Safety in Transmission and Distribution Maintenance

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course is designed to familiarize trainees with the basic safe work practices and safety equipment that are used in transmission and distribution maintenance work.

COURSE GOALS

• Identify the basic hazards encountered in T&D maintenance work.

• Describe the basic clothing and safety gear used in T&D maintenance work.

• Explain how to carry out equipment inspections, job planning, and job site preparation.

• Identify basic job hazards particular to overhead and underground line maintenance.

SUBJECTS AND OBJECTIVES

Job Hazards

• Describe the individual’s role with respect to safety on the job.

• Identify hazards that may be encountered in transmission and distribution maintenance.

Protective Equipment

• Identify and describe basic clothing and personal safety equipment used in transmission and distribution work.

• Describe personal rubber gear.

• Describe hot line cover gear used to insulate energized equipment.

Safe Work Practices

• Describe how to perform a pre-use inspection on a bucket truck.

• Describe how a tailgate session is used to plan a job.

• Describe how to secure a safe work area at a typical job site.

Overhead Line Maintenance

• Describe how to test a pole before climbing it.

• Describe how to inspect pole climbing equipment.

• Describe techniques for climbing a pole.

• Describe how to apply hot line cover gear by hand and with hot sticks.

Underground Line Maintenance

• Describe how to inspect a manhole.

• Describe how to test the atmosphere under a manhole cover.

• Describe how to inspect a pad-mounted transformer.