Periodical training of linemen is a guarantee for competent and safe live working

Legal foundations for training electricians for live work (LW) differ amongst individual countries. In some places, it is included in education and in others, it is part of the health and safety at work. Some countries regulate it on the level of national agencies and others on the company level. Basic training includes theoretical and practical training in specialised educational centres and polygons with the technical equipment for carrying out the practical programme of LW. Professional literature and manuals talk about the recommended extent of individual initial LW programmes for different voltage levels (HV, MV, LV) and periodical training for the competency sustenance. This paper describes the concepts of training for LW on LV in Slovenia and Croatia, where the legal foundations differ but the training programmes are similar because the training manuals for LW on LV are practically identical and both countries carry out the basic training on the polygon HEP NOC.