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COLT 1100
Electrical Power 
System Overview

• I really enjoyed doing the voltage and amp station that we went over. Really brought everything together for me and how things work. I thought the instructors did a really good job explaining it all.
• Great class and great job on the instructors’ part. I believe having the smaller class made it easier to take our time with things rather than a bigger class and have to rush stations.
• I think the instructors did a good job explaining everything in a way I can transfer everything in my job day to day.
• Instructors did an awesome job and were very thorough.
• Going over the current flowing through the transformers and seeing how it travels was an eye opener for me.
• I will be taking away the meter socket checks when going to set a meter in the field.
• I will take away the steps to meter checking and stepping up when I need to. I will take away learning RUS specs as well.

• I learned a lot in this class and felt good about how I understood this course.
• I thought the course was done in good order and made things easier to learn.
• Brad is a great instructor who is very knowledgeable.
• I thought the course was great and a nice foundation to the next class for grounding.
• I really enjoyed the rigging lab on the course. I feel like I will use it a lot throughout my career. I also enjoyed learning about chainsaws due to my lack of inexperience with them.
• Having a better understanding of grounding is going to be very beneficial back at work.
• I had a great time this week and I give a big thanks to the instructors for taking the time to share their knowledge and skills.
• I thought the instructor was really good this week. 
• I learned ways of preventing current through the body and reasoning why we would choose one method over another and associated hazards.

• I enjoyed the hands-on converting an A1 to an A6 and also enjoyed the hands-on grounding situations in the field.
• I’ll take the concepts of grounding and the different types of grounding back to my co-op which is helpful to know and now understand when I see it in the field.
• I am leaving with a much more comfortable feeling about grounding and how to decide which kind of “plus one” method to use in any situation.
• The biggest takeaway is the lessons with mentoring that comes from the program; that I am in control of my safety behaviors and I can help change my co-op’s safety culture.
• I have a much greater respect for backfeed after seeing it actually happen and work.
• It was neat to see grounding in action in the live generator backfeed station. It kind of helped me connect the dots on why we ground.
• The stations for this course were the best ones yet. Every one was explained well and I feel I learned a great deal with every station from this course.

COLT 2100
Underground Powerline Construction

• The course gave me a better understanding of the process for grounding underground cable.
• I learned more about how loop feeds work.
• I learned how to ground properly on radial feeds and how to change out a transformer with a radial feed.
• The energized situations with grounding in the indoor facility with radial and loop feed systems were needed and very effective.
• A good class. Happy to be here.
• Was a helpful class, haven’t gotten much experience in working underground outages, mostly new construction. So a few things came to me slower, but I learned a lot this week.
• I enjoyed the course, a lot of valuable information I’ll take back with me. Enjoyed learning how to locate underground cable properly.
• Great week. I now have a much better understanding of underground grounding.
• Good information in regard to grounding URD cable. Informative scenario and hands-on activities.

COLT 2200
Distribution Transformers and Circuits

1. I have a better understanding of a transformer and what it all does. I can go back to work and be able to have good input on transformer banks.
2. I finally have proper understanding of a wye/delta bank with a corner ground. Blows my mind.
3. I really enjoyed the class. The difficulty level seemed very appropriate because it became a challenge for me and it kept me engaged.
4. Great class and learned a lot. Instructors are great.
5. I learned how to troubleshoot transformer banks.
6. I learned how transformer banks can put full backfeed on the line and understanding the process of how transformers work. 
7. I learned how to draw out the vectors and physically build the banks as well as understand why we get certain voltages.
8. I thought it was a great course. All the instructors are really knowledgeable on the topics and answer our questions well.
9. This course was executed very well. Instructors are very knowledgeable and extremely helpful.
10. The delivery of material for this course was very engaging and made a difficult topic very simple to understand.

• A lot of good discussion about grounding. A lot of good discussion on matters we struggle with and succeed with.
• Good refresher on underground.
• This was a good review of grounding and voltage checks.
• Seeing the current on the neutral on a three-phase bank was very helpful.
• Great class. Can’t wait to be a part of the other courses.
• Good refresher on ropes, socket tests, and grounding.
• I learned proper meter checks and transformer troubleshooting equipment.
• I learned voltage checks and underground troubleshooting tools and if you have to ground a 2-span tap or not.
• Great job. It’s aways good to get together as linemen and see who things are going at other shops also.
• Great discussion. Really good class.
• Looking forward to the next session.

• Great job. The labs were perfect and sparked great discussions. Thanks
• I enjoyed the course. Coming into the co-ops new, just wanted to say thank you for making it enjoyable and very informative.
• I learned proper bending radius of primary and secondary cables which was new information for me.
• Very good discussion on things when it comes to troubleshooting and proper grounding.
• Great class, glad I could come.
• Always good to refresh on underground as we don’t do it often on our system.

• This is a good refresher to remember things that I haven’t done or heard in a long time.
• I will be able to apply what was taught in the class to everyday work and maybe helping others understand different situations.
• I now have better understanding of three-phase banks and troubleshooting.
• Just keep up the good work. I had fun at JRP.
• It’s always good to have open discussions with different guys from different co-ops on how or what they do in different situations.
• I really enjoyed the hands-on activities. The ability to show how and where current can and will flow is a great tool.
• I like the hands-on training back in the indoor facility.
• I liked the transformer banks and seeing the flow of current.
• I liked building out on the wall of the indoor facility.
• It was nice building the banks, we don’t really build them very often. So it was nice touching up on them.