Substation Maintenance Electrical (SSM)

A Substation Maintenance Electrician performs preventive maintenance on low and high voltage substations. He maintains the operational status of the company transmission substations through commissioning, testing, fault diagnosis and maintenance planning procedures. He also has the technical skills to troubleshoot defective substation equipment, operate oil and SF6 gas processing machines, take oil samples and run tests. In addition, he prepares, reviews and releases information on power outages from the SEC Power Control Center.

 

Educational/vocational objectives

The expected SSM educational/vocational objectives are that, upon completing all training courses including OJT, the trainee will be able to:

• Apply principles of mathematics and applied science, to perform technical calculations and solve technical problems of the types commonly encountered in operation and maintenance technology careers.
• Demonstrate an ability to communicate effectively and function effectively with members of multi-disciplinary teams and with other workers in an industrial setting, including those from different backgrounds.
• Maintain operational status of Company Transmission System substations by performing commissioning, testing, fault diagnosis, maintenance planning, and major and minor preventive maintenance on various equipment installed.
• Troubleshoot defective high and low voltage substation equipment including high voltage transformers and regulators, load tap changers, potential and current transformers, line tuners and traps, high voltage circuit breakers and switchgear, battery and charger systems, telemetering equipment, capacitor controls, emergency generators, disconnect switches, direct current supply systems, supervisory control and data acquisition equipment, air-conditioning systems and auxiliaries, safety and fire systems and yard/street lighting controls.
• Perform major and minor preventive maintenance on all types of low and high voltage substation
• Use and operate oil and SF6 gas processing machines.
• Take oil samples of substation equipment, running tests for contaminates and filtering oil.
• Prepare, review, and release outages from/to Power Control Center.

 

 

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