Pine Technical & Community College is partnering with The Association for Utility Line Design Professionals(UtilityLDPros) to promote excellence in the design of overhead and underground electric and telecommunication utility lines. UtilityLDPros serves its Member line designers and their employers by providing training and certification programs. UtilityLDPros has formed a relationship with PTCC to provide distance learning line design custom training courses. These courses are designed to improve the knowledge of line design professionals and prepare them for certification examinations.
All Classes are online at your own pace. Begin when you are ready!
What you will Learn?
Overall Line Design Accountabilities and Best Practices
- Areas of liability exposure through the use of prevailing distribution line design practices
- Measures that can reduce liability exposure and assure compliance with NESC requirements
- Provisions of the 2017 NESC that are applicable to overhead line design
- How to develop and use documented design criteria and design/construction standards
- The Line design process and how to improve it
- How to establish and sustain effective design/quality control and inspection practice
Elements of Line Design and Best Practices
- How to develop and use conductor sag and tension charts
- How to perform commonly encountered line design calculations
- How to create line profile drawings and engineering reports
- How to implement a uniform procedure to prepare electric supply and telecommunication joint use designs
- How to maintain engineering records for long-term documentation
- How to implement procedures for the identification, documentation and correction of existing NESC violations
Utility Line Design Course Information
|
Course |
Level |
Hours |
Cost |
|
Mathematic Fundamentals |
Level 1 |
15 |
$375 |
|
Surveying Fundamentals |
Level 1 |
12 |
$300 |
|
Electricity Fundamentals |
Level 1 |
12 |
$300 |
|
Engineering Economics |
Level 1 |
12 |
$300 |
|
Conductor Characteristics |
Level 1 |
12 |
$300 |
|
Algebra & Trigonometry |
Level 2 |
15 |
$375 |
|
Electrical Consumption |
Level 2 |
12 |
$300 |
|
NESC Lookup |
Level 2 |
15 |
$375 |
|
Statics & Mechanical Fundamentals |
Level 2 |
10 |
$250 |
|
Sag & Tension |
Level 2 |
12 |
$300 |
|
Insulator Strength |
Level 3 |
10 |
$250 |
|
Pole Strength |
Level 3 |
12 |
$300 |
|
Guy Scheme Strength |
Level 3 |
15 |
$375 |
|
Cross arm Strength |
Level 3 |
15 |
$375 |
|
Clearance Between Conductors |
Level 3 |
10 |
$250 |
|
Conductor Uplift |
Level 4 |
10 |
$250 |
|
Vertical Ground Clearance |
Level 4 |
12 |
$300 |
|
Horizontal Clearance |
Level 4 |
10 |
$250 |
|
Transmission Clearance |
Level 4 |
12 |
$300 |
|
Joint Use |
Level 4 |
12 |
$300 |
Utility Line Design Exam Information
|
Course |
|
Level |
Hours |
Cost |
|
Mathematic Fundamentals Exam |
|
Level 1 |
2 |
$80 |
|
Surveying Fundamentals Exam |
|
Level 1 |
2 |
$80 |
|
Electricity Fundamentals Exam |
|
Level 1 |
1.5 |
$60 |
|
Engineering Economics Exam |
|
Level 1 |
2 |
$80 |
|
Conductor Characteristics Exam |
|
Level 1 |
1 |
$40 |
|
Algebra & Trigonometry Exam |
|
Level 2 |
2 |
$80 |
|
Electrical Consumption Exam |
|
Level 2 |
2 |
$80 |
|
NESC Lookup Exam |
|
Level 2 |
2 |
$80 |
|
Statics & Mechanical Fundamentals Exam |
|
Level 2 |
1 |
$40 |
|
Sag & Tension Exam |
|
Level 2 |
1 |
$40 |
|
Insulator Strength Exam |
|
Level 3 |
1 |
$40 |
|
Pole Strength Exam |
|
Level 3 |
1 |
$40 |
|
Guy Scheme Strength Exam |
|
Level 3 |
1 |
$40 |
|
Cross arm Strength Exam |
|
Level 3 |
1 |
$40 |
|
Clearance Between Conductors Exam |
|
Level 3 |
1 |
$40 |
|
Conductor Uplift Exam |
|
Level 4 |
1 |
$40 |
|
Vertical Ground Clearance Exam |
|
Level 4 |
1 |
$40 |
|
Horizontal Clearance Exam |
|
Level 4 |
1 |
$40 |
|
Transmission Clearance Exam |
|
Level 4 |
1 |
$40 |
|
Joint Use Exam |
|
Level 4 |
1 |
$40 |
