NFPA 70E: Contact Release Annual Training

Description

The NFPA 70E: Contact Release Annual Training course is designed for qualified persons, safety standbys, maintenance personnel, electricians, and any employees who work on or near energized electrical equipment. This course provides critical training on recognizing electrical shock incidents, safely performing contact release, and delivering immediate life-saving medical care.

This training supports compliance with NFPA 70E Article 110 (General Requirements for Electrical Safety-Related Work Practices), which requires annual training for employees exposed to electrical hazards, including instruction in methods of releasing victims from contact with energized conductors and emergency response procedures such as First Aid, CPR, and AED use.

Electrical shock incidents are time-critical events where the first few seconds determine survival outcomes. Participants will learn how to properly assess an energized scene, avoid becoming secondary victims, de-energize equipment safely, use insulated rescue tools, and administer appropriate post-release medical care.

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will have the knowledge, skills, and abilities to:

• Define contact release and explain when it is required
• Recognize signs of active electrical current flow in a victim
• Identify electrical shock hazards, including arc flash, arc blast, and step potential
• Explain the physiological effects of electrical current on the human body, including the “let-go” threshold and ventricular fibrillation
• Apply the “Stop, Look, Assess” method during the first critical seconds of an electrical emergency
• Distinguish between de-energization and insulated rescue methods and determine the safest response
• Demonstrate proper emergency shutdown procedures while minimizing arc flash exposure
• Select and inspect appropriate shock protection PPE and insulated rescue tools
• Execute safe contact release techniques using nonconductive tools
• Identify environmental hazards such as water, confined spaces, and elevated work areas
• Apply correct procedures for post-release medical care, including scene reassessment
• Recognize the requirement for mandatory medical evaluation following any electrical shock
• Apply lessons learned from real-world case studies to prevent secondary victim incidents

Prerequisites

NFPA 70E: Contact Release Annual Training is a foundational course that requires no prerequisites.

Continuing Education Units

0.1 CEUs are offered for this course. As an IACET Accredited Provider, NASP offers IACET CEUs for its learning events that comply with the ANSI/IACET Continuing Education and Training Standard. CEUs will be reflected on the Certificate upon successful completion of the course and passing the exam. Partial credit or adjusted CEUs will not be awarded to individuals who do not successfully meet the criteria for achievement of CEUs.

Recertification

Please Note: An annual refresher course and exam are required to support compliance under NFPA 70E Article 110 (General Requirements for Electrical Safety-Related Work Practices). The cost of this refresher course is $45.