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The primary mandates requiring or specifying electrical safety are OSHA, State Agencies, NFPA, Hospitals, and MSHA. Our Safety, Energy and Power training has been developed to meet these requirements and provides customization to meet the specific needs of our clients. Prior to any training, a qualified instructor will discuss your needs and adjust the training course or courses accordingly.
Our courses are designed to support continuing education and relicensing requirements of most states. Many Fortune 500 companies have approved our courses for corporate training, and we are accepted by IBEW, DOD, DOE, MSHA and OSHA (Safety Training). Our courses also meet NETA’s continuing certification program for certified technicians.
Our ability and experience for our High Voltage and
Energy courses, here are a few highlights below:
One of our lead-instructor's is a
Retired Instructor from Con Edison of New York City. He has 40 years of
experience in the High Voltage Transmission and Generation
business, from Electrician to Operator to Supervisor to District
Operator. For the past thirteen years, Jim has been Hands-On instructing
electrical workers in the safe operation and maintenance of all high voltage equipment of all
types and vintages. For the past 5 years Jim has even done Arc-Flash
and
Electrical Equipment Maintenance training Internationally as well as in
the US. Not only do we have the knowledge, but the Hands-On Field
experience that we bring to the table for your staff.
Keep in mind that we customize all of
our training to meet your company specifics and equipment at no additional
charge. BTS always wants the training to be right on target to your
needs, this is why BTS has been around so long and keeps all new and
existing clients as repeat customers.
These are a few of the Companies we have trained on several of our Safety, Energy and Power courses:
Courses range from:
-Utility Pole and Tower Climbing
-Bucket Truck / Pole Top Rescue
-Confined Space
-Utility Underground Locating
-Arch Fl-Safety for High Voltage Maintenance
-Switching and Safety Procedure Writing
-Basic Electricity
-Generation and Transmission Systems
-All High Voltage Equipment
-High Voltage Splicing
-Sub-Station Maintenance and Testing
-Circuit Breakers, Relays, Transformers, Batteries and DC Systems,
-Dielectric Fluid Facilities for Underground Transmission Feeders
-Overhead and Underground Training
-Feeder Fault Location and Splicing
-Relay Calibration and Testing
-And More...
Current Clients:
L.A. Department of Water and Power
APT-Alaska Power & Telecommunications
Covanta Energy
FPL-Florida Power & Light
Camus Electric Co., Inc
Tobyhanna Army Depot, Pennsylvania
On Semiconductor of Pocatello Idaho
NYNJ Port Authority
NY DOT
Astoria Energy LLC
NY Power Authority
Keyspan Energy
G E Energy Services Linden NJ
SCE-Southern California Edison
Exelon Wind
Puerto Rico Power Electric Authority
NextEra Energy
Lockheed Martin -NASA Missiles and Space
Hughes Network Systems
City of Santa Clara
Raytheon
US Army
Texas DOT-Dept. of Transportation
US Air Force
US Navy
More upon request...
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Prevent Injuries, Save Lives & Reduce OSHA fines
Implement NFPA 70E for Electrical Arc Flash Safety
This one-day electrical safety training course is designed specifically for those responsible for making decisions regarding employee safety and NFPA 70E regulatory compliance. You will learn what NFPA 70E covers and why everyone is concerned about it.
You will learn what options you have when you decide to implement NFPA 70E, and what resource commitments you should anticipate. You will learn from an expert in NFPA 70E who can help answer any questions you may have. |
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OSHA's regulation 29 CFR 1910.1101... Occupational Exposure to Asbestos requires that all employees who could come into contact with materials that might contain asbestos be given appropriate training on working safely in these situations.
Asbestos is a serious health hazard commonly found in our environment today. It is with this understanding that this course has been developed to assist employers with their occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) mandated obligation to communicate the hazards of asbestos with general asbestos awareness course to their staff and other employees who may work with or around asbestos containing material. This training will provide the general aspects required by the OSHA Asbestos standard.
Employees are divided into four classes:
-Classes I - III are employees whose work involves installing or disturbing materials that might contain asbestos.
