No More Travel. Bring Specialized Electrical Maintenance Training to Your Team.
- Nancy Liebig
- Mar 16
- 5 min read
Written in collaboration with Brian Hall, Lead Trainer at Guidant Power
Guidant Power's Fundamentals of Electrical Maintenance course is now available on demand at facilities around the country.
As a Maintenance or EHS leader, ensuring your staff is up to date on electrical equipment maintenance is a top priority. But when you need to upskill or cross-train your maintenance staff, sending the whole crew to a training center across the country may not be the most convenient option.
That’s why we’re excited to bring our Fundamentals of Electrical Maintenance course to your facility and on your schedule. This four-day course has built a strong reputation at our training center in Ohio, where technicians get intensive, hands-on instruction on simulated industrial electrical equipment.
Now, the same course (same structure and effective mix of theory plus hands-on instruction) can come to you. So if you’ve been wanting to upskill your crew without the travel costs, overtime burden, and scheduling challenges of offsite training, this is the perfect solution.
Live close to Cleveland and would prefer to visit our training center? That’s still available! We’re offering the same monthly four-day courses like we’ve done for years.
Fight the Skills Gap With Up-To-Date, Hands-On Electrical Maintenance Training
Like most trades, electrical maintenance teams in the industrial setting are dealing with a growing skills gap. Experienced technicians are retiring faster than new staff can replace them, and decades of experience aren’t being passed on to the next generation.
Further, those hard-to-find new hires often lack practical electrical know-how, after attending courses heavy on classroom theory and light on practical instruction. Meanwhile, the equipment itself keeps getting more complex. This leads to maintenance backlogs, unplanned downtime, and rising costs which are critical considerations to the majority of industrial clients.
If you need to update your staff’s electrical skills as soon as possible, now you can do it with minimal disruption.
Training That Comes to You
When the instructor travels to your team instead of the other way around, most of the usual training obstacles disappear:
Cost. Eliminate flights, hotels, and per diem. Your people train during their normal workday and go home at night.
Overtime. No need to pay premium rates if the training is during onsite working hours.
Scheduling. You’re in charge. Stagger attendance or plan around your particular production demands.
Scale. Putting your whole crew through the course is much cheaper than sending them individually.
Relevance. Training happens in the environment the team is in every day. Skills transfer to their jobs faster and more intuitively.
What the Course Covers
Four days, eight modules, one goal
The Fundamentals of Electrical Maintenance is a 4-day course for electricians and technicians who install, maintain, repair, or troubleshoot industrial equipment rated at 600 volts or less. Whether the crew is new to the field or experienced and looking to refresh their skills, the course meets them where they are.
Classroom meets real equipment
Over the years, we’ve fine tuned the balance between classroom instruction and hands-on work on real industrial machinery. It’s one thing to memorize how an electrical motor works by looking at a diagram; everything truly clicks when you’re building and troubleshooting a motor in real life.
Inside the eight training modules
The modules progress from foundational concepts to advanced techniques:
Electrical theory. Ohm's Law, AC systems, and circuit construction.
Transformers. Operation, sizing, and common malfunctions.
Motors and motor control. Operation, wiring, ladder diagrams, and troubleshooting.
Overcurrent protection. Fuses, circuit breakers, and thermal overloads.
Electrical construction. Wire sizing, ampacity calculations, and National Electrical Code requirements.
Advanced troubleshooting. Systematic fault isolation across real systems.
Every module includes practical exercises; you learn by doing.
Safety is a top focus
Throughout the entire course and anywhere it is relevant, we integrate NFPA 70E® electrical safety and OSHA-mandated safe work practices so your team knows how to protect themselves from shock and arc flash hazards. This complements training on NFPA 70B® electrical maintenance compliance.
Participants receive a certificate of completion at the end of the course. For a full breakdown of each module, check out our informational flyer [Fundamentals of Electrical Maintenance course flyer] on the course web page.
Not Just Another Training Class
I've been in the electrical safety and training space for over 30 years, including time as an instructor in the nuclear power industry. That’s an environment where "close enough" is not a thing. My background in high stakes environments shapes how I approach every course we offer at Guidant Power. Brian Hall, course developer & lead electrical safety training expert
Past participants have said:
“I really appreciated the class and learned quite a bit more then I knew, especially about 3 phase. The hands on really helped with reading schematics and trying to figure out what went where and how to wire it correctly.
I already found several issues at work that we don’t do correctly and brought it up to the safety administration.
Thank you for everything”
Robert Gushura
“I learned more than I expected to in this class. The instructor was very patient and easy to understand.
I definitely would recommend this class if you need to touch up on your electrical skills or just need to learn more about electrical.”
Bryan Williams
“Really enjoyed the class; lot of good information and reference material in this class”
Chris Farr
Who Should Attend
The Fundamentals of Electrical Maintenance course is for any electrician or technician working with industrial equipment rated at 600 volts or less, whether they're brand new to the field, crossing over from another trade, or experienced and due for a refresher. If you're looking to raise your team's skill level without the hassle of sending them off site, this course is a great option.
The Bottom Line
The skills gap in electrical maintenance is real, it's accelerating, and it's not going to fix itself. Now, you have a convenient option to ensure everyone working on electrical system maintenance is knowledgeable and updated on the latest best practices to ensure safety and avoid downtime.
Guidant's Fundamentals of Electrical Maintenance onsite course gives your team four days of focused, practical, hands-on training on your schedule, on your equipment, at your convenience.
Contact Guidant Power to schedule the Fundamentals of Electrical Maintenance course at your facility. Let's chat about your team's needs and find the right dates to make it happen.
70E®, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace®, NFPA 70®, NEC®, and National Electrical Code® are registered trademarks of the National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA. All rights reserved. This informational material is not affiliated with nor has it been reviewed or approved by the NFPA.
