The essential mains compliance course for all those who work on or near a live electrical supply and need to ensure that they are a ‘competent person’ under the terms of the ‘electricity at work’ regulations. This course allows you to undertake ‘minor works’ to an existing electrical circuit, for example adding an additional socket or a fused spur, that does not involve the addition of a new circuit. 

What will you learn?

• Part P Regulations – 18th Edition updates
• Understanding the dangers of electricity
• The implications of legislation
• BS 7671 and the Electricity at Work Act 1989
• Electric shock and first aid basics
• The electrical supply – single, and three-phase
• Frequency and current
• Ring circuits
• Radial circuits
• Protective conductors
• Mains wiring terminology and application
• Circuit isolation – the procedures, isolation, fused connectors (spurs)
• Circuit breakers
• Practical wiring – installing a fused spur and connecting to the ring circuit
• Connection in junction boxes and control panels
• Inspection and testing criteria
• Documenting and reporting systems
• Cable size and new colour coding
• Health and safety