Electrical Competency and Safe Working

Designed for delegates who are involved in routine maintenance and replacement of electrical equipment from plugs and flexes of appliances to replacement of lights, switches, sockets, pumps etc.

Delegates will understand the hazards’ of electricity and their responsibilities under the law.

They will be confident in the fundamentals of fault finding and be able to demonstrate by examination the selection and use of the correct test equipment, the process and good practice of safe isolation and proving dead the circuit and equipment of the fixed installation.

• Legal obligations and the Electricity at Work Regulations
• Hazards of electricity and methods of protection
• Maintenance and replacement of electrical equipment
• Test instruments and GS38
• Principles of fault finding
• Safe working practices
• Isolation of circuits and proving dead
• Functional testing
• Methods of protection (direct and indirect contact)
• The role and responsibility of the ‘Duty Holder’

Certification: IPB Training Certificate of Competence

Duration: 1 day