COURSE OVERVIEW

 This practical and highly-interactive course includes various practical sessions and exercises. Theory learnt will be applied using our state-of-the-art simulators. 

 

This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of Basic Electrical Workshop Equipment. It covers the workshop safety, electrical hazards and basic electrical theory; the hand tools used in electrical work covering pliers, screwdrivers and nut drivers, wire strippers and crimpers and safety and care of hand tools; the measurement and testing instruments, wire and cable and workplace electrical regulations and standards; the bench work and assembly tools, soldering and desoldering tools including conduit bending and termination tools; and the cable stripping and preparation, lug crimping and ferrule insertion, heat shrink application and cable glands and cable testing after termination. 

 

During this interactive course, participants will learn the use of drilling, cutting and grinding tools, mounting MCBs, sockets and switches and interconnecting wiring and troubleshooting; assembling domestic and industrial electrical circuits; the proper testing and fault-finding techniques, inspection checklists and tool tagging; cleaning and lubrication, functional verification and storage and battery-operated tools maintenance; the purpose and regulatory background of portable appliance testing (PAT); the visual inspection of appliances, earth continuity and insulation resistance tests, labelling and recording results; the electric screwdrivers, power drills, heat guns and hot air blowers; and the cable cutters, hydraulic crimpers and safety and operational guidelines.