Electrical Safety for Technicians & Supervisors

What is the Electrical Safety for Technicians & Supervisors?

The Electrical Safety for Technicians and Supervisors course from the American Institute of Safety Professionals provides practical, hands-on electrical safety training for the people who work on or near energised electrical equipment every day: maintenance technicians, electricians, electrical supervisors, instrumentation and controls technicians, and the supervisors who authorise and oversee electrical work. This is not a theoretical course about electrical system design or a general awareness session for office workers — it is the practical, operational electrical safety training that technicians need to survive their workday and that supervisors need to protect their crews.

Electricity kills instantly and invisibly. Contact with energised conductors, arc flash events, and arc blast produce the most severe workplace injuries in existence: electrocution, burns covering large body surface areas, blast trauma, and cardiac arrest. OSHA 29 CFR 1910 Subpart S (Electrical) and NFPA 70E (Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace) exist specifically to prevent these events through a layered system of safe work practices, hazard analysis, approach boundaries, energy isolation, and personal protective equipment. This course teaches every layer of that system from the technician’s and supervisor’s operational perspective.

The curriculum covers electrical hazard recognition (shock, arc flash, arc blast, fire), OSHA Subpart S compliance requirements for general industry and construction, NFPA 70E safe work practices and the hierarchy of risk controls for electrical hazards, arc flash hazard awareness (incident energy, approach boundaries, PPE categories), lockout/tagout procedures for electrical energy isolation per 29 CFR 1910.147 and NFPA 70E Article 120, energised electrical work permits (when de-energisation is infeasible), electrical PPE selection and use (insulating gloves, arc-rated clothing, face shields, voltage-rated tools), grounding and bonding for personnel protection, portable electrical equipment and tool inspection, and the supervisory responsibilities for authorising work, verifying safe conditions, and managing electrical safety compliance within the work area.

All training is delivered 100 percent online through Microsoft Teams and the American Institute of Safety Professionals Learning Management System (LMS). Upon successful completion, graduates receive an American Institute of Safety Professionals certificate, professional wallet card, and official transcript, all employer-verifiable at amiosp.com/student-verifications.

Who should take this course?

• Maintenance technicians and electricians who work on or near energised electrical equipment
• Instrumentation and controls (I&C) technicians who troubleshoot and maintain electrical control systems
• Electrical supervisors and maintenance supervisors who authorise and oversee electrical work
• Facility managers and plant engineers responsible for electrical safety compliance
• Safety officers who manage electrical safety programmes and LOTO compliance
• Apprentice electricians and electrical trainees who need foundational electrical safety training before working on energised systems
• Any qualified or unqualified electrical worker as defined by NFPA 70E who needs to understand approach boundaries and safe work practices

What will you study?

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