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Certificate in Electrical Installation

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Electrical Installation


About Electrical Installation

An electrical installation is a collection of electrical devices that are permanently electrically linked to one another and can receive power from a producing source or from the operations of an electricity entity. Electrical installations might contain more than one piece of equipment. Different kinds of electrical wiring for homes:

  • Cleat Wiring.
  • Casing and Capping Wiring.
  • Batten Wiring. 
  • Lead Sheathed Wiring. 
  • Conduit Wiring.

Why is Electrical Installation important?

Both business and residential facilities need proper installation and upkeep. If bad wiring is not fixed right away, it can cause more serious problems including fire and electrocution. A professional or skilled electrician must be hired to ensure appropriate installation and upkeep. Only licensed electricians are able to maintain the job clean and safe, especially in sophisticated wiring that may need top-level abilities.

Who should take the Electrical Installation Exam?

  • Electrical Site Engineers
  • Electrical Supervisor
  • Electrical Power Engineers
  • Electricians
  • Engineers
  • Supervisors
  • Under Graduate Electrical Engineering Students
  • Post Graduate Electrical Engineering Students
  • Electrical Designer Engineers
  • Electrical Maintenance Engineers
  • Power Systems Engineers
  • Electrical Operators
  • Electrical Site Engineers
  • Technicians
  • Building Energy Managers
  • Building Services Engineers
  • Facility Maintenance Managers
  • Project Engineers

Electrical Installation Certification Course Outline

  1. Earthing and its importance in safety
  2. Variety and installation of wiring systems
  3. Range and installation of electrical equipment and safety concerns
  4. The function of electrical protection
  5. Role of electrical insulation
  6. Liquid and solid and dielectrics
  7. Methods adopted for system earthing
  8. The need for earthing of electrical systems
  9. At the load (protective earthing)
  10. Protective conductor
  11. Computation of earth fault current
  12. Earth fault sensing techniques
  13. Limits of LV feeder lengths for appropriate earth fault recognition
  14. Fault protection against overcurrent
  15. Arrangement of electrical installation
  16. Switchboards
  17. Added protection by lasting current devices
  18. Safety against Undervoltage
  19. Safety against overvoltage
  20. Shield against fire threats due to arcing faults
  21. Control of electrical installation
  22. Installation
  23. Types of wiring systems
  24. Current-carrying capacity
  25. Aerial wiring systems
  26. Voltage drop considerations in sizing
  27. Earth sheath return system
  28. Busbar trunking systems and rising mains
  29. Protection against thermal effects
  30. Connection of electrical equipment
  31. Earthing of equipment
  32. Earthing functions
  33. Earthing arrangements
  34. Equipotential Bonding
  35. Earth fault loop impedance
  36. Sites containing baths, showers, or other damp situations
  37. Visual inspection
  38. Testing
  39. Extra-low voltage electrical installations
  40. High-voltage electrical installations
  41. Hazardous areas, emergency areas

Certificate in Electrical Installation FAQs

You can directly go to the certification exam page and register for the exam.

You will be required to re-register and appear for the exam. There is no limit on exam retake.

There will be 50 questions of 1 mark each

No there is no negative marking

You have to score 25/50 to pass the exam.

The result will be declared immediately on submission.

It will be a computer-based exam. The exam can be taken from anywhere around the world.