To work on a substation or overhead line, contractors are required to have undertaken a general Health and Safety awareness training course.

Examples of suitable courses:

• SHEA Level 1 - EUS
• EUS level 1 General Health & Safety Module
• Working Safely Course
• Construction Skills Certificate Scheme - CSCS card
• Construction Industry Training Board - CITB card
• Institute of Occupational Safety & Health - IOSH card
• British Safety Council - BSC card

The next step is to book a Person training and assessment course. This can only be done at a National Grid Training Centre, and is normally booked on line. National Grid Electricity Contractors Scheme Overview

The booking form is located on the Produce List tab. Product List and submitted electronically

Pre course reading:

• Working safely in substations
• Working Safely on overhead lines

The first time you do the Person course must be be at Eakering. Following three yearly refreshers can then be done on line.

The video below is of an isolator opening where one one of the adjacent circuit breaker phases is faulty and does not break the circuit before the isolator

opens