA 780 and NEC Article 280)
•   A. Ordinary structures
•   B. Miscellaneous structures and special occupancies
•   C. Heavy duty stacks
•   D. Structures containing flammable vapors, gases or liquids that can give off flammable vapors
•   E. Watercraft
• Introduction to computer/data rooms and processing equipment
•   A. Purpose of requirements
•   B. Definitions
•   C. Risk considerations
• Electrical requirements
•   A. Wiring methods (NFPA 75 and NEC 645)
•   B. Material
•   C. Locations
•   D. Grounding
•   E. Marking

AIR CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT

• General
• Disconnecting means
• Branch-Circuit, Short- Circuit and Ground- Fault protection
• Branch-Circuit conductors
• Controllers for motor compressors
• Motor compressor and Branch- Circuit overload protection
• Provisions for room air conditioners

SWIMMING POOLS, FOUNTAINS, AND SIMILAR INSTALLATIONS

• General
• Permanently installed pools
• Storable pools
• Spas and hot tubs
• Fountains
• Pools and tubs for therapeutic use
• Hydro-massage bathtubs

ELECTRIC SIGNS AND OUTLINE LIGHTING

• General
• Field installed skeleton tubing

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT

• Scope
• Special requirements for Information Technology Equipment room
• Supply circuits and interconnecting cables
• Cables not information technology equipment room
• Penetrations
• Disconnecting means
• Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS)
• Grounding
• Marking

SOARES BOOK ON GROUNDING

• General
• To ground or not to ground
• Grounding electrical systems
• Grounding electrical services
• Services and main bonding jumpers
• Grounding electrodes
• Grounding electrode conductors
• Bonding enclosures and equipment
• Equipment grounding conductors
• Enclosure and equipment grounding
• Clearing ground faults and short circuits
• Grounding separately derived system
• Grounding at more than one building
• Ground- fault circuit- interrupters
• Equipment ground- fault protective systems
• Special location grounding and bonding
• Over 600 volt systems
• Tables

ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS CONTAINING AUTOMATIC TRANSFER SWITCHES

• General Information- Automatic transfer switches
• Circuitry- Automatic transfer switches
• Practical wiring
• Troubleshooting

APPLIED CODEOLOGY

• Applied codeology
• Getting acquainted
• Understanding arrangement
• Clues and application
• Plan
• Build
• Use
• Special occupancies
• Tables and examples

INSTALLATION OF MULTIGANGED METER ENCLOSURE SERVICE EQUIPMENT

• Multiganged meter enclosure service equipment
• Construction of equipment
• Conduit installation
• Panel board/Conductor installation
• Grounding/Bonding

HAZARDOUS LOCATIONS

• Introduction to hazardous locations
• Protection requirements (NFPA and NEC Article 500)
• Static electricity and lightning

SERVICES 100 THROUGH 1200 AMP

• Services
•   A. Types
•   B. Components
•   C. Purposes
•   D. Installation methods
• Sizing
•   A. Procedure to calculate size
•   B. Code requirements
• Grounding/Bonding
•   A. Definitions
•   B. Procedures to ground and bound
•   C. Code requirements
• National Electric Code
•   A. Clearance
•   B. Minimum sizes and ratings
•   C. Disconnect means
•   D. Locations
•   E. Updates

MOTORS, MOTORS CIRCUITS AND CONTROLLERS

• General
• Motor circuits conductors
• Motor and branch- Circuit overload protection
• Motor branch- circuit short- circuit and ground-fault protection
• Motor feeder short- circuit and ground-fault protection
• Motor control circuits
• Motor controllers
• Motor control centers
• Disconnecting means
• Over 600 volts, nominal
• Protection of live parts- all voltages
• Grounding all voltages

INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICAL TROUBLESHOOTING

• Getting started with electrical troubleshooting
• Understanding electrical symbols
• Understanding ladder diagrams
• On-line troubleshooting overview
• On line trouble tools
• Collecting information
• Practical on line troubleshooting
• Troubleshooting with a multi-meter
• Specialized tests and equipment
• Troubleshooting with industrial oscilloscopes
• Expanding on line troubleshooting applications
• Broadening the electrician’s horizons
• Troubleshooting hydraulic and pneumatic systems
• Overhead transparencies

TRANSFORMERS AND TRANSFORMER VAULTS (INCLUDING SECONDARY TIES)

• General provisions
• Specific provisions applicable to different types of transformers
• Transformer vaults