Certificate in the Requirements for Electrical Installations

Our new and revised 17th Edition Home Study Course is a comprehensive but easy to follow course designed for both practicing electricians who need to update their 16th Edition qualification and for unqualified candidates who need or wish to obtain relevant and up to date electrical qualifications.

Our 17th Edition Home Study Course can help you gain your City and Guilds 2382-10 (full) or 2382-20 (update) Certificate in the Requirements for Electrical Installations.

The IEE Wiring Regulations qualification has traditionally been recognised as essential for practicing electricians and this course is suitable for candidates who are involved in or supervise a variety of electrical work, to comply with legal requirements, or for those wishing to gain valuable and relevant formal electrical qualifications and who may be new to the industry.

Who is the 17th Edition IEE Wiring Regulations Course suitable for?

The 17th Edition Home Study Course is ideal for anyone involved in, or intending to become involved in any form of electrical work. The 2382 qualification is intended to ensure that practicing electricians comply with the format, content and applications of the 17th Edition Requirements for Electrical Installations BS7671 (June 2008). Both practicing electricians and those aiming to become involved in electrical work will find the 2382 qualification advantageous.

Our 17th Edition distance learning pack can provide all you need to obtain the essential 2382 qualification with the convenience of home study, or can act as an excellent revision and learning aid for those already attending the course at a college or training centre.

This easy to follow course has been described as a ‘ 17th Edition Toolbox ' or ‘ 17th Edition Toolkit ' by those who've studied it already and covers such topics as selection and erection of equipment, protection for safety and inspection and testing ensuring the IEE Wiring Regulations standards are met. We've recently fully updated and re-written our 17th Edition Course with the consultation of an experienced 17th Edition 2382 college lecturer making it even easier to understand and follow.

What are the 17th Edition 2382 Course Objectives?

The objectives of this course is to provide participants with the information necessary to pass the 17th Edition IEE Wiring Regulations City and Guilds 2382 exam. It is also designed to provide participants with further information relating to electrical theory and other technical issues concerning the IEE Wiring Regulations, that may be useful to practicing electricians and those wishing to become involved in electrical work.

On completion of this course the student should be able to:

• Locate specific Regulations
• Make full use of the regulations index
• State the relationship between the Appendices and Regulations
• State the purpose and objective of the Regulations
• Identify the hazards, which the Regulations are designed to prevent
• Evaluate the legal status of the regulations and any legislation which has a bearing on their application
• Identify the fundamental requirements for safety
• Define the main factors to consider when designing and erecting an
• installation
• List the earthing arrangements in the UK
• Discuss methods of protection from shock arising from direct and indirect
• contact
• Distinguish between main and supplementary bonding
• Calculate earth fault loop impedance
• Select over current protection devices for particular installations
• Select the appropriate switchgear for a given installation, including special locations
• Calculate the size of cables in relation to their current carrying capacity and voltage drop
• Explain why inspection of the installation is undertaken
• State the items, which need to be inspected
• List what background information is required before carrying out an inspection
• State why testing of an installation is undertaken
• Explain which tests are to be done
• Demonstrate how tests are to be carried out

On successful completion of the 17th Edition 2382 Home Study Course in his or her own time and when confident to do so, the student may book into an approved City and Guilds examination centre which accepts external candidates, to sit the City and Guilds 2382 exam.