Technical Overview
Learning Outcomes
1. Describe overhead distribution systems.
2. Describe pole structures, framing, guys and anchors.
3. Describe underground distribution systems.
Course Hours
This course will have 18 instructional hours.
Assessment
This course will be assessed on a pass/fail basis. This course is taught combined with the PLT Work Areas Course.
Resources
SaskPower Level 1
Course Description
This course outlines the key topics you would be exposed to in a formal apprenticeship program. These topics include objects you will use in building powerline systems: insulators, conductors, poles and transformers. Throughout the course, you will encounter review and tests, in class demonstrations, and an out of class learning excursion where you will get firsthand experience.
Contents
Outcome 1: Overhead Distribution Systems5
Review Questions: Insulators (30m)11
Review Questions: Conductors (30m)16
Review Questions: Transformers (30m)20
Review Questions: Reclosers (15m)23
Review Questions: Switches (15m)25
Topic: Operating Voltages (30m)27
Review Questions: Operating Voltages (30m)29
Outcome 2: Pole Structures, Framing, Guys, and Anchors30
Installing Hardware (25kV and Lower)31
Review Questions: Pole Structures (30m)33
Topic: Wood Pole Characteristics (20m)35
Review Questions: Wood Pole Characteristics (30m)37
Topic: Guys and Anchors (10m)39
Applications in Line Construction (30m)41
Review Questions: Guys and Anchors (30m)46
Outcome 3: Underground Distribution Systems48
Topic: Cables and Conductors (30m)49
Splicing underground conductors52
Review Questions: Cables and Conductors (20m)53
Topic: Take-Off Structures (10m)54
Review Questions: Take-Off Structure (10m)54
Review Questions: Pedestals (10m)56
Topic: Underground Transformers (15m)57
Review Questions: Transformers (15m)58
