ETAP Power System Analysis

• One-line diagrams and ETAP project structure
• Modelling sources, transformers, cables, buses and loads
• Library data: using and validating manufacturer data
• Per-unit system refresher in ETAP terms

• Load flow methods and convergence
• Voltage drop, tap optimisation and PF correction
• Scenario management: normal, emergency, future
• Study case: industrial plant load flow report

• IEC 60909 fault calculations in ETAP
• 3-phase, L-G, L-L fault interpretation
• Equipment duty verification
• Study case: switchgear rating check

• Protective devices: relays, fuses, breakers in ETAP
• Time-current curves and coordination principles
• Star protection coordination module
• Study case: coordinating a distribution feeder

• Motor starting analysis
• Arc flash fundamentals and labelling
• Harmonics overview
• Capstone: full power-system study report

If your power-system fundamentals are solid, yes — the course re-derives what it uses. If you've forgotten per-unit analysis and fault theory, expect to put in revision time in the first month; we share a refresher pack before the batch starts.

Power-system design engineers at consultancies, protection engineers at utilities and IPPs, and electrical study specialists for solar/industrial interconnections. It's a smaller market than CAD skills but far less crowded and better paid.

Licensed ETAP on lab machines with load flow, short circuit, star coordination, motor starting and arc flash modules — the same set used for the course's five graded studies.