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Substation and MCC lab · Level 2 of 8

Safe isolation of an MCC bucket

Level 2 of 8 in the Substation and MCC lab: a free substation and MCC exercise at Foundation level. Isolate one motor bucket the safe way: stop, open, withdraw, lock, tag, prove the tester, test dead, prove again, earth and sign the permit.

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Safe isolation of an MCC bucket

The brief

Client
Millbrook Foods
Site
Millbrook plant room, MCC-1
Work order
WO-MCC-102
Task code
MCC-02
Difficulty
Foundation
Type of work
Safety

Isolate one motor bucket the safe way: stop, open, withdraw, lock, tag, prove the tester, test dead, prove again, earth and sign the permit.

Skills you practise

  • Safe isolation
  • Lock-out and tag-out
  • Prove-test-prove
  • Permit to work

What the test checks

The acceptance test marks the skills this level practises.

  • Safe isolation
  • Lock-out and tag-out
  • Prove-test-prove
  • Permit to work

In this lab

  • Safe isolation: lock, tag, prove, test, earth
  • Cables, breakers, relays and fault levels
  • A 3D switchroom and transformer bay

Levels in the Substation and MCC lab

Previous: Read the single-line diagramNext: Size a motor circuit

  1. Read the single-line diagram
  2. Safe isolation of an MCC bucket
  3. Size a motor circuit
  4. Commission a star-delta starter
  5. Grade the incomer relay
  6. Fault level and breaker check
  7. Correct the power factor
  8. Find a fault in the MCC

Part of the Substation and MCC lab

Walk a small substation, isolate a motor bucket safely, grade a relay and fault-find a motor control centre.

About the Substation and MCC lab

Feeds these internships: Control Panel Design and Wiring, Commissioning and Maintenance, Electrical Design.