Electrical Maintenance Training for Mechanical Engineers Part 1

Course review:

This course assumes no previous knowledge of electrical work and is particularly well suited to mechanical engineers wishing to extend their skills into electrical maintenance or as part of a planned multi-skilling initiative

Here is just a brief overview of the course content :

• Please ask for the comprehensive Learning Outcomes Pack. Standard Form
• Engineering units used in Electrical Work Legislation governing the use of electricity
• Electricity at Works and 17th Edition Regs Current Flow
• How current flows through a conductor, insulation materials, potential difference. Use of the Multimeter. The Electrical Circuit
• emf, current, resistance and Ohms Law. Measure and calculate values of V,I,R using Multimeters Testing cables for continuity and insulation resistance faults
• using Multimeter and Megger
• Assessment 1 Industrial Power Supply Voltages
• AC and DC
• 3phase and 1phase mains supply’s, control voltages etc. Motors
• construction, operation and fault finding on a 6 terminal 3ph motor..Using Multimeter and Megger
• Assessment 3 Electrical Hazards
• Direct and Indirect Contact, Protection against Electric Shock, Burns, Arcing, Explosion, Fires Isolation and Switching
• Assessment 2, Isolation and Testing for Dead to GS38 Devices for circuit protection.Types of Overcurrent, Fuses, Circuit Breakers, Thermal Overloads, PMCBs, RCDs Motor control circuits, using IEC drawings
• Assessment 4,Build and Test a Start/Stop with remote Start/Stop