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ALL CAREER STAGES  |  UK-SPEC: A,B,C,D,E  |  TWO DAYS  |  LIVE VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON  |  CPD: FROM 13.5 HOURS  |  COST: FROM £1159

Electrical Safety Management (ESM) technical training course

In-person at IET Stevenage: Futures Place or live virtual

12 - 14 May 2026 - Live virtual - Book your UK and overseas individual place 12 - 14 May 2026 - Live virtual - Book your *VAT registered overseas place 24 - 25 November 2026 - IET Stevenage: Futures Place - Book your place

We can run additional courses dependent on demand. Please contact us if you are interested in different dates.

About the technical training course

This course has helped hundreds of delegates to audit their policies and procedures through the simple approach of the Code of Practice.

This course is based on our 2nd edition Code of Practice for Electrical Safety Management. 

  • In-person course: You will be given a physical copy of the book at the event.
  • Live virtual course: A digital book copy will be emailed to you the day before the event.

The course is ideal for anyone interested in electrical safety and management techniques. It is great for both graduate engineers, as well as more experienced engineers looking to expand their knowledge base.

We also have fantastic in-house training options which makes this course ideal for companies or businesses who would like to send 12 or more delegates.

Technical experts
Bill Bates

Bill Bates, BEng (Hons), DMS, CEng, FIEE, FIET
Foxgloves (Electrical Safety Management) Limited
 

Bill Bates is a Consultant specialising in electrical safety and electricity safety management systems.

Bill’s extensive experience and expertise is drawn from a combination of 21 years with the Health and Safety Executive and a range of operation roles with the electricity utility, Manweb.

Working with the HSE Bill was a Principal Electrical Inspector where he gained extensive first hand experience inspecting electrical systems and offering advice in a wide range of commercial and industrial installations. Bill is an acknowledged expert in electrical safety management systems, including policy, procedures and processes and was used on numerous occasions in court cases where his forensic expert evidence was required.

During his 21 years with the electricity utility company, Manweb, Bill gained a thorough understanding of the operational, maintenance and inspection requirements needed to ensure the safe and reliable operation of high voltage and low voltage systems, including control systems.

All too many of the incidents investigated by Bill were because the failure or incident had resulted in serious injury or death. Consequently, Bill’s developed a keen interest in the management of electrical risk and has worked with numerous organisations considering procedures, competence and workforce renewal.

Bill was also a principal contributor to the IET Code of Practice on Electrical Safety Management and has recently been working with multi-national companies on their electrical safety management systems.

His company, Foxgloves Electrical Safety Management Ltd, is an IET Centre of Excellence.
Bill Tubey

Bill Tubey BSc, CEng, FIET
Principal Consultant – Mayfield Power Consulting Ltd
 

Bill works in the electrical power industry in a training and consultancy role. Major clients include Ineos Chlor, Peel Ports, Tata Chemicals, Storengy, Merseytravel, Liverpool and Glasgow Universities and EA Technology Ltd.

Bill acts as Authorising Engineer for several of these organisations and vets and approves staff for operational activity at high and low voltage. As part of this work he has also created and implemented both high voltage and low voltage safety rules.

Bill started his working life as a student apprentice and graduate trainee at Manweb, the former Regional Electricity Company responsible for the provision of electricity supplies to 1.3m customers in the Merseyside and North Wales area. Working his way up to District Manager for Liverpool he was responsible for the network in the central area of Liverpool and all of the industrial, technical and clerical staff associated with its operation.

Following the acquisition of Manweb by ScottishPower and having worked closely with the Transition Team, Bill was appointed as General Manager initially for Merseyside and then Wales Region with key responsibilities including:

All aspects of the region's performance to its 520,000 customers and 500 staff
Capital expenditure £14m, operational expenditure £10m, system and safety performance and environmental compliance
Liaison with both local and national political representatives up to ministerial level and company representation with local and national media
Greatly involved in the expansion of multi-utility activities primarily in the gas distribution area
Acted as chairman of panels of Inquiry and expert witness
Since 2003 Bill has worked in consultancy for Prescient Associates Ltd. as well as Mayfield Power Consulting Ltd.
Michael Appleby

Michael Appleby
Fisher Scoggins Waters LLP Solicitors
 

Michael Appleby is a partner with Fisher Scoggins Waters LLP Solicitors. Michael specialises in defending directors, senior individuals and companies facing investigation or prosecution for health and safety offences or manslaughter arising from work related incidents.

