Safe Work Practices Training:
For high voltage network workers
If your business has high voltage assets connected
to distribution networks, you are required to comply
with a number of regulations to keep your workforce
safe. To help organisations and individuals to meet
their compliance requirements and understand the
correct processes and procedures, Essential Energy
offers nationally accredited Safe Work Practices
training.
Essential Energy’s training courses provide
participants with the knowledge and the competency
to work safely on the high voltage network or
connected equipment. These safe work practices
include identifying electrical and mechanical
hazards specific to high voltage substations and the
precautions that must be taken when working on
and near the infrastructure. Avoiding safety issues
through the correct use of personal protective
equipment and rescue procedures in the event of an
incident are also covered in training modules.
Training tailored to your requirements.
Essential Energy’s Safe Work Practices training can be
delivered by professional and qualified trainers on site
at your organisation or at a designated training location.
Modules can be tailored to meet your specific training
obligations such as training new recruits or providing
ongoing or refresher training for existing employees in
alignment with your training obligations.
Talk to us about training and locations to
suit your organisation.
Businesses with high voltage
assets connected to distribution
networks are obliged to comply
with a number of conditions
including:
• t he Electricity Supply (Safety & Network
Management Plans) Regulation 2008
• the Work Health and Safety Act 2011
• Section 7 of the Service and Installation
Rules NSW 2006.
Essential Energy’s safe work practices
training is nationally recognised and
successful completion results in the
awarding of UETTDRRF09B Apply
access procedures to work on or near
electrical network infrastructure.
Course modules and learning outcomes
Module 1 – Safe Work Practices
>U
nderstand the requirements of the Electricity Supply
(Safety & Network Management Plans) Regulation
2008 and the WHS Act 2011.
>U
nderstand the reasons for and the conditions of
Operating Agreements between Network Operators
and HV Customers.
Module 5 – Energisation
>U
nderstand the electrical and mechanical hazards that
can be encountered in a high voltage (HV) substation
and the precautions to be taken.
>D
emonstrate the knowledge to recognise when an
Access Permit or Testing Access Permit has been
cancelled.
>U
nderstand the procedures and the personal protective
equipment used to affect a release and rescue.
>U
nderstand the requirements needed to prepare
HV apparatus for energisation after work has been
completed under Access Permit or Testing Access
Permits conditions.
>U
nderstand the effects of electricity on a person’s
body and the initial medical procedures to take prior to
receiving medical assistance.
>K
nowledge of the various types of fire appliances and
the types of fires each is applicable for.
>D
emonstrate the correct techniques to energise HV
apparatus and understand if any special tests are
required prior to placing HV apparatus on load.
> Use of fire appliances for electrical fires.
>U
nderstand the requirements to update system
diagrams and the need for labelling of HV apparatus.
Module 2 – De-energise and isolate
Module 6 – Notes for Operating Staff
>U
nderstand the requirements preparing for work on or
near HV equipment.
> Demonstrate knowledge of the switching process.
>U
nderstand and demonstrate the processes used
to de-energise and isolate HV equipment and the
precautions to be taken.
>P
rovide the knowledge and understanding of the
various types of HV apparatus that may be part of the
HV system.
>D
emonstrate the correct techniques to be used in
carrying out safe work practices in switching a HV
system.
Module 3 – Proving de-energised and earthing
>U
nderstand the various methods of proving HV
apparatus is de-energised and isolated.
>U
nderstand the processes of isolation and earthing of
HV apparatus to make the apparatus safe for work.
>D
emonstrate the knowledge and application of earthing
to special cases such as underground cables, HV
aerial bundled cables and HV insulated unscreened
conductors.
Module 4 – Safe Work Practices
>U
nderstand and demonstrate how to set up a Work
Area for work on or near HV apparatus.
>U
nderstand the authorisation and responsibilities of
Access Permit Issuers and Access Permit Recipients.
>U
nderstand the procedures for Access Permits and
Testing Access Permits and conditions of work under
these Permits.
>U
nderstand the ways electrical apparatus may
possibly become energised and the safe work
practices to adopt.
>D
emonstrate knowledge of good operating procedures
and practices.
>U
nderstand the use of operating aids that an
Operator can use to ensure there are no switching
errors
Talk to us about your
training requirements
For further information about Safe Work
Practices training locations, costs and tailoring
training solutions for your organisation, contact
Essential Energy today
• Email hvtraining@essentialenergy.com.au
•C
all our Operations Standards and Procedures
Administration Office on 02 6683 3219
• Visit the website essentialenergy.com.au/swp