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Electrical Installation I

Electrical Engineering · Level 5  ·  7 Chapters

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Chapters

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Identify electrical materials and accessories
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Make cable joints
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3
Prepare work pieces
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4
Mount work pieces
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Interpret electrical symbols and drawings
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Install electrical cables and accessories
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Perform Tests and Inspection
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What Electrical Installation I covers: 42 main topics in 7 chapters

1. Identify electrical materials and accessories

  1. 1.1 Workplace safety
  2. 1.2 Electrical cable colour coding
  3. 1.3 Electrical cable types and sizes
  4. 1.4 Types of ecofriendly electrical cables
  5. 1.5 Trunking types
  6. 1.6 Trunking sizes 1.6.1 16mm x 16mm 1.6.2 25mm x 16mm 1.6.3 25mm x 25mm 1.6.4 40mm x 25mm
  7. 1.7 Eco friendly trunking materials
  8. 1.8 Conduit types identification
  9. 1.9 Eco friendly conduits
  10. 1.10 Conduit sizes identification 1.10.1 20mm2 1.10.2 25mm2 1.10.3 32mm2
  11. 1.11 Conduit accessories identification
  12. 1.12 Electrical accessories

2. Make cable joints

  1. 2.1 Electrical tools and equipment: e.g.
  2. 2.2 Measuring tools e.g.
  3. 2.3 Cutting tools e.g.
  4. 2.4 Fixing tools e.g.
  5. 2.5 Equipment
  6. 2.6 Storage of electrical tools
  7. 2.7 Electrical cable joints
  8. 2.8 Eco friendly Electrical cable joints
  9. 2.9 Housekeeping activities

3. Prepare work pieces

  1. 3.1 Measurements
  2. 3.2 Conduit work pieces cutting
  3. 3.3 Trunking work pieces cutting
  4. 3.4 Housekeeping activities

4. Mount work pieces

  1. 4.1 Marking mounting points
  2. 4.2 PVC Sheathed angles e.g. 45º,90º, offsets
  3. 4.3 Mounting PVC Sheathed work pieces
  4. 4.4 Trunking angles e.g. 45º,90º, offsets
  5. 4.5 Mounting Trunking work pieces
  6. 4.6 Conduit bends e.g. 45º,90º, offsets
  7. 4.7 Mounting conduit work pieces
  8. 4.8 Housekeeping activities

5. Interpret electrical symbols and drawings

  1. 5.1 interpret electrical symbols
  2. 5.2 interpret wiring diagrams
  3. 5.3 Electrical components

6. Install electrical cables and accessories

  1. 6.1 Electrical single-phase intake point installation
  2. 6.2 Electrical final circuits installation
  3. 6.3 Housekeeping activities
  4. 6.4 General cleanliness

7. Perform Tests and Inspection

  1. 7.1 Visual inspection
  2. 7.2 Test

Revise this unit

Exam-style questions Written to CDACC standard, with answers Test yourself Multiple-choice, one at a time Practise questions Quick recall — check you know the facts
3 more for this unit
Oral exam preparation What the assessor asks, and how to answer out loud Worked calculations Step-by-step maths with the common mistakes Quick cards Myth busters, skill tips and scenarios

Beyond the syllabus

Decision simulator On site, what would you do? Workplace scenarios Real site situations — what would you do? Turn this into income Where this skill earns — what to charge, how to find clients

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