-Class IV - this is the largest group of employees which involves employees that get involved in... maintenance and custodial activities to clean up waste and debris containing these type of materials.
Since many materials commonly used in buildings for many years (including ceiling tiles, vinyl flooring, and wall and pipe insulation) contain asbestos, this means that the regulation applies to virtually every custodial, janitorial and maintenance worker in the country.
Our "Asbestos Awareness" course has been created specifically to educate employees about the dangers of working with materials that may contain asbestos.
Upon successful completion of this course a certificate will be provided to all attendees and stay on file at BTS for proof and verification purposes for 5 years. |
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This Hands-On 24 hour course exceeds the minimum requirements set by OSHA for the tower erection industry.
The main objective of this Hands-On Authorized Climber and Rescue Training course is to prepare individuals with little or no experience to be able to safely climb and work on various types and sizes of towers. This course assures that the student will develop the knowledge base necessary to safely climb and work on towers, as well as the practical skill necessary to be able to safely perform his or her duty.
Employers are required to provide expedient rescue for employees that work at heights. Our tower Climber and rescue courses empower tower climbers and professional rescuers with the tools and knowledge to rescue incapacitated personnel efficiently and safely. This Hands-On course begins with a review of modern fall protection and climbing techniques for towers, and then builds on these techniques with simple and effective rescue procedures.
Low student-to-instructor ratios and appropriate splits allow us to customize the curriculum to individual/corporate needs.
Designed in cooperation with the Regional OSHA office, this course is designed to meet and exceed all of the recommended training called for in the NATE (National Association of Tower Erectors) guidelines for Qualified Climbers. In order to successfully complete the course, the student must attain a score of 100% on the written final, and must demonstrate proper techniques in all competencies included in the practical skill sets.
Upon completion of this course students will receive a certificate of completion and will state 24 hours of Hands-On Training, CECs, and will also receive a Certified Tower Climber & Rescue ID Card, to provide to site supervisors, contractors, inspectors, and anyone that requires proof of certification.
The courses are taught by industry experts, and our courses have been recognized and approved by both OSHA and NATE. In addition, CITCA is an approved training provider for Bechtel, American Tower Corporation, Black and Veatch, Verizon, TDS Telecom, AT&T, Sprint, CenturyLink, Southern California Edison, FPL and many others. |
4 Day Course |
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This electrical circuit breakers maintenance training course will discuss application, installation, maintenance and testing issues related to low, medium and high-voltage switchgear and electrical circuit breaker equipment. The course will provide delegates with a solid understanding of Circuit Breaker and switchgear theory and standards. The course will also make delegates aware of issues concerning the proper application, installation and maintenance of circuit breaker equipment with a strong emphasis on safety. The course will cover a wide range of material starting from the basics and moving on to more complex issues.
This electrical circuit breakers course also provides an overview of power system design and theory, focusing on the power distribution electrical circuit breakers used in common utility, industrial, commerical and institutional applications. Basic electrical circuit breaker construction, electrical safety, and common circuit breaker maintenance techniques are the major components of this course.
When brought on-site, this course can be supplemented by an in-depth study of the specific circuit breaker models used at the client's facility. Hands-on training is provided wherever practical. |
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Electronic communication systems located in outside plant, and sheltered applications can suffer severe damage from power faults and lightning unless the protection is adequately specified, installed and maintained. This course will train you on the proper application, installation, maintenance and troubleshooting of electrical protection devices and systems. Mechanisms of damage caused by induction, lightning strikes, power fault ground potential rise, and lightning ground potential rise will be covered in detail with a clear explanation of the protection expectations and limitations. Problems caused by poor installation and lack of appropriate maintenance will be discussed and demonstrate how minimum maintenance can save you and your company considerable grief and expense.
Damage to electronic communication systems creates a significant excess operational cost. Repairs, equipment replacement, labor and transportation expense can have significant impact to the operational budget. Lost revenues and customer loss will occur if the damage is not prevented or repaired quickly. Effective electrical protection will pay for itself many times over.
