GnorTop and Associates - Hazardous Area and Instrumentation Training Courses

Gnortop delivers top-quality training and assessment to persons in the electrical industry. We endeavour to provide excellent customer service, pioneering technology, creativity, integrity and social responsibility to our customers, including on-site and off-site training when required.

Our goal is to be the number one place for all electrotechnology personnel to turn to when considering undertaking further study to promote themselves in their work environment and further their careers.

Australia-wide recognised electrical training courses

Gnortop began as a small business in 2004. The main concept was to offer a trainer to companies already delivering nationally recognised electrical training in Australia. As Gnortop’s founder began undertaking this work he noticed a niche in the market where there was a lack of qualified and competent trainers.

Hazardous area, instrumentation and high voltage training

Gnortop was then expanded to include hazardous area, instrumentation and high voltage in Australia and overseas. The training market in the Northern Territory was very limited so the base was set up there for Gnortop to offer its own accredited and nationally recognised training courses; thus Gnortop has been developed into the business it is today.

Oil and gas training courses

Gnortop offers courses that are specifically tailored to the offshore oil and gas industry. Course titles in this field include:

• Certificate IV in hazardous area – encompassing
• Report on the integrity of explosion-protected equipment in a hazardous area
• Attend to breakdowns in hazardous areas
• Install explosion-protected equipment and wiring systems
• Maintain equipment in hazardous areas
• Overhaul and repair explosion-protected equipment
• Assess explosion-protected equipment for conformance with standards
• Test installations in hazardous areas
• Conduct detailed inspections in hazardous area installations
• Conduct close inspection of hazardous areas installations
• Develop and manage maintenance programs for hazardous area electrical equipment
• Ensure the safety of hazardous areas
• Cert III Instrumentation hazardous area and Cert IV in Instrumentation hazardous area

Electrotechnology training courses

Gnortop offers educational services in the area of electrotechnology to local and interstate students. Courses include non-award programmes as well as programmes leading to the following qualifications and competencies:

• HV operator
• HV operator refresher
• HV safety switching
• Electrical contractors and nominees
• Restricted electrical licences
• LV switchboard rescue
• Test and tag
• Essential electrical skills
• Changes to the wiring rules (eight hour)
• Wiring rules tutorials
• Electrical capstone assessments
• Basic electrical knowledge
• Electrical bridging course
• Programmable logic controller (basic – advanced)
• Cert III instrumentation control and Cert IV in instrumentation control
• Cert IV systems electrician

Occupational health and safety (OH&S) courses

Gnortop offers the following safety courses:

• OH&S for supervisors (two days)
• Full Certificate IV in FLM (12 days)
• Risk management (two days)
• Basic first aid (one day)
• CPR and defib (four hours)
• Apply first aid (two days)
• Respond to emergency (four days)

Certificate IV in assessment and workplace training

The following courses contribute to the Certificate IV in training and assessment (TAE40110); combined, they comprise 14 units of competence:

• Workplace training (five days)
• Intro to workplace training (three days)
• Workplace assessment (five days)
• Contribute to assessment (two days)
• Intro to Vet (three days)
• Individual and work-based learning (two days)
• TAE40110 assessment upgrades