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Substation Design, Operation and Maintenance

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The Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent (MISA) in partnership with SAICE-PDP, invites you to attend this 2-day course, that covers the basics of substation design, operation and maintenance.

Attend this course and learn about:
  • The South African power system.
  • South African Grid Code requirements for substation design and operation.
  • Substation busbar arrangements.
  • Major substation equipment: Instrument transformers, switchgear, power transformers, reactive compensation equipment, auxiliary supplies.
  • Substation earth grid design.
  • Lightning protection system design.
  • Substation inspections.
Benefits include:
  • Substation primary plant design
  • Substation earthgrid and lightning protection system design
  • Substation Inspections and maintenance
  • Troubleshooting equipment failures
The course helps municipal attendees apply their theoretical training in practice and recommended for:
  • Planning and Projects Engineers and Technologists
  • Operations and Maintenance Engineers and Technologists

CPD

This course is accredited with:

  • ECSA (Engineering Council of South Africa) and carries 2 CPD credits.
  • SACPCMP (The South African Council for the Project and Construction Management Professions) 12 CPD Core A hours

Please bring the following to the course:

  • Scientific calculator
  • Pencil and eraser
  • Scale ruler

For online courses, it is recommended to have the following installed on your computer:

  • MS Excel
  • The Zoom app

Please note the following requirements:

  • Delegates are responsible to ensure that they have sufficient data to cover the full duration of the online course.
  • According to the ECSA requirements for online training, a compulsory online assessment must be completed.
  • To receive a CPD certificate a 75% pass mark is required. Less than 75% will result in an attendance certificate which can be submitted for IPD.

Our Facilitator

Nompumelelo Bofu

BSc Electrical Engineering, MBA, Pr Eng, Pr CPM

Nompumelelo Bofu obtained a BSc Electrical Engineering (Hons) in 1993 and MBA in 2008. She has been involved in the Long-Term Sub-transmission Studies for the Northern and Southern areas and carried out the Long-Term Transmission Expansion Plans for ZESA adequacy over two decades, which entailed a production of least cost transmission expansion plans to complement the Generation Explanation Plan and the load forecast for the period. Nompumelelo has also been involved in the design, construction and project management of electricity transmission, distribution, power generation and water infrastructure. Nompumelelo has a strong Control & Instrumentation background, having worked in industry as an Instruments, Control and Automation Engineer, as well as working on several high-profile projects.

In-house courses can be arranged.

Contact Phathi Masimirembwa at [email protected] for more information.
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MISA’s mandate is to provide technical support and advice to municipalities, whilst strengthening their capacity, for effective infrastructure planning, delivery, operations and maintenance.