T0838

Working Safely On or Near Electrical Network Infrastructure in QLD (System Key for EQL Contractors ONLY) (1009)

Summary

This course provides the knowledge and skills required for anyone that needs authorisation to access a high voltage enclosures for the purposes of high voltage switching.

***Electrical Apprentices in the first 6 months of their apprenticeship ARE NOT permitted to attend this course.***

Contractor Workers who want to apply to the Electricity Entity (Ergon Energy or Energex) for substation system access key can complete this course.

Note:  On completion of this course, participants (including Electrical Apprentices that have already completed the first 6 months of their apprenticeship) can be assigned the 'Safe Entry to High Voltage Enclosures' authorisation.

The following courses have been superseded by T0838:

  • 4431 Safe Entry to HV Enclosures
  • M204 Substation Safety Awareness (SSAW)
  • T0912 Safe Access to Substation Enclosures (System Key Access)

Training refresher: Every 3 years by completing course 4027.

Important: Until further notice, we will only be issuing S1/S3/System Access Keys to personnel that work for companies that have a current Contract with us. Any application for S1/S3/System Access Keys by non-contracted personnel will be declined. Please contact your Contractor Specialist or Contract Tender for further information about how to obtain a S1/S3/System Access Key.

Training Mode Face to face
Duration 16 hours
COST (ex. GST) $1080 per person

Do you have a query or want to discuss the availability of this course? Please submit a Training availability enquiry form.

Prerequisites

This course has no prerequisites.

8 Locations

Oxley Oxley 19 Bannerman Street, Oxley QLD 4075
Raceview 21 Thornton Street, Raceview QLD 4305
Toowoomba Building 3, Cnr South and Hampton Streets, Toowoomba QLD 4350
Maryborough 52-62 Searle Street, Maryborough QLD 4650
Rockhampton Building 8, 63 Glenmore Road, North Rockhampton QLD 4700
Mackay 23 Cemetery Road, West Mackay QLD 4740
Townsville 4-28 Hartley Street, Garbutt QLD 4814
Cairns 107-125 McLeod Street, Cairns QLD 4870

