Faults in underground cables may cause loss of supply to customers and loss of revenue for suppliers so it is imperative that the fault location process is efficient and accurate to minimise excavation time, which results in reducing inconvenience to all concerned. For fault locating to be efficient and accurate technical staff need to have expert knowledge accompanied with experience in order to attain service reliability.

Participants can use the skills and knowledge gained in this video training course to select and operate power cables and to perform testing and preventative maintenance on power cables to ensure safety and longer equipment life.

This course is designed to introduce students to cables and accessories, earthing and bonding, joints and termination, and pinpoints new trends.

WHO SHOULD COMPLETE THIS COURSE

• Automation engineers
• Building service designers
• Consulting engineers
• Control engineers
• Control technicians
• DCS personnel
• Electrical engineers and technicians
• Electricians
• Energy management consultants
• Instrumentation engineers
• Instrumentation technicians
• Maintenance engineers
• Process engineers
• Process operators
• Those involved in the design, implementation and upgrading of industrial control systems.

COURSE OUTLINE

INTRODUCTION TO CABLES AND ACCESSORIES

• Low and high voltage cables
• Basic constructional aspects
• Installation of cables…and more

CABLE EARTHING AND BONDING

• Selection criteria
• Sizing
• Installation
• Fire prevention and fire protection for cable installations

JOINTS AND TERMINATIONS - THEORY

• Importance of joints and terminations in a power cable installation
• Pre-moulded (slip on) joints
• Insulating tape joint
• Heat shrinkable joints

NEW TRENDS

• Increasing use of underground cables
• New technologies for very high capacities and voltages
• EHV XLPE cable systems
• High temperature superconductivity in cables