Wind Technician Training

Ecademy Course

This course provides an overview of the Offshore Wind Energy sector. It covers areas such as wind turbines, health & safety for offshore renewable industries, offshore wind energy layout, equipment, design and operation. Achieving this certification can help improve your career prospects.

Starts: Sep 5, 2022

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Wind turbines north of Fifthian, Illinois on Wednesday, July 24, 2013.

You will learn following topics in this course.

Introduction to Wind Energy: Introduces the fundamentals of generating electrical power from wind energy. A brief history of wind energy is included as well as wind science, the interception of wind energy through a rotor, and identification of major wind turbine generator components.
Introduction to Wind Turbine Safety: Introduces safety concerns of working inside the wind turbine and in the wind farm environment. Expands on earlier safety training and provides coverage of electrical arc flash safety.
Climbing Wind Towers: Covers all aspects of climbing wind turbine lattice towers and tubular towers. Discusses proper climbing equipment and equipment inspection, environmental hazards, proper climbing techniques, and common wind turbine safe climbing guidelines.
Introduction to Electrical Circuits: Introduces electrical concepts used in Ohm’s law applied to DC series circuits. It Covers atomic theory, electromotive force, resistance, and electric power equations.
Electrical Theory: Introduces series, parallel, and series-parallel circuits. Covers resistive circuits, Kirchhoff’s voltage and current laws, and circuit analysis.
Electrical Test Equipment: Covers proper selection, inspection, and use of common electrical test equipment, including voltage testers, clamp-on ammeters, ohmmeters, multimeters, phase/motor rotation testers, and data recording equipment. Also covers safety precautions and meter category ratings.
Electrical Wiring: Describes types and applications of conductors as well as their installation techniques. Also describes the technique and components used for terminating and splicing conductors.

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