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Manchester is New Hampshire's largest city, a former mill town whose Millyard now holds tech firms, a university campus and manufacturers. We train the electricians and facility crews who work across southern New Hampshire, at your facility or in an in-person class we set up in Manchester when you ask.
Private employers in New Hampshire are inspected by federal OSHA. Every class is live, on the 2027 edition of NFPA 70E, and taught by a Certified Safety Professional. New Hampshire electrical safety training requirements →
Among the teams we have trained in the last year
Four ways to train your Manchester crew
Crews we train in and around Manchester: health care, manufacturing, higher education, millyard tech and engineering, electrical contractors, utilities and high voltage work.
What the class covers for Manchester crews
The Millyard's brick mills have been rewired many times over. Crews there find old and new distribution equipment side by side, with labels that may not match what is in the panel. We teach crews to verify before they trust a label.
New Hampshire licenses high/medium voltage electricians as a separate class from master and journeyman. Those crews need training matched to the voltages they work on, and we cover approach boundaries and PPE planning at higher voltages.
Elliot and Catholic Medical Center both operate every hour of the year. We cover how to plan maintenance on emergency power and how to document when energized work is justified.
A Manchester winter means generators, temporary heat and temporary power on construction sites. We cover the stored-energy and backfeed hazards that come with them.
Manchester at a glance
Federal OSHA
Eversource
Master, journeyman, high/medium voltage
MHT (Manchester-Boston Regional)
Eastern
New Hampshire: what applies to your crews
Enforcement: federal OSHA
New Hampshire does not run an OSHA state plan. Federal OSHA covers private employers in Manchester.
Licensing: state licenses for individuals
The New Hampshire Electricians' Board, part of the Office of Professional Licensure and Certification, licenses master, journeyman and high/medium voltage electricians. It registers apprentices and high/medium voltage trainees.
Where NFPA 70E fits
NFPA 70E is a consensus standard, not an OSHA regulation. Employers and inspectors use it to show how the electrical requirements in OSHA 1910 Subpart S and 1926 Subpart K are met, and OSHA can cite the General Duty Clause for recognized arc flash and shock hazards.
Manchester's electrical work environment
In the 1800s the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company ran the largest cotton textile plant in the world along the Merrimack River in Manchester. The company went bankrupt in 1935. Since the 1980s the Millyard has been rebuilt around DEKA, the University of New Hampshire at Manchester and a run of software companies.
Manufacturing never left. Velcro USA, Burndy and Summit Packaging are each among the city's ten largest employers, and their plant electricians keep production lines and distribution equipment running.
Health care is the biggest employer group. Elliot Hospital and Catholic Medical Center together employ about 6,900 people, the Manchester VA Medical Center adds more, and Southern New Hampshire University is the second-largest employer in the city.
Eversource in New Hampshire
Eversource, formerly Public Service Company of New Hampshire, delivers electricity in Manchester. It is also one of the city's largest employers, with more than 1,100 people working here.
New Hampshire is part of the ISO New England grid. Most of the energized work your crews do happens on customer-owned equipment: hospital emergency power, plant switchgear and the distribution inside the Millyard buildings. That equipment, and the safety program for working on it, belongs to the owner.
Who we train in Manchester and southern New Hampshire
Facilities electricians at Elliot Hospital, Catholic Medical Center and the Manchester VA Medical Center.
Plant maintenance crews at Velcro USA, Burndy, Summit Packaging and the smaller manufacturers around the city.
Campus maintenance staff at Southern New Hampshire University and the University of New Hampshire at Manchester.
Building engineers and contractors in the converted mills along the Merrimack, where engineering and software firms share old structures.
Master and journeyman electricians with southern New Hampshire contractors, moving between commercial, industrial and service work.
High/medium voltage electricians and utility contractors, including line crews working under OSHA 1910.269.
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Questions from Manchester employers
Do you have a scheduled class in Manchester?
We are in Nashua or Concord. Will you come to us?
Does a New Hampshire journeyman license make someone qualified under NFPA 70E?
Can you train our high/medium voltage crew?
Does finishing the class make someone a qualified electrical worker?
What the people in the room say
“Virtual can never replace hands-on, but the engagement from our instructor and the class made it feel more engaging than some in-person courses I've taken.”
“Probably one of the most useful safety courses I've ever attended. Rick genuinely cares about people and their well-being.”
“This is the 2nd arc flash training course I've taken and the class was amazing. I feel like I'm leaving the training safer than before I took this class.”
Train your Manchester crew on the 2027 edition.
Onsite within a few days, or private live virtual as soon as tomorrow. Need it fast? Call (813) 725-0999.