This includes representing clients at inquests, in appeals against prohibition and improvement notices and challenging notifications under Health and Safety Executive’s Fee for Intervention scheme.

He has also acted in investigations by the Environmental Agency and Fire and Rescue Authorities.

Mike acts for clients in the rail and bus sectors, construction, ports, manufacturing, facilities management sector, waste industry and the lift industry.

Key learning objectives

  • Understand how good electrical safety management can identify and reduce workplace risks
  • Learn how to prevent incidents resulting from poor electrical safety that can cause delays, stoppages, additional costs, loss of reputation and even litigation
  • Assess your own organisation with in-depth interactive sessions within your organisation that will show you how to recognise good practice in your organisation and assess how your organisation compares
  • Learn how to apply the structured approach of the Code of Practice and you will create an electrical safety management plan specific to your workplace that you can start using straight away
  • Learn how to implement your prioritised plan and prevent injury.

Why attend?

Are you interested, responsible or accountable for safe practices at work?

  • Actively reduce risks
  • Avoid reputational damage
  • Assess your own organisation
  • Learn how to apply the structured approach of the Code of Practice
    Improve your performance
  • Know the principles of assessing and managing electrical safety relevant to any business, sector and county
  • Become aware of legal risk
  • Learn from experts in electrical safety and electrical safety management systems
  • Learn hands-on during the workshops
  • Learn from examples of workplace incidents
  • Work through case studies
  • Share knowledge with other course delegates

Don't just take our word for it…

“The Bills (Bill Tubey and Bill Bates) provided insight and experience drawn from long careers in power distribution and the HSE inspectorate and it was particularly useful to see more examples of workplace incidents involving electricity, work through case studies; and speak with other course delegates about their own approaches and the challenges faced.”

“Found it to be a very well run and useful course indeed. I would strongly recommend it to anyone involved in Electrical Safety.”

“Really interesting course”

“Great course and is an eye opener in terms of the gap analysis aspect but certainly the legal aspects as well.”

In-person course programme

Day one - 8.30am - 4.30pm

08.30 Registration
08.45 Introduction
09.15 Basic Electricity
09.45 Why good electrical safety management matters
  • What is electrical risk?
  • Incidents
  • Issues
  • Lessons
11.00 Refreshment break
11.15 Managing Electrical Risk
  • Incident statistics
  • Effects of failure
  • Risk management
  • Competence
11.45 Reduce risks in the workplace and how the Code of Practice was developed
  • Who should use the Code?
  • What is the Code’s purpose and structure?
  • Where is the Code applicable?
  • When should the Code be used?
  • Unilever’s case study example of self-assessment
12.15 Lunch
13.00 Case Study 1 Managing ‘Policy’
  • Electrical safety policy
  • Leadership
  • Planning
  • Design
  • Electrical system standards
14.00 Case Study 2 Managing ‘Procedure’
  • Identifying and controlling your own risks
  • Safe working practices
  • Workplace precautions
  • Procedures
  • Electrical system maintenance
  • Electrical system documentation
  • Incident investigation
  • Measurement of performance
15.00 Refreshment break
15.15 Incident investigation
  • Three incidents for investigation
16.30 End of day one

Day two - 8.30am - 3.30pm

08.30


 Registration
08.45

Case Study 3 Managing ‘People’

  • Appointments, roles and responsibilities
  • Training
  • Competence
  • Cooperation
  • Communication
  • Audits
09.45

Case Study 4 Managing Specific Issues

  • Work undertaken on or near exposed live electrical parts
  • Operating electrical machinery
  • Using electrical contractors
  • Storing, handling and using flammable gases, vapours or dusts
  • Buried cables on your land
  • Overhead power lines on or near your site
  • Operating and maintaining high voltage electrical equipment
11.15 Refreshment Break
11.30

Self-Assessment Evaluation

  • Self-assessment summary
  • Deciding on actions and implementations
  • With whom should you share the results?
  • Review your improvement plan
12.00 Lunch
12.45

Legal consequences of failure to manage risk - Michael Appleby, Partner, Fisher Scoggins Waters LLP Solicitors
Michael specialises in defending directors, senior individuals and companies facing investigation or prosecution for health and safety offences or manslaughter arising from work related incidents.

This session will provide insights and advice as follows:

  • The role of hindsight when a criminal investigation starts
  • Brief outline of the law – manslaughter, s37 HSWA, s7 HSWA
  • Case study of actual criminal trial concerning an electrocution of a subcontractor at a data centre during a resilience upgrade
  • Some practical issues if an individual is involved in an incident – i.e. if you are asked to give
14.00 Case Study 5 - Interview Under Caution
14.45 Refreshment Break
15.00

Using the IET Code of Practice Summary

  • Bringing together Policy, Procedure and People aspects.
  • Considering the ESM CoP structure and how you can produce your improvement plan with its prioritised actions.
  • How will you take this forward?
15.30

Closing remarks and end of course

Live virtual course programme

Day one - 8.40am - 1pm

08.40 Teams opens 
08.45 Welcome and introductions 
09.00 Basic Electricity 
09.45

Why electrical risk management is important 

  • What is electrical risk? 
  • Incidents  
  • Issues 
  • Lessons 
11.00 Comfort break  
11.15

Managing electrical risk  

  • Incident statistics 
  • Effects of failure 
  • Risk management 
  • Competence 
11.45

Reduce risks in the workplace and how the Code of Practice was developed  

  • Who should use the Code? 
  • What is the Code’s purpose and structure? 
  • Where is the Code applicable? 
  • When should the Code be used? 
  • Unilever’s case study example of self-assessment 
12.10

Case Study - managing policy  

  • Practical application of the Code of Practice  
  • Electrical safety policy 
  • Leadership  
  • Planning  
  • Design 
  • Electrical system standards 
13.00  End of day one

Day three - 8.40am - 1pm

08.40 Teams opens
08.45

Self-Assessment Evaluation  

  • Self-assessment summary
  • Deciding on actions and implementations
  • With whom should you share the results?
  • Review your improvement plan
09.15

Incident investigation  

Delegates break into groups to discuss 3 real incidents 
10.45 Comfort Break
11.00

Guest speaker - Michael Appleby, Partner, Fisher Scoggins Waters LLP Solicitors 

Legal consequences of failure to manage risk  

Michael specialises in defending directors, senior individuals and companies facing investigation or prosecution for health and safety offences or manslaughter arising from work related incidents.  

This session will provide insights and advice as follows: 

  • The role of hindsight when a criminal investigation starts
  • Brief outline of the law – manslaughter, s37 HSWA, s7 HSWA 
  • Case study of actual criminal trial concerning an electrocution of a subcontractor at a data centre during a resilience upgrade

Some practical issues if an individual is involved in an incident – i.e., if you are asked to give a statement by police/HSE find out if you are a witness or a suspect 
12.20

Using the IET Code of Practice  

  • Bringing together Policy, Procedure and People aspects.
  • Considering the ESM CoP structure and how you can produce your improvement plan with its prioritised actions.  
  • How will you take this forward? 

