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Charleston pairs a container port that moved 2.6 million TEUs last fiscal year with Boeing's 787 Dreamliner plant, two vehicle assembly plants and a growing ring of Google data centers. We train the electrical crews who build and maintain all of it, at your facility or in an in-person class we set up in Charleston when you ask.
South Carolina runs its own OSHA-approved state plan. Private employers here are inspected by South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, Office of Occupational Safety and Health, not federal OSHA. Every class is live, on the 2027 edition of NFPA 70E, and taught by a Certified Safety Professional. South Carolina electrical safety training requirements →
Among the teams we have trained in the last year
Four ways to train your Charleston crew
Crews we train in and around Charleston: port and terminal operations, aerospace, automotive assembly, steel and heavy industry, data centers, public utilities and hospitals.
What the class covers for Charleston crews
Coastal corrosion and hurricane flooding damage enclosures and terminations long before the equipment looks failed. We cover condition of maintenance and what to check before re-energizing gear that has been wet.
A factory being doubled while 787s keep moving down the line means construction electricians working beside an operating facility's crews. We cover host and contract employer responsibilities on shared sites.
Electric vans and SUVs built in Ladson and Ridgeville bring high-voltage DC testing and charging equipment onto assembly lines. The 2-Day Intensive covers DC systems and batteries in depth.
Scrap-melting steelmaking draws enormous current through furnace transformers and medium-voltage distribution. We cover incident energy, approach boundaries and switching on that class of equipment.
Charleston at a glance
SC OSHA (state plan)
Dominion Energy SC, Santee Cooper, Berkeley Electric Co-op
State contractor only (LLR)
CHS
Eastern
South Carolina: what applies to your crews
Enforcement: SC OSHA
SC OSHA, part of the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, enforces workplace safety statewide under an OSHA-approved state plan. Public employers such as water systems, school districts and the state's universities and hospitals are covered along with private industry.
Licensing: contractor licenses through LLR
Commercial electrical contractors are licensed by LLR's Contractor's Licensing Board and residential contractors by the Residential Builders Commission. South Carolina has no statewide journeyman or master electrician license.
Where NFPA 70E fits
NFPA 70E is a consensus standard, not an OSHA rule. Employers rely on it to show how they meet 1910 Subpart S and 1926 Subpart K, and the General Duty Clause covers recognized electrical hazards the standards do not spell out.
Charleston's electrical work environment
The Port of Charleston runs container terminals at Wando Welch, North Charleston and the newer Leatherman Terminal, where a second berth is planned and a rail yard is set to open in 2026. Ship-to-shore cranes, reefer racks and terminal substations make the waterfront an industrial electrical site of its own, and nearly 166,000 finished vehicles crossed the docks in fiscal 2025.
Manufacturing clusters along I-26 toward Summerville. Boeing builds 787s in North Charleston and broke ground in November 2025 on a second final assembly building, with production there expected in 2028. Mercedes-Benz Vans has built Sprinter and eSprinter vans in Ladson since 2006, and Volvo Cars assembles the electric EX90 and Polestar 3 in Ridgeville, adding the XC60 in late 2026. Up the Cooper River in Huger, Nucor's Berkeley mill melts scrap into about 3.5 million tons of steel a year.
Data centers are the newest layer. Google's Moncks Corner campus has run since 2007, and the company is building in Ridgeville and St. George in Dorchester County. Not every proposal lands, though. Colleton County paused data center approvals for six months in July 2026 after residents challenged a plan for nine buildings and two substations near the ACE Basin.
Ports, plants and data centers around the Cooper River
These Lowcountry sites generate the most electrical construction and maintenance work in the region. Several are mid-expansion right now.
| Site | What is there | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Leatherman Terminal SC Ports | Newest container terminal in North Charleston, with a rail yard set to open in 2026 and a second berth planned. | Operating |
| Wando Welch Terminal SC Ports | Long-running container terminal, part of a port that handled about 2.6 million TEUs in fiscal 2025. | Operating |
| 787 final assembly Boeing | North Charleston plant that was building seven 787s a month in late 2025 with a target of 10 in 2026. | Operating |
| Second 787 assembly building Boeing | $1 billion expansion with about 1,000 hires planned and production expected in 2028. | Under construction |
| Ridgeville plant Volvo Cars | Builds the EX90 and Polestar 3, with XC60 production starting in late 2026. | Operating |
| MBV Charleston Mercedes-Benz Vans | Ladson plant and the only Mercedes-Benz Vans production site in the U.S., with more than 430,000 vans built. | Operating |
| Nucor Steel Berkeley Nucor | Huger mill of about 1,000 workers, served by Santee Cooper, with a $425 million galvanizing line under way since 2024. | Operating |
| Google Dorchester County campuses | New campuses in Ridgeville and St. George, about 20 and 38 miles west of the Moncks Corner site. | Under construction |
Dominion Energy, Santee Cooper and the co-ops
Dominion Energy South Carolina serves the City of Charleston. Santee Cooper, the state-owned utility headquartered in Moncks Corner, serves Berkeley, Georgetown and Horry counties directly and supplies power to the Nucor mill, while Berkeley Electric Cooperative has partnered with Google on its Berkeley County campus. Contractors crossing the Cooper River can change utilities, and switching practices, in a few miles.
Santee Cooper's Cross generating station in Berkeley County is rated at 2,390 MW, and the two utilities have worked jointly on transmission such as the Johns Island 115 kV line. Google has worked with South Carolina utilities to add more than 128 MW of solar and battery storage, so battery energy storage sites are now part of the local work mix too.
Who we train in Charleston and the Lowcountry
Crane, reefer and terminal power electricians on the Wando Welch, North Charleston and Leatherman terminals.
Facilities and production support electricians at the North Charleston 787 campus and its suppliers.
Maintenance and controls techs at the Volvo plant in Ridgeville and the Mercedes-Benz Vans plant in Ladson.
Melt shop, rolling mill and substation electricians at the Huger steel mill on the Cooper River.
Construction electricians and critical facilities techs on Google's Berkeley and Dorchester County campuses.
Water, wastewater and medical center electricians, all covered by SC OSHA as public employers.
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Questions from Charleston employers
Can you train our crew before hurricane season or after a storm?
We are a contractor on a plant expansion next to live production. What should the class cover?
Does SC OSHA cover our water utility?
Can you train port electricians around vessel schedules?
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 Charleston 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.