Upcoming Course Sessions

Tue 30th Jul 2024 -
Wed 31st Jul 2024
7:00am - 3:30pm
OXLEY
1 spot available
person
Cost (ex. GST) $1080.00
Wed 7th Aug 2024 -
Thu 8th Aug 2024
7:00am - 3:30pm
OXLEY
1 spot available
person
Cost (ex. GST) $1080.00
Mon 12th Aug 2024 -
Tue 13th Aug 2024
7:30am - 4:00pm
MARYBOROUGH
6 spots available
person
Cost (ex. GST) $1080.00
Tue 20th Aug 2024 -
Wed 21st Aug 2024
7:30am - 4:00pm
TOWNSVILLE
6 spots available
person
Cost (ex. GST) $1080.00
Wed 21st Aug 2024 -
Thu 22nd Aug 2024
8:00am - 4:00pm
CAIRNS
6 spots available
person
Cost (ex. GST) $1080.00
Mon 2nd Sep 2024 -
Tue 3rd Sep 2024
7:30am - 4:00pm
TOWNSVILLE
7 spots available
person
Cost (ex. GST) $1080.00
Mon 2nd Sep 2024 -
Tue 3rd Sep 2024
8:00am - 4:00pm
TOOWOOMBA
8 spots available
person
Cost (ex. GST) $1080.00
Mon 9th Sep 2024 -
Tue 10th Sep 2024
8:00am - 4:00pm
CAIRNS
6 spots available
person
Cost (ex. GST) $1080.00
Tue 17th Sep 2024 -
Wed 18th Sep 2024
7:00am - 3:30pm
OXLEY
4 spots available
person
Cost (ex. GST) $1080.00
Thu 26th Sep 2024 -
Fri 27th Sep 2024
7:30am - 4:00pm
MACKAY
8 spots available
person
Cost (ex. GST) $1080.00
Tue 1st Oct 2024 -
Wed 2nd Oct 2024
8:00am - 4:00pm
TOOWOOMBA
8 spots available
person
Cost (ex. GST) $1080.00
Tue 8th Oct 2024 -
Wed 9th Oct 2024
7:00am - 3:30pm
OXLEY
8 spots available
person
Cost (ex. GST) $1080.00
Tue 8th Oct 2024 -
Wed 9th Oct 2024
8:00am - 4:00pm
ROCKHAMPTON
8 spots available
person
Cost (ex. GST) $1080.00
Wed 9th Oct 2024 -
Thu 10th Oct 2024
7:30am - 4:00pm
MARYBOROUGH
8 spots available
person
Cost (ex. GST) $1080.00
Mon 21st Oct 2024 -
Tue 22nd Oct 2024
8:00am - 4:00pm
CAIRNS
8 spots available
person
Cost (ex. GST) $1080.00
Tue 22nd Oct 2024 -
Wed 23rd Oct 2024
7:30am - 4:00pm
TOWNSVILLE
8 spots available
person
Cost (ex. GST) $1080.00
Thu 14th Nov 2024 -
Fri 15th Nov 2024
7:00am - 3:30pm
OXLEY
8 spots available
person
Cost (ex. GST) $1080.00
Mon 18th Nov 2024 -
Tue 19th Nov 2024
7:30am - 4:00pm
TOWNSVILLE
8 spots available
person
Cost (ex. GST) $1080.00
Tue 19th Nov 2024 -
Wed 20th Nov 2024
8:00am - 4:00pm
ROCKHAMPTON
8 spots available
person
Cost (ex. GST) $1080.00
Tue 19th Nov 2024 -
Wed 20th Nov 2024
8:00am - 4:00pm
TOOWOOMBA
8 spots available
person
Cost (ex. GST) $1080.00
Wed 20th Nov 2024 -
Thu 21st Nov 2024
8:00am - 4:00pm
CAIRNS
8 spots available
person
Cost (ex. GST) $1080.00
Mon 2nd Dec 2024 -
Tue 3rd Dec 2024
7:30am - 4:00pm
MACKAY
8 spots available
person
Cost (ex. GST) $1080.00
Mon 9th Dec 2024 -
Tue 10th Dec 2024
7:30am - 4:00pm
TOWNSVILLE
8 spots available
person
Cost (ex. GST) $1080.00
Mon 9th Dec 2024 -
Tue 10th Dec 2024
8:00am - 4:00pm
CAIRNS
8 spots available
person
Cost (ex. GST) $1080.00
Wed 11th Dec 2024 -
Thu 12th Dec 2024
7:00am - 3:30pm
OXLEY
8 spots available
person
Cost (ex. GST) $1080.00
Wed 11th Dec 2024 -
Thu 12th Dec 2024
8:00am - 4:00pm
TOOWOOMBA
8 spots available
person
Cost (ex. GST) $1080.00
Date & Time Locations Availability No. of People COST (ex. GST)
Tue 30th Jul 2024 -
Wed 31st Jul 2024
7:00am - 3:30pm
OXLEY
1 spot
$1080.00
Wed 7th Aug 2024 -
Thu 8th Aug 2024
7:00am - 3:30pm
OXLEY
1 spot
$1080.00
Mon 12th Aug 2024 -
Tue 13th Aug 2024
7:30am - 4:00pm
MARYBOROUGH
6 spots
$1080.00
Tue 20th Aug 2024 -
Wed 21st Aug 2024
7:30am - 4:00pm
TOWNSVILLE
6 spots
$1080.00
Wed 21st Aug 2024 -
Thu 22nd Aug 2024