Electrical protection standards and numerous guidelines exist that provide some explanations and answers but can make finding relevant information difficult. In some cases they contradict each other. This course will save you the time of sorting through all the standards and guidelines and provide you with the essential information as well as a convenient source to reference in the future.
The science of electrical protection is constantly evolving. In the last several years the understanding of how damage occurs and the protection technology available has improved substantially. Be armed with the most current tools to protect your infrastructure investment. |
2 Day Course |
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This Hands-On Authorized Tower Climber Certification course is designed to prepare individuals with little or no experience to be able to safely climb and work on various types and size towers. This course combines the cognitive and the psychomotor domains of training, which assures that the student will develop the knowledge base necessary to safely climb and work on towers, as well as the practical skill sets necessary to be able to safely perform his or her duties.
This course will address a variety of subject areas including, regulatory safety standards, equipment commonly used, engineering controls, work practice controls, and return demonstrations.
Upon completion of this course, the authorized climber should be able to demonstrate proper knowledge, understanding, and application of the equipment used, as well as safe practices to be employed at all times that he or she is working on the tower.
Note: This course does not include Tower Rescue, we do offer Tower Rescue in our 3-day Tower Rescue and Competant Climber course or our combo 4-day course Authorized Tower Climber and Rescue, which includes both courses. |
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This Hands-On course will teach you how to prioritize your electrical maintenance strategy, stretch your electrical maintenance budget and at the same time maximize the life and condition of your equipment.
Cost-effective electrical preventive maintenance is the best way to reducing accidents, saving lives, and avoiding costly breakdowns and work stoppages. Our Electrical Testing and Maintenance course is an in-depth examination of electrical testing and predictive maintenance methods and teaches how to maximize the effectiveness of your electrical maintenance investment. Our course introduces students to NETA (North Amercian Electrical Testing Association) "Standard for Maintenance Testing Specifications" and NFPA 70b, "Recommended Practices For Electrical Equipment Maintenance".
These standards apply to preventive maintenance for electrical, electronic, and communication systems and equipment installed in industrial, commercial and institutional power systems.
This course will alert electrical maintenance personnel in utility, industrial, commercial and institutional facilities to the latest North American Electrical Maintenance and Testing Standards and Specifications that cover the suggested field tests and inspections that are available to assess the suitability for continued service and reliability of electrical power distribution equipment and systems. The purpose of NETA and NFPA 70b testing and maintenance specifications is to assure that tested electrical equipment and systems are operational and within applicable standards and manufacturer's tolerances and that the equipment and systems are suitable for continued service.
This course will also deal with the important subject of troubleshooting electrical systems and choosing the proper preventive maintenance testing equipment and procedures. |
2 Day Course |
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This Hands-On course will teach you how to prioritize your transformer maintenance strategy, stretch your maintenance budget and at the same time maximize the life and condition of your electrical transformer.
As an owner of transformers you are faced with the challenge of how to minimize downtime and maximize life expectancy of your valuable asset. With budget restraints, knowing how to prioritize your transformer testing and maintenance expenditures is crucial. This transformer testing and maintenance course will review what traditional and new maintenance testing procedures should be utilized by transformer owners. We will also look at the latest developments in transformer design, construction, testing, diagnostics, oil sampling techniques, interpretation of results and transformer asset planning.
Today's capital spending on new and replacement transformers is at its lowest level in decades. To make matters worse, the load on each transformer (or its utilization) continues to grow. Increased equipment utilization, deferred capital expenditures and reduced maintenance expenses are all challenges facing today’s transformer owner.
Many electric utilities and large industrial, commercial and institutional owners of medium and large power transformers are beginning to develop their own "Life Cycle Transformer Management" programs.
Our transformer testing and maintenance course will deal with many of the technical and economic issues dealing with a) The Screening Process to prioritize the transformer fleet; b) Transformer Condition Assessment of individual transformers, and c) Life Cycle Decisions: retire, refurbish, replace, relocate.
