National Grid Electricity Contractors
National Grid
For bookings made from 7 April 2025 onwards, National Grid Persons training course prices are increasing. The new course prices are:
- Initial Course Price £550.00 (plus VAT)
- Renewal Course Price £450.00 (plus VAT)
Competent Person and Authorised Person
For bookings made from 1 April 2025 onwards, National Grid Competent Person & Authorised Person training course prices are increasing.
For more information click here: Product List – EUSR
PERSON
- Individuals who have an in-date Person Authorisation which has been completed since January 2020 should take the online Person Renewal course before it expires.
- Individuals who require a Person Authorisation who are either first time applicants or do not have an in-date Person Authorisation should book onto the Initial Person course.
All course information and Person course bookings are available here. https://ngbookings.eusr.co.uk/
For information on the updated initial course pre-requisites, please see below.
About the Scheme
This scheme operates to satisfy the requirements of National Safety Instruction (NSI) 30 “Appointment of Persons”. This procedure describes the process for the appointment of individuals of non-company personnel under the National Grid Safety Rules. The training for non-company personnel is administered by National Grid’s Learning & Development Department based in Eakring, Nottinghamshire.
The appointments for this scheme are at the following authorisation levels:
- Person (Substation)
- Person (Overhead Lines)
- Competent Person (Substation)
- Competent Person (Overhead Lines)
- Authorised Person
Please refer to NSI 30 for the definitions and responsibilities. Further information is available through these Guidance Notes.
Person (Substation) and Person (Overhead Lines) course bookings
Energy & Utility Skills manages the bookings for the National Grid Person (Substation) and National Grid Person (Overhead Lines) courses on National Grid’s behalf.
These day long courses consist of both a knowledge e-learning and assessment and a practical assessment. An individual must pass both knowledge and practical parts of their course in order to receive the Person authorisation and be registered on EUSR against the National Grid Electricity Contractors Scheme.
All individuals are required to present valid photographic ID at training sessions and assessments to confirm their identity. Acceptable forms of ID include passport and driving licence. Please refer to joining instructions for full details.
Course bookings and further information for Person (Substation) and Person (Overhead Lines) can be found here.
As part of the booking process, from Tuesday 2 April 2024, you will be required to upload evidence that the individual(s) attending this course have completed the required pre-requisite Health and Safety Awareness Training, as defined in NSI 30 – Appointment of Persons. This evidence can be in the form of a PDF certificate, jpeg/png image or a Word document.
This pre-requisite will only apply to initial Person courses at Eakring and does not apply to renewal bookings.
Examples of the Health and Safety Awareness Training include:
- EUSR SHEA courses
- IOSH Working Safely
- CITB Health, safety and environment (HS&E) Site Management Safety Training Scheme
- NEBOSH General/Construction Certificate
This is not an exhaustive list but will help to identify common suitable courses.
Individuals may have completed generic Health & Safety Awareness Training (this can be internal company delivered training) but it must have covered the following topics:
- Outline of occupational safety and health
- Identifying and controlling common hazards and risks within the workplace
- Improving safety performance through challenging unsafe behaviours
- Individual workplace responsibilities defined in Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
An individual may be refused admission, or have their authorisation removed if the evidence of the Health and Safety Awareness Training is found to be incorrect or the training has not been completed as required.
Competent Person (Substation) and Competent Person (Overhead Lines) and Authorised Person course bookings
Competent and Authorised Person authorisations are registered on EUSR against the National Grid Electricity Contractors Scheme.
If you have any individuals who are not due a renewal of their authorisation and will be working in close proximity to high voltage equipment, there will be an option for them to complete a stand-alone Impressed Voltage awareness e-learning package at a cost of £80 + VAT. This can be booked via the external training booking procedure using Booking Form D.
Further information can be also obtained referring to the Safety Bulletin (Safety Bulletin SB 409).
Anyone taking training and assessment to become a Competent Person for the first time is required to bring evidence of their 9 days of work experience by completing the form contained in Appendix D of NSI30. You will find a copy of this form and updated NSI30 Training Guidance document on the Documents Page of this site.
Additionally anyone taking training and assessment for Safety Rule Romp, NSI 2 – Earthing High Voltage Equipment, NSI 4 – Work on or Near High Voltage Overhead Lines or NSI 9 – Testing High Voltage Equipment, will need to bring evidence of the course pre-requisites by completing the NSI Authorisation Evidence Form for Contractors, available on the Documents Page.
All individuals are required to present valid photographic ID at training sessions and assessments to confirm their identity. Acceptable forms of ID include passport and driving licence. Please refer to joining instructions for full details.
Find Out More
For any queries regarding Person training and assessment, please contact the EUSR Support team by e-mail: ngbookings@euskills.co.uk or by phone: 0121 713 8272.
For any queries regarding Competent Person and Authorised Person training and assessments, please contact the National Grid External Training team by email: natgrid.externaltraining@nationalgrid.com or phone: 01623 872783.
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Phone line unavailable on Friday. Please email the team at the above email address.
