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Philadelphia is the sixth-largest city in the country, and its electrical work runs through hospitals, universities, transit and a former refinery site now being rebuilt as a logistics campus. We train the electricians and facility crews who keep it running, at your facility or in an in-person class we set up in Philadelphia when you ask.
Private employers in Pennsylvania are inspected by federal OSHA. Every class is live, on the 2027 edition of NFPA 70E, and taught by a Certified Safety Professional. Pennsylvania electrical safety training requirements →
Among the teams we have trained in the last year
Four ways to train your Philadelphia crew
Crews we train in and around Philadelphia: hospitals and health systems, universities and research, construction and redevelopment, transit and airport, manufacturing and logistics, municipal and utility work.
What the class covers for Philadelphia crews
Shutting down a feeder in a hospital or research lab takes planning most other sites can skip. We cover how to decide between an outage and justified energized work, and how to document either choice.
Much of the city's switchgear went in long before arc flash labels were common. We teach crews what to do when the label is missing, wrong or out of date.
Pennsylvania has no statewide electrician license, and Philadelphia requires its own electrical contractor license. Crews that work in the city and the suburbs carry different credentials, so NFPA 70E qualification comes down to your documented decision as the employer.
Sites like the Bellwether District mix demolition, temporary power and new service equipment on the same ground. We cover temporary power hazards and how the general contractor and electrical sub share responsibility for energized work.
Philadelphia at a glance
Federal OSHA
PECO
City contractor license; no state license
PHL
Eastern
Pennsylvania: what applies to your crews
Enforcement: federal OSHA
Pennsylvania does not run an OSHA state plan. Private employers in Philadelphia, from hospitals to electrical contractors, are under federal OSHA.
Licensing: Philadelphia sets its own
Pennsylvania has no statewide electrician license. Philadelphia's Department of Licenses and Inspections requires an electrical contractor license for electrical work in the city, with an ICC-administered exam and coursework on the National Electrical Code.
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.
Philadelphia's electrical work environment
The University of Pennsylvania is the city's largest private employer, and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is second. Across University City and the city's other hospital and research campuses, electricians work in buildings full of patients, labs and equipment that cannot simply go dark for an outage.
In South Philadelphia, the old Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery is coming down and going back up. Hilco Redevelopment Partners bought the site out of bankruptcy in 2020 and is building the Bellwether District, a 14 million square foot logistics and innovation campus between the airport and the port. Demolition crews, new construction electricians and future facility teams are all working on ground that was a refinery a few years ago.
Add SEPTA, Philadelphia International Airport and a large stock of older commercial and industrial buildings, and Philadelphia crews see a lot of aging switchgear. Older gear often carries no current arc flash label, so the hazard has to be worked out before anyone opens a door.
PECO and the City of Philadelphia
PECO, an Exelon company, delivers electricity to all of Philadelphia. Its service area covers about 2,100 square miles, including Delaware County and most of Bucks, Chester and Montgomery counties, so a contractor working across the region usually coordinates with one utility.
Most of the hazard your crews face sits on the customer side of the meter. Hospitals keep large emergency generator plants and transfer equipment for patient care, and big campuses often own the medium-voltage distribution past the utility service point. That equipment, and the safety program for working on it, belongs to the owner.
Who we train in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley
Facility electricians and engineers at Penn Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the city's other hospitals, where emergency power and patient care loads stay energized.
Campus electrical shops in University City and across the city, keeping labs, dorms and research equipment powered.
Electrical contractors on the Bellwether District, the Navy Yard and Center City projects, often working off temporary power.
Maintenance crews and contractors supporting SEPTA and Philadelphia International Airport, where much of the work happens overnight.
Plant electricians at manufacturing sites and the warehouse and distribution buildings going up near the airport and port.
City facilities, water and wastewater plants, and the utility contractors who work on or near PECO's lines.
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Questions from Philadelphia employers
Do you have a scheduled class in Philadelphia?
Can you train a hospital facilities team without pulling everyone off shift?
Our electricians hold Philadelphia licenses. Do they still need NFPA 70E training?
Do you cover crews in South Jersey and Delaware too?
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 Philadelphia 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.