In addition to the technical consulting services related to the regulatory requirements for electrical and fire safety, the company offers training on a number of subjects mandated by the NBCC and the CE Code.
Typical examples of training subjects offered by the EFS Engineering Solutions Ltd:
1. Electrically connected life safety systems (smoke control, smoke venting, manual and automatic control of auxiliary equipment, circulating air handling systems, emergency lighting, exist signs, elevators, emergency generators and fire pumps, fire alarm systems, hold open devices, electromagnetic locks on egress doors, sprinklers in service rooms, coordinated life safety tests)
2. Essential changes to the CE Code: what, why and how?
3. Use of approved equipment under the CE Code (proper specification of electrical equipment by the electrical designers)
4. Fundamentals of circuit loading, continuous and non-continuous loads.
5. The CE Code requirements for use of 75 Deg. C ampacity – basic principles.
6. Selection of O/C protection for circuits including motors, capacitors and transformers.
7. Fire pumps and transfer switches: O/C protection, conductors, wiring methods.
8. Selection of emergency generators and fuel supply.
9. Application of Section 46 of the CE Code and separation of wiring for life safety systems.
10. Fundamentals of bonding and grounding.
11. Z32 and Section 24 of the CE Code and essential electrical system in a HCF.
12. Location of electrical equipment in electrical equipment rooms: when and why?
13. Protection of electrical conductors against exposure to fire.
14. Coordination of O/C devices: the CE code requirements and good engineering practice.
15. Arc flash protection in electrical design: reality and misconceptions.
16. Electrical installations in Hazardous locations.
17. HV installations.
18. Communication systems.
19. Electric vehicle charging equipment.
20. Electrical design, installations, permits and inspections – understanding of the regulatory process.