Students will learn safe and proper maintenance and testing procedures on power transformers. The course covers transformers used in commercial and industrial power distribution systems, including oil and dry-type units. Larger power transformers used in utility applications are also covered. |
2 Day Course |
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This Hands-On course provides in-depth practical training for both ladder safety and fall protection on conventional and unconventional applications.
When work is performed on elevated surfaces or during construction and service activities, protection on ladders and against falls must be considered.
Employers/Contractors are required to have and or provide a training course for each employee who might be working with or on ladders and exposed to fall hazards. The course must provide each person to recognize the risks and hazards of using ladders and their working environment to provide solutions to minimize these risks and hazards.
This course is a practical all Hands-On course. This training not only protects the individual but it also provides protection for the company and or contractor(s) from accidents, accidental injuries, deaths and litigation and liabilities. |
1 Day Course |
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Did you know that if you have been hired to work in the mining industry, you are considered a "miner" under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977.
• It is the responsibility for all companies working in the mining industry to develop and implement a plan for training new miners (24 hours) in addition to providing annual refresher training (8 hours).
• This course is designed to meet MSHA Part 46 requirements. Part 46 applies to shell dredging, sand, gravel, surface stone, surface clay, colloidal phosphate, and surface limestone mines.
If your work is in other MSHA regulated operations or you are an independent contractor that operates in other types of mining operations, you may be required to complete Part 48 training instead. |
3 Day Course |
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5 Day Course |
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Nearly all electrical devices have power supplies that may cause a disturbance to the current sine wave of a power source. Most published surveys show that 65-85% of the power quality problems are the result of something happening within the facility, on the customer side of the point of common coupling. It may be the wiring or the loads themselves that make the supplied voltage incompatible with equipment within the facility. The result is that the process is interrupted, productivity is halted, and dollars are lost.
This Hands-On course will provide the skills and teach the ability to properly identify and treat power quality and harmonics problems is important for system reliability and efficiency. |
2 Day Course |
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This Hands-On course will cover the maintenance and testing requirements for common substation devices, including power transformers, oil, air and vacuum circuit breakers, switchgear, ground grid systems, batteries, chargers and insulating liquids. This course focuses on what to do, when to do it and how to interpret the results from testing and maintenance.
Substation maintenance is a key part of any plant's maintenance program. Failures in key components such as racking mechanisms, meters, relays and busses are the most common cause of unplanned outages. Transmission, distribution and switching substations generally have switching, protection and control equipment and one or more transformers. Having skilled substation maintenance technicians is essential to equipment reliability.
This course focuses on maintenance and testing of switchgear, circuit breakers, batteries and protective relays, and more... |
4 Day Course |
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Splices and terminations, which are always a vital part of any cable system, become more susceptible to failure at higher voltages. Whether splicing or terminating is accomplished by the use of hand-applied tapes, a filled or molded device, heat-shrinkable tubing, or a prefabricated device, care should be exercised during the application. Poor workmanship or improper choice of materials could jeopardize the reliability of the entire system.
This Hands-On course covers Distribution underground cable accessories from Low to High Voltage cable from various manufacturers. The course is designed according to the type of cable and cable accessories utilized by your company. |
2 Day Course |
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This 2-day Hands-On course is geared to all personnel entering manhole(s) and/or a confined space for installation, repair, maintenance and/or any other service(s) for Confined Space safety and operations for Permit Required and/or Non Permit Required Standard 29 C.F.R. Part 1910.146. |
2 Day Course |
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The reaction to emergencies can be life or death situations. Pole top and bucket truck rescue training teaches the skills necessary to save another person’s life. The course will give actual hands-on experience for both pole top and bucket truck rescue operations that require dynamic action. The rigging, lifting, and lowering skills necessary to get the victim down from elevated heights must be trained and practiced. Rescue techniques from pole tops and aerial bucket trucks should be included in all annual training so workers can be prepared for any emergency situation. This rescue training will meet OSHA requirements for rescue instruction and a certification of completion for both training sessions will be issued. |
1 Day Course |
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This extensive course covers the essentials of SCADA and PLC systems, which are often used in close association with each other. A selection of case studies are used to illustrate the key concepts with examples of real world working SCADA and PLC systems in the water, electrical and processing industries.
