Telecommunications Grounding


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Earn Continuing Education Unit (CEU) Credits

Successful completion of this course qualifies delegates to receive a certificate of course completion with indicated CEUs. CEUs are granted by the Engineering Institute of Canada. One CEU is equivalent to 10 professional development hours of instruction.
The following course earns 1.4 CEUs.

COURSE DESCRIPTION


Telecommunications Grounding - FOR THE TELEPHONE, TELEVISION AND RADIO INDUSTRIES

Telecommunications Grounding is a training course that will define and completely explain grounding and bonding for telecommunications systems.

It will provide information for the installation of a grounding and bonding system for telecommunications infrastructure. The course will include requirements for providing a permanent grounding and bonding infrastructure for telecommunications circuits, raceways, and cable tray.

This course will provide the participants with a good understanding of the principles of lightning protection and grounding of telecommunications grounding facilities, such as self-supporting radio towers, guyed masts, monopoles and rooftop antenna mounting frames and structures and how techniques are applied in the field to protect these structures and staff and the general public.

This Telecommunications Grounding training course will explain grounding and bonding requirements in the CSA C22.1-06, the NEC and TIA/EIA/ANSI Standards.

SPECIAL NOTE ON WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Telecommunications Grounding - This advanced course is designed for those who are required to design, plan, install, maintain and supervise contractors who are providing grounding and lightning protection systems for telecommunications Sites, such as: Electrical Engineers, Project Engineers, Design Engineers, site Engineers or those who are responsible for the engineering, design, construction, installation, inspection, operation, or maintenance of electrical grounding systems in telecommunications facilties.

What Past Delegates Say..

"...This was by far the best & most practical session on bonding & grounding I ever attended..." - Michael J. Boudreau; Cape Breton Regional Hospital

"...Pablo is very knowledgeable & engaging speaker. I Enjoyed it and learned quite a bit..." - Grant Peterson; PBA Engineering

BENEFITS

Improve the protection and operation of your telecommunications facilities and minimize the hazards to your personnel. This course will address electrical and mechanical grounding in central offices, loop access sites like DLCs, buildings, and wireless communications installations such as base station sites and microwave radio installations.

The participants will come away with a sound understanding of:

  • The fundamental characteristics of lightning and how to protect against it
  • How power line disturbances can impact communications
  • How to control corrosion through grounding
  • The role of the CE Code, NESC, NEC and other codes and standards
  • Earth grounds and soil characteristics
  • How to provide for a common bonding network in telco sites and buildings
  • The participants will understand the requirements of the NEC/CEC, NEC and TIA/EIA/ANSI “Commercial Building Grounding (Earthing) and Bonding Requirements for telecommunications grounding.
  • The participant will understand the concept of "equal potential grounds" that the industry tries to achieve in a data center telecommunications environment.
  • Proper grounding at radio and antenna sites

BONUS FEATURES

  • FREE 108-Page Power Quality and Grounding Vol. 7 Handbook (Value $35)
  • A FREE subscription to Electricity Today Magazine (Value $40),
  • An Electricity Forum Coupon (Value $100) to be used against any future 2008 Electricity Forum event (restrictions apply)
  • Forum Presentations in Paper Format
  • CD Rom containing Presentations

Course Outline

GENERAL INFORMATION

When and Where


The The Telcommunications Grounding Course will be held as follows:




 
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Registration Procedure

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215-1885 Clements Road
Pickering, ON L1W 3V4
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Cancellation and Refund Policy

Registration fees are refundable only upon receipt of written notification 10 days prior to the conference date, less a 10 per cent service charge. Substitution of participants is permissible.
The Electricity Forum reserves the right to cancel any conference it deems necessary and will, in such event, make a full refund of the registration fees.

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About the Electricity Forum

With headquarters in Pickering, Ontario, The Electricity Forum is dedicated to providing cost-effective, highly specialized education and learning through industry-wide forums, electrical training courses, Electricity Today magazine, and a comprehensive website at www.electricityforum.com. Since 1986, more than 25,000 delegates from leading companies across North America have attended our forums and courses.