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2008 National Electrical Code

Seminar Overview

The purpose of this training is to help electricians understand the new 2008 Code changes, while at the same time providing all non-electrical personnel with a practical introduction to the NEC®. Properly installed electrical systems are a crucial part of day-to-day operations for any building, plant or piece of equipment. This course is designed to facilitate that goal by providing your electrical installation and maintenance personnel with a comprehensive and thorough understanding of the NEC®, and more specifically, its applications at your site or facility. Whether an experienced Electrician or a Maintenance Technician without a formal electrical training background, you need to understand the many intricacies associated with the National Electrical Code®. Any experienced electrician will be the first to admit that learning the NEC® is a life-long experience. So don't miss this important seminar. Make sure your employees are trained now - before the next electrical job order comes through! Fee per person: $985

Provider: American Trainco, Inc. $985 
Topic(s): Manufacturing > Maintenance & Safety

Who Should Attend?
Whether an experienced Electrician or a Maintenance Technician without a formal electrical training background, you need to understand the many intricacies associated with the National Electrical Code

Detailed Overview/Outline

Purpose of Seminar:
Every three years the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) updates the electrical industry's Bible - the National Electrical Code®. Included as a part of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the National Electrical Code® (NEC®) is more widely used than any other installation or construction code in the world. Its purpose is to provide anyone working with electricity the most up-to-date, best practices for safe installation and maintenance of electrical systems and equipment.

The purpose of this training is to help electricians understand the new 2008 Code changes, while at the same time providing all non-electrical personnel with a practical introduction to the NEC®.

What you will learn:

How to navigate and find answers in the NEC®.

How to identify key electrical terms found in the Code

How to locate specific information for their job regarding:

  • 1. Electrical installations
  • 2. Wiring and Protection
  • 3. Wiring Methods and Materials
  • 4. Equipment for General Use; Motors and Transformers

How to determine the applicability of the code rules found in each chapter of the NEC®

How to locate specific information for their job regarding:

  • 1. Special Occupancies
  • 2. Special Equipment
  • 3. Special Conditions
  • 4. Communication Systems

How to apply the tables found in chapter nine of the NEC® in solving typical electrical wiring and conduit problems

How to understand all of the recent 2008 Code changes

Please note the items in "What you will learn" may change as more is known about the changes in the 2008 Code

Who should take this course:
Whether an experienced Electrician or a Maintenance Technician without a formal electrical training background, you need to understand the many intricacies associated with the National Electrical Code®. Any experienced electrician will be the first to admit that learning the NEC® is a life-long experience. Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind seminar that explains how the National Electrical Code® requirements apply to the electrical work done in plants and buildings! You should attend if you perform any of the following jobs:

  • Install and Maintain Electrical Equipment
  • Maintain Plant or Building Lighting
  • Install or Replace Motors
  • Adjust Motor Overloads
  • Replace Fuses
  • Repair Motor Controls
  • Install or Maintain HVAC Equipment
  • Work on Plant or Building Generators
  • Run Power to Newly Installed Equipment
  • Troubleshoot Plant or Building
  • Electrical Problems
  • Manage or Supervise Maintenance Operations

What you will take home:
American Trainco Seminar Manual - detailing all presentation material covered in the class

2008 NEC® Book

Personalized Training Certificate with .8 American Trainco Continuing Education Units for each day attended (1.6 for both days), approved by the MTAA and ACE.

All the information you need from asking our instructors specific questions about your own equipment or facility

Course Outline / Agenda:
Properly installed electrical systems are a crucial part of day-to-day operations for any building, plant or piece of equipment. This course is designed to facilitate that goal by providing your electrical installation and maintenance personnel with a comprehensive and thorough understanding of the NEC®, and more specifically, its applications at your site or facility. Whether an experienced Electrician or a Maintenance Technician without a formal electrical training background, you need to understand the many intricacies associated with the National Electrical Code®. Any experienced electrician will be the first to admit that learning the NEC® is a life-long experience. So don’t miss this important seminar. Make sure your employees are trained now - before the next electrical job order comes through!

DAY 1 OVERVIEW

Navigating the Code

Day 1 of this seminar is a great refresher for experienced electricians and the proper starting point for anyone who may not already be intimately familiar with the code. During this first day, students will learn how to navigate the National Electrical Code® so that they can find the important information that applies to the jobs they are doing. Topics discussed during the first day include…

  • Knowing the NEC® Layout - A First Step in Successful Navigation
  • How Chapters of the Code® are Divided for Easy Reference
  • Key Words and Definitions you Must Know
  • Installation Requirements
  • Wiring and Protection
  • Wiring Methods and Materials
  • Equipment for General Use
  • Relating Information from Chapter to Chapter
  • Using tables Found in the Code®

DAY 2 OVERVIEW

Understanding the 2008 Changes

Day 2 of this seminar is invaluable for electricians or any person already familiar with the code, but who need to understand the most recent code changes for 2008. Although final changes have not yet been determined at the time of this publication, the changes are likely to include discussions on ….

  • Various Code-Wide Revisions
  • New Terms & Definitions in Areas of Grounding and Neutrality
  • Flash Protection and other Installation Requirements
  • Revisions on Intersystem Bonding and Grounding Terminations
  • Exposed Conductors
  • Nonmetallic Extensions
  • Wet Locations
  • Tamper-Resistant Receptacles
  • Overcurrent Protection
  • Changes in Wiring

Course outline and content will be amended as 2008 National Electrical Code® changes are released.

