The course will provide an understanding of:

• The initial assessment of an installation prior to the design
• Selection of protective devices
• Cable sizing and installation
• Inspection and testing procedures
• The maintenance requirements
  
  

By the end of this course delegates will be able to:

• Know the safety factors required by national and international standards
• Know the functional considerations that a designer has to take into account
• Understand how new technology can impact on the design particularly power quality
• Know safety requirements during installation, inspection and testing
• identify and select inspection and testing techniques that affect the maintenance requirements
• Understand how to improve productivity by improving the reliability of an installation
• Know the basis for safety and functional design
• Understand how to assess the characteristics needed to commence a design process
• Know the earthling and bonding requirements of an installation for safety and function
• Understand how new technology impacts on new and existing electrical installations
• Identify and select inspection and testing techniques that affect the maintenance routine of an installation
• Understand how to improve productivity by improving power quality

Mechanical and Electrical engineers, Mechanical and Electrical technicians, Electricians, Maintenance personnel with responsibility for an electrical installation

This interactive Training will be highly interactive, with opportunities to advance your opinions and ideas and will include;

• Lectures
• Workshop & Work Presentation
• Case Studies and Practical Exercise
• Videos and General Discussions

Preliminary Design Requirements

• Building services
• Purpose of an installation
• Cables
• External influences
• Transformers
• Compatibility
• Protective devices
• Maintainability

Design Characteristics

• Electrical safety
• Cable installation
• IEC 60364
• Terminations
• Wiring regulations
• Inspection and testing
• Cable sizing
• Documentation

Designing an Installation

• Single phase design
• Power quality
• Three phase design
• Cable requirements
• Protective device selection
• Installation method
• Earthing and bonding
• Source of supply

Commissioning and Testing

• The need to maintain
• Test results
• What is maintenance
• Documentation
• Introduction to commissioning
• Harmonics
• Inspection
• Earth leakage

Periodic Maintenance

• Maintenance Planning
• Periodic inspection
• Equipment reliability
• Complex testing
• Categories of system
• Harmonic analysis
• Safety critical
• Records

BTS attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration.