High Voltage Training Courses

Begin with an HV awareness course, such as the City & Guilds HVSO2 Safe Access to Substations & Switchrooms Course, to understand risks, regulations, and basic operational knowledge.

For career progression, you need an Authorised Person (AP) Course to operate, isolate, and work on HV systems.

Having relevant low voltage electrical knowledge and experience is often a prerequisite to any HV course.

Yes. Bespoke HV training programmes can be delivered on your own systems, tailored to your equipment and operational procedures.

Overseas training is also available, so organisations with international operations can receive the same practical, site-specific instruction.

Please contact us or view our business training solutions page for more information.

Completion of a suitably rigorous High Voltage course is strongly recommended (and may be necessary) to help ensure compliance with health‑and‑safety legislation, in particular the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989. Under those regulations, employers (and other duty‑holders) have a legal obligation to ensure that anyone working on or near electrical systems has the requisite technical knowledge or experience to prevent danger or injury.

Regulation 16 of the EAW requires that individuals working on electrical systems must be ‘competent’ — this may be demonstrated via relevant training, experience, supervision, or a combination thereof, depending on the nature of the work. While the regulations do not explicitly define ‘high voltage’ or mandate a specific training syllabus, industry‑recognised HV training courses (e.g. ‘Authorised Person – High Voltage‘) are widely accepted means of demonstrating competence for more hazardous work.

Our HV training courses combine compliance with statutory requirements, guidance on safe working practices (for example those set out in HSE guidance), and industry best practices relevant to the specific system and environment. This helps ensure personnel, including employees or freelancers, are properly prepared to work safely with high voltage systems.