Day 10
Today, I spent only 3 hours working on cable length measurements. 3 hours were spent on cable drawings, and another hour on learning AutoCAD. The last hour was spent talking to my colleagues about their projects.

As well, we visited a company that specializes in motors - specifically, cleaning and rebuilding them. It was really cool. There's a plan to go back for an extended tour later on.

Day 9
More cable work. I met with Jeff to go over confusing drawings and missing information, and worked on the list of what drawings are needed from Enbridge.

Day 8
Once again, more cable lengths were worked on for various stations - 8 hours.

Day 6

• The entire day was spent working on cable lengths for various (4) Enbridge stations. 8 hours

Day 5

• The entire day was spent working on cable lengths for various stations. 7.5 hours
• An extra half hour was spent having a free steak lunch at Wirtanen. Yep.
  

Day 4

• I started reviewing AutoCAD using online turorials - 2 hours
  
• More cable length measurements in Craik and Regina - 5 hours combined
  
• Met with Jeff to discuss cable measurements in both - 1 hour
  

Day 3
Today I continued on with more cable length measurements, this time for two new stations. One was in Glenavon, SK, and the other in Craik, SK. 4 hours were spent on each.

Day 2
In the morning, I spent an hour working with Jeff to complete the cable length measurements that I could not figure out. They were eventually determined using assumptions that were later to other projects.

I spent 6 hours working on the next project, finding more cable lengths for an Enbridge station in Bethune, SK. Some time was spent developing the reference overview map, as it wasn't completely provided as it had been with the previous project. More cables were needed to be found, but overall it went quicker. Requests for more in depth drawings were made.

As well, I set up this blog, and recounted my past days of work.

Day 1
My first day as an EIT with GP.

After taking care of pleasantries and administrative dealings, I met with Jeff Gould, EIT to discuss the project that I would be helping him with. We took a look at a number of single line diagrams and layouts for an Enbridge Substation in Herschel, SK. Using the layouts, I was to find the cable lengths using a ruler off of the scaled drawings for 33 cable lengths, and convert these into the right unit for input into the software we use - SKM Powertools. This took 5.5 hours.

Om Mondays at lunch, most of the engineering staff meet with Lance Grainger, P.Eng, the Principal Engineer here at GP, where we discuss, question, and are questioned about a certain topic. Today we discussed induction motor basics. Next week, we will go further into the topic. It took a little over an hour.

Arc Flash Review
I spent between 5 and 6 hours over the past couple days looking over a binder filled with information regarding Arc Flash studies. The binder was lent to me by Mr. Greg Zederayko, P.Eng, the Vice-President here at GP.

The binder consisted of:

• "Practical Solution Guide to Arc Flash Hazards", published by ESA, Inc.
• IEEE Standard 1584, "IEEE Guide for Performing Arc-Flash Hazard Calculations"
• IEEE Standard 1584a, "IEEE Guide for Performing Arc-Flash Hazard Calculations - Amendment 1"
• NFPA 70E, "Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace", 2004 Edition
• Powerpoint Presentation, "NFPA 70E - An EnCana Perspective", Kerry Wycislik, P.Eng, Terry Becker, P.Eng

Time was spent reviewing the material, correlating and comparing between the various documents, and making notes on important points and questions to ask about material I didn't understand.

My name is Gary Wicentowich.
I am a registered Engineer in Training (EIT) with the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists, and Geophysicists of Alberta (APEGGA) in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. I am currently working for GP Technologies, a power systems engineering consulting firm.

This blog journal will be used to digitally document my work as an EIT.