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Power Training Services

Power Training Services WA is one of Australia’s leading providers of power-related training and consultancy services.

Power Training Services (PTS) provides a range of quality structured technical training courses and programs to our key stakeholders in Distribution and Transmission.

These can cover but not limited to all aspects of:

  • Overhead Systems
  • Underground Systems
  • Switching Operations

This ensures that all Western Power employees, Alliance Partners, Contractors and Sub Contractors (Network ‘Total Workforce’) accessing the network have the required network competencies - qualifications, skills and safety awareness to undertake the work.

PTS have a diverse team of highly skilled trainers who have trained a total of 6700 people in 966 different courses over the last financial year. This amounts to 23,662 student training days and 15,929 contact training hours. PTS trainers conduct both local and remote training and competency based assessments based on changing legislative, organisational, and industry requirements to provide cost effective delivery methods for our operational capability.

Currently, PTS are training a new generation of employees for Western Power with new trainees joining our program and completing their qualification.

PTS work closely with the business in identifying prior learning and skills gap analysis to up-skill the workforce. PTS are also working with recent overseas recruits in providing them with training programs to assist them in gaining their equivalent Australian qualification to allow them to start work on the network.

For non-technical people, we offer a course that will provide participants with the knowledge of the electricity supply industry and Western Power’s system, network and operations called 'Power Systems Familiarisation for Non-Technical People' , if you are interested in attending please contact PTS on the number below.

As a Registered Training Organisation (RTO), Power Training Services WA offers a wide range of nationally recognised, competency-based training programs and courses.
Power Training Services WA uses the latest technology and work practices in its programs and courses. Most can be customised and delivered on-site or at Power Training Services WA’s fisrt class training facilities.

As an RTO, Power Training Services WA complies with the Australian Quality Training Framework Standards and all courses comply with National Industry Training Package Standards.

Contact Us

For information on Power Training Services WA courses, consultancy services, venue hire or training products call 08 9411 7888 or email pts@westernpower.com.au.

Page update on 6 April 2010