COURSE 140
12 DAYS
ELECTRICAL
BUILDING SERVICES
This course is designed to provide the skills necessary to carry out first-line maintenance on electrical installations in hospitals, universities, office blocks, etc. It will enable maintenance or estates personnel to deal safely with a wide range of tasks on circuits and equipment of the sort normally associated with lighting, small power and heating systems. Importantly, when supported by suitable on-site consolidation of training provision of this course will assist estates managers in meeting the legal requirements for employee competency in electrical work.
PARTICIPANTS
No prior electrical knowledge is required in order to benefit from this course. It is suitable for all non-electrical personnel in maintenance and estates departments.
COURSE PRESENTATION
The emphasis is very much on ‘learning by doing’ and the development of useful, practical skills – with particular stress being placed upon safety. Comprehensive course notes are provided.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
On completion of the course, participants will be able to
- practice safe working methods on electrical installations
- understand the relevant regulative requirements
- demonstrate an understanding of electrical principles and units
- understand the equipment, circuits and devices typically found in installations, and their principles of operation
- perform isolation, testing for dead, etc in a safe and secure manner
- correctly remove and replace faulty electrical devices
- understand the principles of earthing / protection and associated protective devices
- safely reset overloads, replace fuses, etc
- correctly terminate a range of cable types
- understand different motor types, their connections and typical faults
- use electrical test equipment to diagnose problems on circuits, motors and other devices
- read circuit diagrams and use them as an aid to fault-finding.
Successful completion of the course leads to the award of Amicus / Technical Training Solutions competence certificate 140: Electrical building services.