This 3 hour course is Part V of a series of courses focusing on changes that are included in the National Electric Code's 2008 edition.  Part V covers Chapter 4 of the the NEC focusing on Special Occupancies. Special Occupancies is the first of four NEC chapters that deal with special topics.

This course is based on the 2008 edition of the National Electric Code created by the NFPA. This resource provides an accurate, reliable, and authoritative account of the hundreds of significant revisions in the 2008 Code.

This Course was prepared with the objective of providing coverage of major changes in the 2008 National Electrical Code. Great care has been taken to select changes that provide the best, most complete information and greatest benefit. There were 3,688 proposals and 2349 public comments processed by the twenty code-making panels, but this Course does not include every proposal and public comment that was accepted nor does it include any that were rejected.

At the end of this program, the Participant will be able to:

1.  Understand the changes to Chapter 5: Special Occupancies

2.      Review the scope of the 2008 National Electric Code

3.      Identify the various significant changes

4.      Refer to the appropriate sections of the code and find applicable changes

5.      Recognize the reason for each change

6.      Apply each change as necessary

7.      Refer to the appropriate tables to extract relevant information