TRAINING COURSE:
34.5 KV Rubber Glove Work
Course Category: Transmission and Distribution
Course description: The 34.5 KV Rubber Glove Work course is designed to introduce participants to procedures and equipment associated with performing rubber glove work on 34.5 KV lines. To obtain maximum benefit from this course, participants should have a good understanding of overhead distribution systems. At the conclusion of the course, participants should be able to describe electrical hazards associated with working on 34.5 KV distribution lines; and describe how to select, use, and care for the equipment typically required for working on 34.5 KV lines. Participants should also be able to explain how this equipment and some general safety procedures are used to perform 34.5 KV rubber glove work.
Course syllabus:
- Identify electrical hazards associated with working on a 34.5 KV line
- Explain how to identify a 34.5 KV line – Safety Equipment
- Describe how to care for and use the safety equipment typically required for working on 34.5 KV lines – Safe Work Habits, Part 1
- Describe safety considerations associated with planning and preparing for 34.5 KV rubber glove work – Safe Work Habits, Part 2
- Describe variations that are likely to occur between 34.5 KV rubber glove jobs
- Describe a procedure for safely changing out a crossarm
- Describe a procedure for safely changing out a lateral cutout on a distribution line
*This course is discounted for NATE members.
