Electrical Substation Maintenance Training

Learning Outcomes

• Apply relevant safety regulations and procedures to ensure personal and plant safety during substation maintenance.
• Analyze substation components and their functions to identify maintenance requirements.
• Implement routine and preventive maintenance procedures on transformers, switchgear, and protection systems.
• Evaluate maintenance records and test results to determine equipment condition and predict failures.
• Design a maintenance schedule that optimizes equipment reliability and minimizes downtime.
• Demonstrate correct use of testing and diagnostic equipment to verify substation performance.

Target Audience

This course is designed for electricians, electrical technicians, maintenance supervisors, and engineers involved in the operation, maintenance, or management of electrical substations in industrial, utility, or commercial settings.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

This course includes hands-on practical sessions to reinforce theoretical knowledge and develop essential skills in substation maintenance. Learners will engage in simulated inspections, testing procedures, and safety drills, ensuring they can apply maintenance practices effectively and safely.

Practical Activities

• Safety and Risk Assessment Drill — Learners will conduct a risk assessment for a simulated substation maintenance task, including identification of hazards and implementation of control measures. (1h)
• Inspection of Primary Equipment — Learners will perform a visual and functional inspection of transformers, circuit breakers, and disconnectors, recording findings and identifying potential issues. (2h)
• Electrical Testing and Diagnostics — Learners will use testing instruments to measure insulation resistance, contact resistance, and perform basic relay testing on simulated equipment. (2h)
• Maintenance Planning and Work Execution — Learners will develop a maintenance plan for a specific substation component and simulate the execution of a work order, including documentation. (1h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	40% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.