This course will be an excellent opportunity to network with your peers, as well as to gain significant new information and techniques for your next SCADA / PLC project. Although the emphasis of the course will be on practical industry topics highlighting recent developments, using case studies, the latest application of SCADA, PLC technologies and fundamentals will be covered.
The question is which PLC is being used. We present this course focusing on the generic PLC and use the open programming IEC 61131-3 standard. For specific examples we use the Allen Bradley range, but are not selling Allen Bradley or for that matter any other PLC!
This course is designed to benefit you with practical up-to-date information on the application of PLC systems to the automation and process control industries. It is suitable for people who have little or no exposure to PLCs, but expect to become involved in some or all aspects of PLC installation. It aims to give practical advice from experts in the field, to assist you to correctly plan, program and install a PLC with a shorter learning curve and more confidence. While the course is ideal for electricians, technicians and engineers who are new to PLCs, much of the material covered will be of value to those who already have some basic skills, but need a wider perspective for larger and more challenging tasks ahead. The information covered advances from the basics to challenge even the most experienced engineer in the industry today. |
4 Day Course |
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This is a comprehensive Hands-On course stressing protective relaying application and reliability to minimize production down time due to power outages. This course covers basic relay operating principles for various types of protective relays providing workers great insight to the importance of relaying for system protection.
This course also covers Utility Relay Maintenance
provides the fundamental principles of protective relaying, application of protective relaying is presented by the testing and maintenance of the most common relay types. Instrument transformers, over current, frequency, and voltage relay applications are covered in depth with emphasis placed on maintaining overall protective system reliability.
This course is geared from small to large industrial plants or municipal distribution systems from basic to complex protective relay needs will find this course highly beneficial. |
2 Day Course |
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This Hands-On course is intended to prepare attendees for the SPRAT or IRATA Level I certification or equivalent. A successful attendee should be capable of performing a range of rope access tasks required by his or her employer, under the direct supervision of a more experienced Technician. This course will introduce some concepts beyond those required. |
5 Day Course |
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This Hands-On course is intended to prepare attendees for the SPRAT or IRATA Level II Technician certification. Level II focuses on more advanced rigging required of the Technician working in a wide variety of environments. Self- and team-rescue, including hauling and lowering skills, will be emphasized. Unlike traditional rescue courses, the course focuses on building efficient rescue skills within a small team. |
5 Day Course |
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The safety and efficiency of industrial rope access operations depend on an organization’s commitment to successfully implement three key components:
1) Good Training
2) Appropriate Equipment
3) Experienced Supervision.
-Level I: Worker is qualified to work under appropriate supervision
-Level II: Technician is qualified to rig rope access systems and perform most rescues.
-Level III: Supervisor carries ultimate responsibility for the jobsite.
This Hands-On course is intended to prepare attendees for the SPRAT or IRATA Level III Technician certification. Level III focuses on team leadership skills and job safety management skills, including advanced rescue scenarios and advanced rigging. |
5 Day Course |
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This Hands-On extensive course is needed in order to climb safely and efficiently, a lineman needs to understand and practice climbing techniques. This course introduces two methods used for climbing wooden poles and will cover the proper techniques for safetying-on and off, methods of adjusting a safety strap while working on a pole, and the basic technique of maneuvering around a pole. This course also covers and describes the safe use of the popular BuckSqueeze Safety Strap, and other fall arrest systems.
A field performance report will be made on each attendee as well as a final written and performance test.
The FPR will be signed by the instructor and the attendee.
Attendees not performing to the basic standards will be given an incomplete. Any attendee that violates the safety rules established by the instructor will be kept on the ground and not allowed to continue the course. Safety comes first, within seconds serious injury can occur and lives can be lost.
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Hands-On Pole Top and Bucket Truck Rescue Certification can be added as an additional day, making this a 4-day course upon request. |
3 Day Course |
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