Lightning – Awareness/Management for Lineworkers

Lightning has the potential to seriously injure or kill line workers.

This course provides the knowledge and competencies to understand and manage:

The legal issues surrounding lightning
How lightning is propagated
How an electric shock is received
The stats and risk ratios associated with lightning and at risk locations and activities
The effects on people and what treatments might be needed including first aid
General control measures to reduce the risks
Issues specific to line workers including how to manage the lightning risk.

Lightning poses a significant risk to lineworkers

This training takes approx. 2.5 hours to complete. Additionally, completion of this course provides 2.5 hours for your Energy Safe Victoria CPD Skills Development requirements.

You have 30 days to complete this course once enrolled but this can be extended.

Contact us if you need help with lightning control measures for your lineworkers and/or specific training/inductions for your network.

TESTIMONIALS

“Nothing to add. Was a great course. Overall, a very informative course that will greatly help me in my role managing field staff.”
Troy Cooper, Operations Manager – Endeavour Energy

“I don’t have recommendations for course improvement. I really like the examples cases on mitigation. I definitely recommend this course for other lineworkers.”
Marcos

“I do not have any recommendation to improve the course as it covers off on all relevant topics. It is an interesting course and provides good awareness for line workers. The last module is particularly beneficial to new line workers.”
Mitch

“Well presented course. Definitely relevant to my work conditions. Great Course.”
Jacques