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Electrical Safety Management (ESM) technical training course
Applying the Code of Practice to reduce Risk and improve compliance
In-person at IET Stevenage: Futures Place or live virtual
We can run additional and in-company courses dependent on demand. Please contact us if you're interested.
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.
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.
Who should attend?
This course is appropriate for both technical and non-technical individuals who are interested, responsible or accountable for electrical safety in their organisations.
It is especially valuable for organisations who do not have a robust and tested electrical safety management framework and processes in place.
- 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.”
"Really interesting and useful course covering many aspects of electrical safety management. The course timetable was perfectly curated and the trainers exceptional in their knowledge and delivery." Highways Electrical Lead, Costain
"Excellent and highly valuable course delivered by Bill Tubey and Bill Bates. Clear, practical and engaging throughout, with strong real-world examples and excellent insight into electrical safety management, operational responsibility and legal duties."
Consultant, Meridian Energy Consulting Limited
"Very informative, well put together, well presented course, the content was extremely helpful to me in my role and cannot praise the course highly enough."
Electrical Compliance Manager, Elecomm Ltd
"Excellent and highly valuable course."
Consultant, Meridian Energy Consulting Limited
"I found this course very helpful and informative. It has exposed me to a different way of thinking about safety within our group, and the tools to audit and improve our approaches there."
Postdoctoral Research Associate, The University of Manchester
"Great course led by a team of extremely experienced and knowledgeably tutors. Would recommend."
EHS Manager, Google
We asked our delegates:
How will this course benefit you professionally?
"100% as being the company director with new work contracts being secured this has allowed myself to be more vigilant with our electrical safety management system."
"This has refreshed my knowledge and given some new perspectives."
"I am preparing for CEng."
"I am Principal Duty Holder and Electrical Compliance manager at a medium sized M&E contractor and the course will help me manage better the electrical safety processes both for in house and sub contract engineers and companies."
"It will enable me to implement a tighter grip on my electrical safety management."
"This course has enabled me to gather a much greater understanding of the managerial aspects of electrical safety, and also providing me with the tools to implement these techniques should the need arise in the future."
"I work with civil and building engineers on large projects, so this would be very beneficial for me."
"I am taking a more significant role in operational areas in the near future. As part of this an understanding of not just the risks themselves but the processes applied in the continued development of risk management processes is critical."
"Greater understanding of electrical safety."
- Day one - 8.30am - 4.30pm
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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
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Three incidents for investigation
16.30
End of day one
- Day two - 8.30am - 3.30pm
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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
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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
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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
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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.
In-company 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.
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.
Course registration and pricing
The next live virtual course will be held in 2027
Early-bird
Member - £1159
Non-member - £1369
Student/Apprentice - £499
(November 2026 course until 25 September 2026)
Standard tickets
IET Member - £1369
Non-Member - £1569
Student/Apprentice - £499
(November 2026 course until 13 November 2026)
Late tickets
IET Member - £1469
Non-Member - £1669
Student/Apprentice - £499
(November 2026 course from 14 November 2026)
Group booking discounts
10% discount for 3 to 5 delegates – ESMGR3TO5
15% discount for 6 plus delegates – ESMGR6PLUS
Address
IET Stevenage: Futures Place
Futures Place
Kings Way
Stevenage
SG1 2UA
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
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.
Discount codes are for member and non-member delegate registration only, and not applicable to student bookings.
If you need to pay for your group by proforma invoice, please contact events@theiet.org.
Live virtual course
If you're 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're from outside the UK but paying with a personal payment card, please use the overseas individual link.
In person course
All delegate prices are per person and subject to VAT at 20%.
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