I am not an electrician, I don’t even consider myself a Qualified Electrical Worker, but I do know Electrical Safety-Related Work Practices (and I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last week). I do not do a lot of electrical safety training (except for existing clients), but it seems that every time I have done my Intro to Electrical Safety-Related Work Practices I am always challenged on two simple electrical principles…
ASSUME all circuits/components are ENERGIZED
and
ALL ELECTRICAL WORK is ENERGIZED WORK until a Zero Energy State is verified with a proper electrical meter
This means that EACH and EVERY TIME a qualified electrical worker is using a Voltmeter they are indeed performing ENERGIZED WORK.
As long as they are doing ONLY those EXEMPTED TASKS such as testing, troubleshooting, and volt measuring (and a few others) they can do this ENERGIZED WORK WITHOUT an Energized Electrical Work Permit (EEWP) AS LONG AS they follow procedures and wear the proper PPE: