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Austin's electrical work runs from Tesla's Gigafactory Texas on the east side to the chip fabs inside the city and the data center campuses rising in Williamson County. We train the crews who build and maintain them, at your facility or in an in-person class we set up in Austin on request.
Private employers in Texas are inspected by federal OSHA. Every class is live, on the 2027 edition of NFPA 70E, and taught by a Certified Safety Professional. Texas electrical safety training requirements →
Among the teams we have trained in the last year
Four ways to train your Austin crew
Crews we train in and around Austin: semiconductor manufacturing, ev and advanced manufacturing, data center construction and operations, technology campuses, state government and universities, electrical contractors.
What the class covers for Austin crews
Fabs run medium-voltage distribution, large UPS systems and process tools around the clock. Shutdowns are planned far in advance, which creates pressure to work energized. We cover how to justify, plan and permit that work, or push back on it.
Vehicle production adds battery packs, charging and test equipment to a plant floor. The 2-Day Intensive covers DC systems and stored energy in depth.
When a fab or data center crew doubles in size, training has to keep pace. We can run repeat sessions so new arrivals get the same class as the original crew.
Austin Energy serves the city, Oncor serves Round Rock and much of Williamson County, and electric cooperatives cover the edges. Outage requests and switching coordination work differently with each.
Austin at a glance
Federal OSHA (Austin Area Office)
Austin Energy, Oncor, Pedernales EC
TDLR, statewide
Texas: what applies to Austin crews
Enforcement: federal OSHA
Texas has no state plan, so Austin's private employers are covered by federal OSHA through its Austin Area Office. State agencies, UT Austin, the City of Austin and Austin Energy are public employers outside OSHA coverage.
Licensing: TDLR
TDLR, headquartered in Austin, licenses Texas electricians at the apprentice, journeyman, master, journeyman industrial and maintenance levels, along with electrical contractors. The license is valid statewide.
Where NFPA 70E fits
NFPA 70E is a consensus standard. Employers and OSHA inspectors use it to show how the requirements in 1910 Subpart S and 1926 Subpart K are met, and OSHA can cite the General Duty Clause for recognized electrical hazards.
Austin's electrical work environment
Austin has become a manufacturing city. Tesla's Gigafactory Texas, at SH 130 and Tesla Road in eastern Travis County, holds about 10 million square feet of floor space and the company's headquarters. Samsung runs a semiconductor fab in northeast Austin, and NXP's fabs trace back to Motorola starting chip production here in 1974.
North of the city, Round Rock, Hutto and Taylor are becoming a data center corridor. Switch and Sabey operate in Round Rock, Skybox has two buildings running in Hutto with 600 MW planned, and more campuses are permitted next to Samsung's Taylor fab.
Volume is the story for electrical crews. Fab work, EV plant projects and data hall builds pull from the same regional workforce, and new hires can end up near energized equipment before they have had any electrical safety training.
Austin Energy, Oncor and the co-ops
Austin Energy is a department of the City of Austin and one of the largest public power utilities in the country, serving about 437 square miles of Austin and Travis County. As a municipal utility, its customers do not choose a retail provider. Round Rock and much of Williamson County are served by Oncor, and Pedernales Electric Cooperative covers much of the Hill Country to the west.
ERCOT's large-load growth is felt here. Texas SB6 (2025) adds interconnection and curtailment rules for loads of 75 MW and up, and fabs and data centers are adding on-site generation and storage to protect production. That means more switching, more stored energy and more sources to isolate before work begins.
Who we train in Austin and Central Texas
Facility electricians and contractors at the Samsung and NXP fabs, where process power never stops.
Maintenance and controls crews at Gigafactory Texas and its supplier plants.
Electrical subs and critical facilities staff on the Round Rock, Hutto, Georgetown and Taylor campuses.
Facility teams at large tech campuses, including Apple in north Austin and Dell in Round Rock.
Facility electricians at state agencies and universities. They are public employees in Texas and outside OSHA coverage.
Central Texas contractors working fab, plant, data center and commercial jobs, often in the same year.
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Questions from Austin employers
Do you have a scheduled class in Austin?
Can you train a large new-hire group on a fab or data center project?
Are state agency and university electricians covered by OSHA?
Our electricians are TDLR licensed. Is that enough for NFPA 70E?
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 Austin 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.