Essential Electrics

Objectives
The candidate will be able to carry out electrical work to comply with the requirements of the Electricity at Work Act 1990. Candidates will be able to demonstrate that they can undertake simple wiring tasks and are able to test that the work is safe to put back into service.

Duration
2 days.

Who Should Attend
Engineers without qualification who wish to service, repair, fault-find and install replacement electrical components.

Course Content
The course consists of the following written and practical assessments:
- Circuit requirements
- Lighting safe selection of test equipment
- Safe use of Test equipment
- Reading Schematic Drawings
- Basic Electrical Testing of control circuit components
- Single Phase Motor Analysis
- Fault diagnostic on a single Phase Air Conditioning or Refrigerated application
- Applicable Building Regulations
- Electrical Safety legislation, regulations standards and terminology
- Safe isolation procedures
- Identification of unsafe electrical situations
- Earthing and bonding requirements
- Electrical test procedures
- Cable and component selection
- Installation and replacement of electrical components
- Recording of electrical test results and completion of certification
- Installing and or re-routing cables
- Maintenance
- Supplies
- Electrical at work regulations
- Meggers and multimeters