Power Operations Training Center Course Descriptions
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Decision Making Skills for System Operators
Presented by Operator Educational Services - North America
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This class is delivered over a 2-day period. The class is intended to provide participants with necessary decision making skills that can be utilized in fulfilling their everyday role in real-time operations. Participants are expected to already possess the basic principles of operating in an interconnected system. The participants will be required to utilize their knowledge of system operations and apply this knowledge while integrating the concepts identified for making decisions. The class has been designed to allow for all lectures to occur in the morning followed by small group decision making exercises throughout the afternoon on both days. Some small group exercises may require the utilization of the PowerSimulator™ system. The situations presented in the exercises will deal with various system events.
Credit Hours:
NERC Total CEHs - 16
NERC Emergency Operations – 16
NERC Standards - 0
NERC Simulations - 8
Next Scheduled:
October 28-29, 2008
Meeting the Daily Challenge
Presented by Operator Educational Services - North America
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This 2-day course is intended to provide system operators with knowledge and operating principles to survive the daily challenges of operating in the control center. This course includes topics related to Transmission Operations, Generation Operations, and System Switching. The course includes the following content: Operator Responsibilities, Generation Control Concepts, Resource Scheduling, System Reserves, Disturbance Control Standards, Transmission Control Concepts, Voltage Control, Thermal Control, Generation Shift Factors, Switching Considerations, Switching Order Prep, Contingency Analysis, and Emergency Outages. This course delivery includes extensive interaction with both tabletop exercises and simulator scenarios.
Credit Hours:
NERC Total CEHs - 16
NERC Emergency Operations – 16
NERC Standards - 2
NERC Simulations - 8
Next Scheduled:
October 30-31, 2008
Contact
potc@swpa.gov