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Electrical Protection Coordination and Relay Setting

Protection that is poorly coordinated either trips too much or fails to clear faults, putting people and plant at risk. This programme takes delegates through fault behaviour, relay characteristics and grading so they can set devices with confidence. The focus is practical calculation and coordination for real feeders, transformers and motors.

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What you will be able to do

  • Explain how short circuit faults develop and how protection responds.
  • Read time current curves for fuses, overcurrent and earth fault relays.
  • Calculate settings for overcurrent, earth fault and differential functions.
  • Coordinate protective devices so that the nearest device clears the fault.
  • Verify current transformer suitability for a chosen protection scheme.
  • Document a protection grading study for review and commissioning.

Course outline

  1. 01Fault types and short circuit behaviour
  2. 02Protective device families and their curves
  3. 03Overcurrent and earth fault principles
  4. 04Current transformer selection and burden
  5. 05Setting calculations for feeders and transformers
  6. 06Grading and discrimination methods
  7. 07Differential and distance protection basics
  8. 08Motor and generator protection notes
  9. 09Building and checking a grading study
  10. 10Commissioning and setting verification

Who should attend

Protection engineers, electrical maintenance staff, commissioning technicians and design engineers responsible for setting or reviewing protective devices.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendarRegister
14 to 16 Oct 2026Johannesburg3R13,000Register
19 to 21 Oct 2026Cape Town3R13,000Register
20 to 22 Oct 2026Durban3R13,000Register
21 to 23 Oct 2026Pretoria3R13,000Register
26 to 28 Oct 2026Windhoek3US$1,500Register
27 to 29 Oct 2026Gaborone3US$1,500Register
28 to 30 Oct 2026Maseru3US$1,500Register
2 to 4 Nov 2026Mbabane3US$1,500Register
3 to 5 Nov 2026Lusaka3US$1,500Register
4 to 6 Nov 2026Harare3US$1,500Register
9 to 11 Nov 2026Lilongwe3US$1,500Register
10 to 12 Nov 2026Blantyre3US$1,500Register
11 to 13 Nov 2026Mozambique3US$1,500Register
16 to 18 Nov 2026Nairobi3US$1,500Register
17 to 19 Nov 2026Dar es Salaam3US$1,500Register
18 to 20 Nov 2026Kigali3US$1,500Register
23 to 25 Nov 2026Kampala3US$1,500Register
24 to 26 Nov 2026Accra3US$1,500Register
25 to 27 Nov 2026Lagos3US$1,500Register
30 Nov to 2 Dec 2026Cairo3US$1,500Register
1 to 3 Dec 2026Mauritius3US$1,500Register
2 to 4 Dec 2026Dubai3US$1,500Register
7 to 9 Dec 2026Online3US$900Register

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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Next session
5 to 9 Oct 2026
Venue
Johannesburg
5 day programme
FromR18,000
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