Additional information about this course:

UNAFFILIATED and NON-COMMERCIAL

Unlike some training experiences, you won't get a sales presentation at an American Trainco seminar - all you get is an honest, commercially unbiased education. We do not engage in the practice of selling or promoting any other company's products or services, so you know that by attending one of our seminars, your time and money is well spent.

HIGH QUALITY PRESENTATIONS

As a certified electrical inspector and former industrial maintenance electrician, our in-house Code expert and program developer, Randy Barnett, has combined his real world technical expertise with personal in-depth knowledge of the NEC® to provide a clear explanation of how the requirements of the National Electrical Code® apply to electricians' and maintenance workers' everyday jobs. The addition of a lively, expert instructor and a high quality visual presentation results in a seminar experience that is practical and easy to understand, as students learn how the NEC® is applied in real life situations at their own industrial plants and commercial building facilities.

CERTIFICATES – TESTING – COLLEGE CREDIT

After completion of this seminar students will receive a Certificate of Completion and 0.8 CEUs (Continuing Education Units) for each day attended or 1.6 CEUs for attending both days. CEUs are approved by the MTAA (Maintenance Training Association of the Americas) and ACE (American Council on Education). Students may also elect to take the MTAA Certification test associated with this topic. Students seeking college credit must attend both days of this course and successfully pass the MTAA Certification test. This course is recommended by ACE for 1 college credit hour. Transcripts are available through American Trainco.

NO RISK REGISTRATION & MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE:
If you're not yet sure you'll be able to attend this seminar, you can still make a reservation to hold your space in class. While payment is due prior to the start of the seminar, you may choose a full refund or credit for cancellations made at least 24 hours in advance. Student substitutions can also be freely made at any time prior to the start of the seminar. Refunds will not be issued for registered attendees who fail to show up and have not given a notice of cancellation.

In the rare event that should you not receive the expected value after attending our seminar, simply notify us in writing of your reasons and your money will be promptly refunded.

Sponsor Background:

What American Trainco Does

In the next year, American Trainco will conduct in excess of 1,300 training seminars on over 15 primary maintenance topics in more than 70 major cities nationwide. While trying to figure out what to put on this web page that conveys all we want to say about our programs, we discovered that our students could probably do a better job of telling you about our company than us. So here’s just a small sampling of what they have to say about our training. American Trainco is….

  • High Quality
  • Practical
  • Real World
  • Easy to Understand
  • Comprehensive
  • Efficient
  • Instructor Excellence
  • Unique & Lively
  • Concern for Safety
  • Career Enhancing
  • For all Levels of Students

Who We Are

American Trainco was founded upon the experience of industry veterans. John Schuster (President and CEO) and Dan Sciantarelli (Vice-President of Sales) have over 35 years combined experience in bringing quality education to the maintenance worker. Since our inception in July of 2002, American Trainco has received a host of other industry veterans who, like our founders, grew up in competitor companies only to be ousted by corporate buyouts or economic stress. As a result, we have collected a kind of “all-star” team, able to provide our clients and customers with the highest and most consistent quality training available.

The founding principle of our company is simple...Train our students as if they were our employees, in the practical skills that will help them in their job today! That’s Real World training…for Real World Needs! American Trainco

Instructor(s):
Randy Barnett, Larren Elliott

Instructor Background:
Randy Barnett. Our lead trainer, author, curriculum developer, and speaker on electrical maintenance installation issues, Randy Barnett, has over 30 years of "real world" experience. He worked as an electrician in the Navy and a journeyman electrician in the railroad, commercial and industrial construction industries before stumbling across his true passion of sharing his knowledge with others while working in technical education during a utility plant construction project. Over the last eighteen years Randy has trained thousands of trades persons in electrical installation and maintenance issues including the NEC®. He is the author of multiple books and articles on electrical maintenance issues, is a popular speaker for technical functions including trade shows and meetings, and is an IAEI Certified Electrical Inspector and contributing member of the NFPA.

Larren Elliott. Starting his career in the late 60's as an electrician, Larren Elliott soon moved to designing electrical control circuits on material handling systems. He later became the Supervisor of Curriculum and Instruction for all industrial control products at an international electrical equipment manufacturer. He founded his own company in 1985, and became a professor of Engineering Technology at Texas A&M University. Always lively in the classroom, and armed with a great diversity of "real world" electrical applications, Larren has developed courses and provided training on more than twenty electrically related topics including the NEC® to several hundred large and small organizations over the last 30 years.

“Real World Training…for Real World Needs” is not just our slogan, but also our mission statement. At American Trainco, we approach our students as if they were our own employees. We instruct and guide them in practical knowledge that allows them to immediately go back to their workplace and apply what they have learned. Our instructors are seasoned veterans with years of real world experience, and the students who attend our seminars often get more from a single week of training than an entire year of reading textbooks or watching videos. How do we know? They tell us.

Anyone can teach theory, but there simply is no substitution for experience. What sets American Trainco apart is our ability to communicate that experience to our students.

Although the instructor(s) mentioned above are scheduled to teach the majority of our NEC® seminars, American Trainco reserves the right to substitute an equally qualified instructor in any of our scheduled courses.

Quote From Past Participants:
"...interesting and lively..." - Diagnostic Electrician - Phelps Dodge

"...practical instruction and a great learning environment." - Project Manager - Salt River Indian Comm.

"...learned a ton!" - Supervisor - Shamrock Foods

"All questions were answered completely."- I/E Technician - Texmark Chemicals

"...exceeded my expectations..." - Elec. Supervisor - Allied Tube & Conduit

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