Legrand’s new showroom at the company’s Johannesburg head office, encompasses a specialist training facility, designed for interactive tuition modules that cover Legrand’s extensive range of electrical and digital building infrastructures.

“Legrand’s training programmes, which are tailored for a diverse customer base, including architects, distributors, electricians and specifiers, is a very exciting development for the electrical sector,” says Ron Milburn who heads up the training division at Legrand Southern Africa. “Legrand has recognised a growing demand locally for practical training in product selection, energy efficiency, installation rules, repair and maintenance requirements, as well as safety regulations in the commercial, industrial and domestic sectors.”

Legrand’s training courses encompass topics that include cable management, structured cabling and power – protection, transformers, busbars and the XL3 power distribution system. Training sessions also cover ‘My Home’, incorporating Arteor wiring devices, door entry systems, lighting management and healthcare solutions.

Apart from these training modules, Legrand also offers tailor-made training solutions to a customer’s exact requirements.

The new 450 m² showroom displays general products, as well as theme rooms to show case dedicated product solutions, emphasising home automation, hospitality, healthcare and the office environment.