National Electrical Code 2017 Grounding and Bonding Seminar
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Before purchasing, review the rules of your licensing or certifying entity. It is your responsibility to confirm this course meets your CE requirements. See the credit tab on the course page for details.
What’s Included: Full webinar recording, written course materials, expert instruction, a mandatory quiz, and a certificate upon completion.
Deliverability Timeline: All courses are generally available within 1-2 weeks after the live presentation.
CE Credits: AIA and/or LA/CES accreditation is available by request for courses recorded prior to March 11, 2026. All courses after that date include those accreditations by default, if applicable. With these accreditations, our courses qualify for credit in nearly all states for engineers, surveyors, architects, and landscape architects.
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Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 am – 12:30 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:30 – 1:30 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:30 – 5:00 pm
Introduction to Grounding and Bonding
Definitions
Ground fault paths
Review of ohms law
Electric shock hazards
General Requirements
250.4(A) Grounded systems
250.4(B) Ungrounded systems
250.6 Objectionable current
250.8 Connection of grounding and bonding equipment
250.12 Clean surface
System Grounding
250.20 AC systems to be grounded
250.21 AC systems not required to be grounded
250.22 Circuits not to be grounded
250.24(A) System grounding connections
250.24(B) Main bonding jumpers
250.24(C) Grounded conductors in service equipment
250.30 Grounding separately derived AC systems
250.32 Separate building feeders
Grounding Electrode System
250.52 Grounding electrodes
250.53 Grounding electrode system installation
250.54 Auxiliary grounding electrodes
Grounding Electrode Conductors
250.62 Grounding electrode conductor materials
250.64 GEC installation
250.66 GEC sizing
250.68 GEC and bonding
250.70 Methods of grounding and bonding
Bonding Part 1
250.90 General requirements
250.92 Bonding of services
250.96 Bonding other enclosures
Bonding Part 2
250.102 Bonding conductors & jumpers
250.104 Bonding pipe systems & structural metal
250.106 Lightning protection systems
Equipment Grounding & Conductors
250.110 Equipment fastened in place
250.114 Equipment connected by cord and plug
250.119 ID of equipment grounding conductors
250.120 EGC installation
250.122 EGC sizing
250.126 ID of wiring device terminals
Methods of Equipment Grounding
250.130 EGC connections
250.136 Equipment considered grounded
250.142 Grounded conductor and grounding equipment
250.148 EGC continuity and attachment
Grounding Specific Equipment Overview
517 Health care facilities
517.13 Grounding in patient care areas
517.17 GFCI protections
547 Agricultural buildings
547.9 Electrical supply from distribution point
547.10 Equipotential planes and related bonding
Credits
Professional Engineers
7.0 CPD Hours/PDHs
Architects
7.0 HSW Continuing Ed. Hours
7.0 AIA HSW Learning Units
Ohio Electrical Contractors &
Master Plans Examiners
7.0 Code Hours
Ohio Board of Building Standards
7.0 Certification Hours: BI, BO, EPE, MechPE, RBI, RBO, RMI, RPE
International Code Council
.7 CEUs (Electrical)
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 7.0 CPD Hours/PDHs to professional engineers and 7.0 HSW continuing education hours to architects in most states, including Ohio. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Ohio.
The American Institute of Architects has approved this course for 7.0 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885). Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA/CES.
Engineers and architects seeking continuing education credit in other states will be able to claim the hours earned at this seminar, in most cases. Refer to specific state rules to determine eligibility.
The Ohio Construction Industry Licensing Board has approved this course for 7.0 Code hours for electrical contractors and master plans examiners. Licensees must show their license card and photo identification to have earned hours reported to the OCILB. FULL ATTENDANCE ONLY.
The Ohio Board of Building Standards has approved this course for 7.0 certification hours in the categories of BI, BO, EPE, MechPE, RBI, RBO, RMI, and RPE. FULL ATTENDANCE ONLY.
The International Code Council has approved this event for .7 CEUs in the specialty area of Electrical. (Preferred Provider No. 1232).
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
JD White
Professor of Electrician Education, Freelance Electrical System Design and DraftingProfessor White’s 48 years’ experience in the electrical industry and his 25 years of teaching apprentices and CEU courses for electrical contractors, architects and engineers has provided perspectives he enjoys sharing. Professor White has written and revised more than 150 college course syllabi. He transitioned the entire skilled trades catalog of courses from quarter hours to semester hours. Professor White has created and changed numerous college programs of study for associate degrees and various trade certificates. He has taught for IEC Central Ohio, Columbus State Community College, and most recently Midlands Technical College Columbia, South Carolina. He has also been teaching CEU seminars for various training agencies and private companies since 2007. Professor White has a strong understanding of the National Electrical Code and tries to create interactions with seminar attendees. Regarding electrical system design, he has completed more than 100 projects including simple single buildings, multiple occupancy strips, and multi-use buildings.