International codes for electrician's skills

Abstract

In case of damage on a network or in installations due to storm, heavy snow, ... electrical utilities need help and have to welcome some electricians from foreign companies. But, due to different regulations and practices in each Country, it is impossible to know simply what skills a ≪ foreign ≫ electrician has. So is born the idea to design some international codes to facilitate this identification. The aim of this work, realized by a working group under the leadership of ISSA, is to easily identify the main electrical competences of electricians concerning dead or live work, on overhead lines , cables, work in substations, customer's connection or mobile generator connection. It does not replace the safety regulations and procedures that are in place. It is an additional approach used when necessary. Based on an intuitive approach using pictograms, it avoids any difficulty of understanding due to the language. It allows, in a simple way and very quickly, to a company which welcomes electricians from a foreign company to know what are the skills recognized by his employer and the type of work which he could done for a better employment of the staff.