Implementing the IET code in your workplace

  • Self-assessment
  • Reporting results
  • Identifying priorities for change
  • Implementing change
  • Review 
13.00 Closing remarks and end of course

Day two - 8.40am - 1pm

08.40

Teams opens
08.45

Case Study Managing ‘Procedure’ Issues  

  • Identifying and controlling your own risks
  • Safe working practices
  • Workplace precautions
  • Procedures
  • Electrical system maintenance
  • Electrical system documentation
  • Incident investigation
  • Measurement of performance
10.00

Case Study Managing ‘People’ Issues  

  • Appointments, roles and responsibilities  
  • Training
  • Competence
  • Cooperation
  • Communication
  • Audits 
11.00 Comfort Break
11.15

Case Study Managing Specific Issues  

  • Work undertaken on or near exposed live electrical parts 
    Operating electrical machinery
  • Using electrical contractors
  • Storing, handling and using flammable gases, vapours or dusts
  • Buried cables on your land
  • Overhead power lines on or near your site
  • Operating and maintaining high voltage electrical equipment
13.00 End of day two

Please note that the programme is subject to change.

Course registration and pricing

Early-bird
 

Member - £1159
Non-member - £1369

(May 2026 course until 27 February 2026)
(November 2026 course until 25 September 2026)

Standard tickets
 

IET Member - £1369
Non-Member - £1569

(May 2026 course until 4 May 2026)
(November 2026 course until 13 November 2026)

Late tickets
 

IET Member - £1469
Non-Member - £1669

In-person venue

Address
 

IET Stevenage: Futures Place
Futures Place
Kings Way
Stevenage
SG1 2UA
In-person venue

IET Stevenage: Futures Place
Futures Place
Kings Way
Stevenage
SG1 2UA
*Overseas participants

*If you are attending the course from outside of the UK and are paying for your booking using a company payment card where the company is VAT Registered and is the registered card billing address, please use the registration link for a VAT registered overseas company.

This form will capture your Company VAT Registration number and will be subject to Out of Scope VAT. Otherwise, VAT is charged at the UK rate of 20%.

If you are from outside the UK but paying with a personal payment card, please use the overseas individual link.
What's included in registration?

In-person courses

  • Two days of training delivered by our experts 
  • Access to trainer presentations
  • 15 CPD hours and certificate of attendance
  • A physical copy of the 2nd edition Code of Practice for Electrical Safety Management
  • Lunch and refreshments

Live virtual courses 

  • Three half days of training delivered by our experts 
  • Access to trainer presentations 
  • 13.5 CPD hours and certificate of attendance 
  • A digital copy of the 2nd edition Code of Practice for Electrical Safety Management 
Group booking discounts

The following discount codes are for member and non-member delegate registration only, and not applicable to student bookings.

  • 10% discount for 3 to 5 delegates –  ESMGR3TO5
  • 15% discount for 6 plus delegates –  ESMGR6PLUS

Please note that payment must be made in full, and we do not accept AMEX when registering online.

If you need to pay for your group by proforma invoice, please contact events@theiet.org.
In-house training

Ensure your organisation benefits from a structured approach to assessing and managing risk by rolling it out across the whole operation. Let us bring our popular Electrical Safety Management (ESM) to your company.If you have a minimum of 12 potential delegates, we would be pleased to explore your requirements to see if in-house company training would be suitable for your organisation.

The course is based on the IET's 2nd Edition Code of Practice for Electrical Safety Management and introduces the fundamentals of electrical safety and the principles of assessing relevant to any business, sector, or country.

Bringing the course in-house will allow you to customise the programme based on your organisation's needs and facilitate open discussions in a safe environment which will encourage honest reflection on how incidents have happened in the past, helping to prevent them in the future.

Why choose an ESM in-company course?

  • Save money on travel and hotel expenses
  • Save lives if all staff work to the correct procedures
  • Bring your team together as one 
  • Motivate employees and boost employee engagement.

If you have less than 12 delegates, your employees can book on to attend our live virtual or face-to-face courses, and you’ll receive a discount when booking three or more employees at the same time.
Terms and conditions

All prices are per person. If you require a proforma invoice before booking and/or wish to pay via purchase order, please contact us: events@theiet.org. We regret that we cannot accept AMEX for online payments.

*All students must provide a copy of their student pass or letter of enrolment from their college or University.

Once registered please email your documentation to events@theiet.org along with your booking confirmation number.

By attending this event, you’re helping to support the IET’s charitable mission, helping to inspire, inform and influence the global engineering and technology community, to engineer a better world.