Protection Systems for Non-Specialists

Electrical and Power Engineering|2 days|Classroom or live online

Protection Systems for Non-Specialists is built for delegates who need to be useful in this area quickly. It starts at first principles and works through switchgear maintenance and lockout and tagout without assuming prior specialist training. The programme exists because maintenance teams are increasingly expected to diagnose equipment they did not commission, and because capability in this area is usually built on the job with no structure behind it. Delegates leave able to work confidently with electrical safety procedure, standby generation and transformer maintenance in their own organisation.

What delegates leave able to do

Review electrical safety procedure and say plainly whether it is working, measured against the Occupational Health and Safety Act
Bring standby generation into line with current good practice
Take ownership of transformer maintenance rather than escalating it
Make a decision about circuit breaker operation without waiting for a specialist

What the course covers

Switchgear maintenance
Lockout and tagout
Electrical safety procedure
Standby generation
Transformer maintenance
Circuit breaker operation
Load flow analysis

Who should attend

plant supervisors
substation operators
electrical engineers
maintenance planners

Fees

South Africa	R10 000
Elsewhere in Africa and the Gulf	USD 1 100
Live online	USD 900

Per delegate, for the full 2 days. Covers tuition, course materials and refreshments. Excludes travel and accommodation. South African courses carry VAT at 15%; on deliveries outside South Africa the VAT position is confirmed on the quotation, because it depends on where your organisation is registered.

Scheduled dates

12 to 13 Oct 2026	Pretoria	R10 000
23 to 24 Nov 2026	Cape Town	R10 000
1 to 2 Feb 2027	Nairobi	USD 1 100
8 to 9 Mar 2027	Kampala	USD 1 100
12 to 13 Apr 2027	Pretoria	R10 000
17 to 18 May 2027	Johannesburg	R10 000
21 to 22 Jun 2027	Online	USD 900
2 to 3 Aug 2027	Port Louis	USD 1 100
13 to 14 Sep 2027	Cape Town	R10 000
25 to 26 Oct 2027	Johannesburg	R10 000

Dates are the published schedule at the time this page was printed. We also run this programme on request, and in-house for a full team.

How to book

Call 069 221 6943 or email info@isptrainings.co.za with the date and the number of delegates. We reply with a written quotation and an invoice. A registration is not a confirmed booking until we confirm it in writing.

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