Citation
(2009), "Engineers switch on to advanced training", Industrial and Commercial Training, Vol. 41 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/ict.2009.03741bab.002
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2009, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Engineers switch on to advanced training
Article Type: Notes and news From: Industrial and Commercial Training, Volume 41, Issue 2
An energy metering and control specialist is using a simulated control center to train engineers to install and maintain advanced district-heating technology.
ENER-G Switch2 has developed the control center, in Salford, Greater Manchester, to ensure its engineers fully understand the company’s energy metering, control and billing technology.
The company, part of sustainable-technology business ENER-G, operates in the residential and commercial energy sectors. It has been involved in projects including Manchester’s Beetham Tower, London’s Stratford Eye and the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich.
“The highly qualified engineers we employ are all from plumbing, heating or electrical backgrounds, but few have had dealings with complex district-heating schemes or metering strategies”, said training manager Alan Purdie. “The diversity and scale of the jobs we are handling, and our wide product range, have created a need for a center to provide specific off-site training that replicates a working environment.”
“It enables in-depth training on all ENER-G Switch2 equipment using ‘live’ communal-heating scheme equipment in a test environment. As a result, engineers can gain the skills and confidence to work unsupervised before going on site.”
“The center will provide our engineers with the knowledge, confidence and professionalism to be able to work on any range of equipment in our portfolio. It will also enable engineers quickly to identify and fix faults.”
Trainees will also have an opportunity to learn more about combined heat and power technology from sister company ENER-G Combined Power and see the units being built.
Training modules will typically take 10 days for experienced engineers and about four weeks for new starters.