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Short Circuit Protection and Safety Seminar

6-hour Seminar: $149

Short circuit protection is an integral part of your electrical safety program. As codes and standards evolve, it is critical that these schemes be reviewed for enhancement to your safety program. Ferraz Shawmut's Short Circuit Protection and Safety Seminar has been developed to provide our customers with the latest news and information about arc flash hazards and electrical safety as it applies to industrial low-voltage electrical systems ($149).

During this seminar you will learn ways to:

  • Mitigate Arc Flash Energies
  • Improve Worker Safety
  • Perform Arc Flash Hazard Analysis
  • Interpret OSHA's Requirements for Arc Flash Safety
  • Enhance short circuit current ratings (SCCRs) of Industrial Control Panels (ICP's)
  • Achieve Type 2 Protection of Motor Starters

Ferraz Shawmut's Short Circuit Protection and Safety seminar is packed with the latest fuse protection information and engineering tools you can use to enhance safety and system reliability. Here's just some of what you'll learn:

Overcurrent Protection Basics

  • Overcurrent hazard review
  • Comparison of UL fuse classes for short circuit protection
  • How to use fuse application data
Enhancing Short Circuit Protection and Safety on the Low-Voltage System, Part I
  • Arc flash hazard review
  • Arc flash legal considerations
  • Reducing arc flash energies with low-voltage, current-limiting fuses
Arc Flash Hazard Analysis Concepts and Tools
  • Personal protective equipment overview
  • Steps required in arc flash hazard analysis
  • Typical problems and solutions
Enhancing Short Circuit Protection and Safety on the Low-Voltage System, Part 2
  • Addressing inadequate interrupting ratings
  • Addressing short circuit current rating issues
  • Addressing coordination issues

Taught by circuit protection experts, this information-packed course is an excellent value. The low per-person cost includes the full seminar, continental breakfast, lunch and timesaving tools like series rating and the SCCR Quick Select Guide, selection charts, fuse application data and the latest version of our popular Select-A-FuseĀ® software.

Travel and lodging are not included. Documentation to support Professional Development Hours for state PE requirements will be available on request.



 

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How to Register

Use our secure registration form to register online or via mail or fax. You will receive e-mail confirmation within 24 hours. Questions? Call Ann Sicard at 978-465-4261.



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Who should attend

Anyone involved in designing, installing or maintaining electrical systems will benefit from this seminar, including:

  • Electrical engineers
  • Consulting and specifying engineers
  • Safety and plant engineers
  • Maintenance supervisors


 


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