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For almost 15 years EBS is already certifying their electrical workforce according to international standards for “Operation of electrical installations”. Since the systems is changed to the Caribbean local circumstances, EBS also continued with the new system. This year another 50 people were trained by HVST and examined by Bepect and they passed the exams. Congratulations to the management of EBS with this result of their electrical personnel. The people are working in the

Recently, in december 2014, HVST has given a refreshment training for the Nickerian employees of the Surinam Electricity Company EBS. Nickerie is the most north-western town in Surinam and the second biggest town. Since their network is very much different from the bigger Paramaribo network we allways choose to go into their own network for the best match of the theory and the practical operations. Nickerie only has 12kV overhead lines and they introduced a small 33kV double

In october 2014 Aqualectra continued their training and certification program for their electrical employees. HVST trained the people and Bepect tested the people. Aqualectra is already doing this for 15 years and the training material has been updated for this purpose. Also HVST and Aqualectra has started their program "train the trainer". Since Aqualectra owns a very suitable training center they want to benefit more of it and with own trainers it will increase effectivenes

The most effective way to train your electrical staff in safety and operations, is to train them live but not in your network. So a fault during the training has no consequences for normal operations and safety of the people is guaranteed. Therefor EBS, the Surinam Electricity Company, is building a special installation where all kind of operational trainings can be organized. In october they started with the overhead part of this installation, because of their linesmen trai

Recently Elmar introduced High Voltage Live Cleaning (HVLC) in their installations. Elmar owns a lot of open type switchgear that is susceptible for contamination. In order to clean these installations (12kV) on a regular bases the installation must be de-energized and earthed before cleaning can take place. During the cleaning proces customers will be without electricity. HVLC makes it possible to immediately start cleaning the installation while in service. Elmar people are

WEB Aruba is the islands electricity (and Water) producing company. They operate an electrical power plant and a small wind farm. The electrical department is already working with Bepect for more than 10 years and this September it was time for another group to be trained and certified. WEB Aruba is used to working according to the Caribbean Safety Standard and therefore they also adapted the new electrical certification system. The people are trained in their daily activitie

Some companies don’t own electrical systems, but still they have to work in the vicinity of these networks. TRES Curaçao is one of these companies. On the island of Curaçao they are a provider of information and communication, such as internet. In some situations TRES wants to use the existing infra structure to install their cables in the existing poles with low- or even high voltage lines. Aqualectra, the local owner of this infra structure, demands that people working clos

On the island of Bonaire a lot of things has changed over the last years. A new electricity production company was introduced on the island an WEB Bonaire itself also made major investments in their distribution network. The people of WEB Bonaire are already working with this certification system for almost 15 years and about every 3 years the company makes another step forward. Network performance is improving every time. WEB Bonaire has a modern scada system to supervise th

For the electricity company of St. Martin, Statia and Saba, certification of their electrical personnel is of high importance. On small islands the electrical stability is very difficult to guarantee; a small disturbance can easily cause a blackout. So securing the quality of your workforce is one important part in this process. GEBE is already working in this system for over 10 years. People are trained for low voltage systems and other people are trained for the high voltag