Learn to evaluate work conditions for electrical workers and implement safe work procedures accordingly.
Significant safety risks are always present when working around electric power distribution lines and equipment. This information will prepare you to evaluate work conditions on construction, operation and maintenance projects, and then plan and implement safe work procedures, using appropriate techniques, tools and personal protective measures. It will also help you manage an effective safety program for electrical workers.
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Agenda
Aerial Line Work
- Working in Elevated Positions
- Qualified Climber
- Criteria for Qualified Climbers
Pole Handling Operations
- General
- Pole Contact Precautions
- Receiving Pole Shipment
- Ground Handling
- Long-Term Pole Storage
- Temporary Pole Storage
- Hauling Poles
Pole Installation, Replacement, and Removal
- Pole Holes
- Digging Holes
Climbing and Working on Poles
- General Rules
- Pole Inspection Before Climbing
Pole Climbing and Work Precautions
- General Pole Climbing Precautions
- Wooden Pole Climbing Precautions
- Concrete and Steel Pole and Tower Climbing Precautions
- Hoisting or Lowering Materials
Working on or Near Pole Mounted Equipment
- Surge Arresters
- Switches and Fuses
- Capacitors
- Power Transformers and Voltage Regulators
Aerial Rope
- Conductivity
- Knots and Splices
- Handline and Rope Line Precautions
- Tackle Blocks
Tools
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OnDemand Course
This course was last revised on January 25, 2019.
Call 1-866-352-9540 for further credit information.
- BCSP
- This course is applicable to safety professionals. Professionals interested in credit through the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP), please contact the board at 1-317-593-4800, or you can access the Recertification Guide here: https://online.fliphtml5.com/pbcyp/eprz/
This program does NOT qualify, nor meet the National Standard for NASBA accreditation.
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J. Paul Guyer, P.E., R.A.
Guyer Partners
- Managing general partner, Guyer Partners
- Registered mechanical engineer, civil engineer, fire protection engineer and architect with 35 years’ experience designing buildings and related infrastructure; nine additional years as a principal staff advisor to the California legislature responsible for reviewing major capital outlay and infrastructure projects
- Currently editor-in-chief of The Clubhouse Press, the largest publisher in the U.S. of continuing education products for professional engineers, architects and construction managers
- Conducts over 50 webinars each year on numerous building and infrastructure design and construction topics
- Author of many technical guidance publications that are used by professional engineers, architects and construction managers on projects throughout the U.S. and other countries
- Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Architectural Engineering Institute and Chartered Association of Building Engineers (U.K.)
- Graduate, Stanford University; postgraduate studies at the McGeorge School of Law
- Can be contacted at [email protected]
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