Underground Distribution ((3 Credits ))

Catalog description

Students will study installation, operation, and maintenance of URD loops and radial systems. Students will study and be able to discuss trenching safe work practices, identify primary and secondary risers and be able to install a variety of primary terminators and splices. Students will also demonstrate proficiency installing pads, hand holes, secondary risers, and terminations. Participants will also study primary and secondary cable failure modes; URD switching on live and dead front equipment, fault finding, and testing of URD cables.