8:00am - 4:00pm
CAIRNS
6 spots
$1080.00
Mon 2nd Sep 2024 -
Tue 3rd Sep 2024
7:30am - 4:00pm
TOWNSVILLE
7 spots
$1080.00
Mon 2nd Sep 2024 -
Tue 3rd Sep 2024
8:00am - 4:00pm
TOOWOOMBA
8 spots
$1080.00
Mon 9th Sep 2024 -
Tue 10th Sep 2024
8:00am - 4:00pm
CAIRNS
6 spots
$1080.00
Tue 17th Sep 2024 -
Wed 18th Sep 2024
7:00am - 3:30pm
OXLEY
4 spots
$1080.00
Thu 26th Sep 2024 -
Fri 27th Sep 2024
7:30am - 4:00pm
MACKAY
8 spots
$1080.00
Tue 1st Oct 2024 -
Wed 2nd Oct 2024
8:00am - 4:00pm
TOOWOOMBA
8 spots
$1080.00
Tue 8th Oct 2024 -
Wed 9th Oct 2024
7:00am - 3:30pm
OXLEY
8 spots
$1080.00
Tue 8th Oct 2024 -
Wed 9th Oct 2024
8:00am - 4:00pm
ROCKHAMPTON
8 spots
$1080.00
Wed 9th Oct 2024 -
Thu 10th Oct 2024
7:30am - 4:00pm
MARYBOROUGH
8 spots
$1080.00
Mon 21st Oct 2024 -
Tue 22nd Oct 2024
8:00am - 4:00pm
CAIRNS
8 spots
$1080.00
Tue 22nd Oct 2024 -
Wed 23rd Oct 2024
7:30am - 4:00pm
TOWNSVILLE
8 spots
$1080.00
Thu 14th Nov 2024 -
Fri 15th Nov 2024
7:00am - 3:30pm
OXLEY
8 spots
$1080.00
Mon 18th Nov 2024 -
Tue 19th Nov 2024
7:30am - 4:00pm
TOWNSVILLE
8 spots
$1080.00
Tue 19th Nov 2024 -
Wed 20th Nov 2024
8:00am - 4:00pm
ROCKHAMPTON
8 spots
$1080.00
Tue 19th Nov 2024 -
Wed 20th Nov 2024
8:00am - 4:00pm
TOOWOOMBA
8 spots
$1080.00
Wed 20th Nov 2024 -
Thu 21st Nov 2024
8:00am - 4:00pm
CAIRNS
8 spots
$1080.00
Mon 2nd Dec 2024 -
Tue 3rd Dec 2024
7:30am - 4:00pm
MACKAY
8 spots
$1080.00
Mon 9th Dec 2024 -
Tue 10th Dec 2024
7:30am - 4:00pm
TOWNSVILLE
8 spots
$1080.00
Mon 9th Dec 2024 -
Tue 10th Dec 2024
8:00am - 4:00pm
CAIRNS
8 spots
$1080.00
Wed 11th Dec 2024 -
Thu 12th Dec 2024
7:00am - 3:30pm
OXLEY
8 spots
$1080.00
Wed 11th Dec 2024 -
Thu 12th Dec 2024
8:00am - 4:00pm
TOOWOOMBA
8 spots
$1080.00

Skills Acquired

On successful completion of this module including all prerequisites and assessments you should have these skills:

  • Apply electrical safety and technical knowledge relevant to the type of work and the operation of plant or vehicles near overhead and underground electric lines.
  • Interpret the application and intent of the Electrical Safety Code of Practice – Working Near Overhead and Underground Electric Lines.
  • Describe the difference between Authorised Persons and Untrained Persons as outlined in the Electrical Safety Code of Practice - Working Near Overhead and Underground Electric Lines.
  • Explain basic electrical concepts and the effect of electricity on the human body.
  • Identify hazards that may be present and the control measures to be implemented to manage the risks associated with work carried out on or near overhead and underground electric lines, and within high voltage enclosures.
  • Identify electricity network infrastructure assets, substation components and voltages.
  • Identify exclusion zones applicable to people, vehicles and operating plant for various electric line voltages, types of conductors and cables, high voltage enclosures, environmental conditions, and training and authorisations of people on the electricity network.
  • State the emergency planning, response and reporting procedures required in the event of an electrical incident or accident.
  • Demonstrate the process for detecting abnormal electrical interference in a high voltage enclosure using a tuned AM radio.
  • Demonstrate the process for safe entry to and exit from a high voltage enclosure.