The Substation Apprenticeship program is designed to provide related technical instruction for students currently employed as apprentice substation technicians in the electric power industry. A substation technician constructs, maintains, and repairs substation facilities and equipment used to deliver electric power to customers. The program covers topics related to construction, maintenance, and operation of substations including: AC and DC electrical theory, safety protocols required when working with electricity, transformer theory and transformer connections, ropes and rigging, grounding, switchgear and metering, working on energized lines.