Portland General Electric (PGE)

On-the-job Training

• Install and maintain electrical cables, conduit, wire control panels, relay panels, and station service equipment.
• Work with Blueprints and Schematics integral to the field and shop practice of this trade
• Install, maintain, and repair bus, insulators, supports, disconnects, gang operated air break switches, motor operators, structures and ground mat.
• Install, maintain, repair, and test HV circuit breakers, circuit switchers, and fuses.
• Install, maintain, repair, and test transformers, LTC's, regulators & capacitor banks.
• Install, maintain, repair, and test motors, pumps, compressors, generators, and other rotating equipment.
• Battery Overview: Install, maintain, repair, & test batteries, chargers, rotating equipment.
• Set up and operate apparatus and test equipment such as Doble, Kelmann, etc.
• Perform substation switching.
• Testing and troubleshooting substation electrical and mechanical equipment to locate problems.
• Operate various types of aerial equipment. Perform rigging.
• Install & remove protective barriers and personal grounds using hot sticks and approved practices.
• Installation, setup and test mobile transformers.
• Orientation to the trade and to the employer crew requirements
• PGE SCADA Technicians Overview
• PGE Substation Metering and Relay Overview
• PGE Substation Operator Overview
• Transformer Shop Training