Electricity + Control February 2018

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The two-point CPD course has been designed with the busy schedule of electrical engineers in mind. To this end, we have de- cided to offer the course via six webinar sessions. Each session will be one hour long and will be held in the late afternoon at about 17:00, with one session being presented per week. This means that engineers can attend the course while they are at home or at their offices, and they do not have to take time off their busy schedules or travel to attend the CPD accredited course. I have attended and presented numerous webinars and I find the webinar format an extremely effective platform in providing this val- uable information. By keeping the sessions limited to one hour, we have found that the webinar attendees are much more attentive, and they gain far more knowledge than in conventional two-day semi- nars.The webinars are recorded and edited so that each webinar can be downloaded and kept for later reference. Conclusion By becoming an ELPA member, electrical engineers will be armed with the required knowledge, backed by proper technical advice and kept up-to-date with the latest developments in the earthing and lightning protection industry, in order for them to ensure that the earthing and lightning protection installations on their projects are technically sound and properly installed. It is for this reason that I would encourage all electrical engineers to become part of ELPA and for them to specify ELPA lightning protection CoCs.

Trevor Manas is the National Director, Earthing and Lightning Protection Association.

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