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Available TVPPA Labs

 

We currently have labs available within two courses: Apprentice Lineman Training and the Substation Maintenance Program. View details below.

Apprentice Lineman Training

Overview:

The TVPPA Pre-Apprentice Assessment workshop is a 6.5 day class designed to help determine whether an employee or potential employee is suited for the demanding role of lineworker apprentice. Candidates are assessed on their ability to learn the various aspects of linework, especially climbing. Individual sessions focus on the hazards of electricity, grounding and rigging.

To learn more, visit the Lineman Training overview here.

Labs Include:
Fundamentals
  • Safety
  • PPE inspection
  • Grounding
  • Rigging
  • Pole top rescue
  • Aluminum and copper ties
  • Minimum approach distances
  • Testing
Construction
  • Safety
  • Job briefings
  • Print reading
  • Guys and anchors
  • Minimum approach distances
  • Overhead construction
  • Grounding
  • Sagging
  • Aluminum ties
  • Single phase transformer theory
  • Testing
Operations
  • Safety
  • Insulation/Isolation
  • PPE standards
  • Minimum approach distances
  • Aerial lift pre-flight inspection/bucket safety
  • Three phase transformer theory
  • Energized system maintenance
  • Testing
  • Bucket truck rescue
Underground
  • Safety
  • Cable
  • Line location/fault finding
  • Elbows
  • Terminators
  • Grounding
  • URD transformers
  • URD operations/systems
  • URD troubleshooting
  • Tagging
  • Switching
  • Testing
Troubleshooting
  • Safety
  • PPE
  • Hot line tools
  • Protective devices
  • Substation
  • Meters and instruments
  • OSHA/NFPA standards
  • Single line drawing
  • Test voltage
  • Testing

Substation Maintenance (SM) Program Labs

Overview:

Our Substation Maintenance program is a two tiered program with hands-on labs. The first tier consists of completing a core curriculum of two required courses. Much like a college curriculum, there are four specialist certificate options after completing the core: Substation Maintenance, Relay & Protection, Electric Utility Metering, Communication Infrastructure.

To learn more, visit the Lineman Training overview here.

Labs Include:
Protective Relaying
Required lab: Protective Relaying distance learning program.

This five-day course includes: AC theory, inductive reactance, capacitive reactance, power factor, vecros, calculating settings, testing relays, plotting impedance circles, construction and theory.

SM Introductory
Required course: Substation Maintenance correspondence program.

This three-day course includes: DC and AC circuits, electrical measurements and equipment, polyphase vectors, power, phase sequence, three phase connections and other exercises.

SM Advanced
Required course: Substation Maintenance correspondence program.

This five-day course includes: insulation resistance tests, power factor tests, dielectric strength tests, transformers and transformer testing, circuit breakers and tests, batteries, lightening arrestors, substation maintenance safety, substation drawings and other exercises.