Commercial / Industrial Electrical Appreciation

The Commercial / Industrial Electrical Appreciation course has been designed for:

• Mechanical engineers looking to cross-skill / up-skill to electrical maintenance engineering
• Organisations looking to multi-skill their workforce
• Individuals currently undertaken an nVQ and require the underpinning knowledge of commercial / industrial electrical maintenance practices.

The Commerial / Industrail Electrical Appreciation course has been designed to raise awareness, understanding and skills for mechnical engineers and allied trades when working on equipment where there is a requirement to disconnect and reconnect electrical supply and to assess their ability to competently work with electrical services and components.

Each candidate is to attend a 10-day eelectrical appreciation course. An end of course assessment will be carried out to ascertain their appreciation and understanding of the subjects. Should an candidate not reach an acceptable standard then retraining on specific issues will be carried out until attainment of the standard is achieved.

The Commerical / Industrial Electrical Appreciation 10-day practical course includes a range of topics such as:

• Legislation / Regulations
• Safe Isolation Procedures
• Confined Spaces
• Chemical Hazards
• Electric Motors used in light industry
• Load considerations and IP environmental suitability
• Relays, motor-starting DOL / Star / Delta
• Combined Cycle
• Overload protection - thermal
• Magnetic / hydraulic, thermistor
• Central motor control
• Remote stations
• Start / Lock-off / Stop / Isolation equipment
• Leve controls - Float switches, Electronic types
• Thermostats / Pressure stats
• Steam boiler Mobray level control
• Utlisation of test equipment
• Amps / Volts / Ohms
• Power factor correction of inductive oads
• Distribution systems
• Fuse boards
• MCBs / Tpes of MCBs and applications
• Cabling systems in common use / Types of cable
• Lighting applications
• Florescent stroboscope effect
• Use of leading power factor fittings
• Practical session wiring DOL and Star / Delta start circuit
• Current measurement using "tong tester"
• Load test on pump motor
• Compressor with pressure stat control
• Consideration of wiring protection
• Chemical resistance
• Written end test assessment papers

In-House Design

The coure can be designed and delivered to organisations specific needs and time scale.