In-Person NFPA 70E Training

NFPA 70E training is designed for employees who work on or around electrical equipment and may be exposed to electrical hazards such as shock, arc flash, or arc blast incidents. This includes electricians, maintenance personnel, technicians, engineers, field service workers, industrial employees, and other workers who perform tasks involving energized equipment or electrical systems. The training helps workers understand electrical safety requirements, hazard identification, risk assessment procedures, shock protection boundaries, arc flash hazards, and safe work practices. 

NFPA 70E training is especially important for individuals classified as "qualified persons". who must demonstrate the skills, knowledge, and safety training necessary to recognize electrical hazards and reduce workplace risk. Training also benefits supervisors, managers, and safety professionals responsible for implementing electrical safety programs and maintaining compliance with workplace safety standards. 

NFPA 70E training should be provided every three years to ensure employees maintain current knowledge of electrical safety practices, hazard recognition, risk assessment procedures, and personal protective equipment (PPE) requirements.

Periodic retraining helps employees stay current with evolving electrical safety practices and reinforces critical concepts such as establishing an electrically safe work condition, selecting appropriate PPE, understanding arc flash hazards, and applying safe work procedures in the field.  We typically schedule NFPA 70E retraining on a three-year cycle to help organizations maintain workforce competency, reinforce safe work practices, and support ongoing electrical safety compliance

Yes. Organizations often have unique electrical systems, equipment, procedures, and employee responsibilities that require training tailored to their specific work environment. Excel Engineering offers in-house NFPA 70E training and multiple course formats that can be aligned with the needs of different facilities and employee groups. 

Customized training can emphasize topics most relevant to your workforce, including electrical hazard identification, arc flash awareness, energized work practices, lockout/tagout procedures, PPE selection, risk assessments, and establishing electrically safe work conditions. This targeted approach helps employees apply NFPA 70E principles more effectively in their day-to-day work. 

We offer onsite and in-house NFPA 70E training that can be tailored to your facility's electrical systems, workplace hazards, employee responsibilities, and safety objectives.

The length of onsite NFPA 70E training depends on whether employees are receiving initial qualification training or refresher training. Excel Engineering offers both full-day and half-day instructor-led NFPA 70E courses to meet the needs of electrical workers and organizations seeking to maintain compliance with workplace electrical safety requirements. 

Employees who are taking NFPA 70E training for the first time should attend the comprehensive 8-hour course. This full-day program provides in-depth coverage of electrical hazard awareness, arc flash and shock protection, risk assessments, electrically safe work conditions, PPE requirements, lockout/tagout procedures, and other critical electrical safety concepts.

Employees who have previously completed NFPA 70E training can typically meet their three-year retraining requirement through a 4-hour refresher course that reinforces key electrical safety principles, reviews updates to standards and best practices, and helps maintain employee competency.

For employees who do not perform work on electrical equipment but need a foundational understanding of electrical hazards, electrical safety responsibilities, and safe behaviors around energized equipment, a shorter 2-3 hour Electrical Safety Awareness course may be appropriate. This awareness-level training provides general electrical safety knowledge without the depth required for qualified electrical workers.

We recommend the full-day 8-hour NFPA 70E course for initial training and qualification, followed by a 4-hour refresher course every three years to reinforce safe work practices, maintain electrical safety awareness, and support ongoing compliance with NFPA 70E requirements.