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

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

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