Course Content
Electrical skills will be taught through a mixture of practical and theoretical training which will include the following:
- Basic electrical safety
- Ohms law and basic terminology
- Testing for dead and appropriate test equipment
- Protection devices and their operation
- Basic measurement of fault levels
- The importance of earthing and polarity
- The function of the neutral and earth conductors
- Three phase generation and distribution systems
- Practical demonstrations including operating protection devices, the measurement of fault levels on various parts of the system and hands on demonstrations of transformer operation
- Examine the component parts of a direct on line motor starter panel and construct a direct on line motor starter and associated control system
- Static and functional testing at all stages