Electrical Maintenance Training Part 1

Electrical Maintenance Training
Here is just a brief overview of the course activities. Please ask for the Learning Outcomes Pack for Electrical Maintenance Training Part 1. This defines all of the learning points on the course.

• Standard Form .... Engineering Units used in Electrical Work

• Legislation governing the use of electricity.... Electricity at Work  and 17th Edition Regulations

• Current Flow .... The factors which allow current to flow through a conductor and not through an insulator

• The Electrical Circuit .... emf, current, resistance and Ohms Law. Measurement using the multimeter

• Testing cables for continuity and insulation resistance faults .... use of Megger and Multimeter (Assessment)

• Industrial Power Supply Voltages .... AC and DC .... 3phase and 1phase supply’s.... Panel Voltages

• Motors .... construction, operation and fault finding on a 6 terminal 3phase motor (Assessment)

• Electrical Hazards .... Direct and Indirect contact, new definitions, protection against electric shock and arcing

• Isolation and Switching .... Isolation and Testing for Dead to GS38 (Assessment)

• Devices for circuit protection. Types of Overcurrent, fuses, circuit breakers, thermal overloads, PMCBs, RCDs

• Building Motor control circuits using IEC drawings, Eg Start/Stop with remote Start/Stop (Assessment)