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Conduit System Installation

Electrical Installation Technology · Level 4  ·  5 Chapters

Compiled by: Peter Muriuki

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What Conduit System Installation covers

How to select, bend, mount and wire conduit is the focus of Conduit System Installation in Electrical Installation Technology Level 4. You begin with conduit types, sizes and accessories, plus workplace safety and electrical signs and symbols. Next you prepare work pieces by choosing tools, taking measurements and cutting conduit. You then mark mounting points, form conduit bends and mount the pieces. Cable work follows: colour codes, cable sizes, cable laying, the intake point, final circuits and power. The unit closes with visual inspection and testing of the finished installation.

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Careers after Conduit System Installation

Conduit protects wiring inside walls and ceilings, and this unit covers the whole job from choosing conduit to testing the finished circuits.

  • Housing developers' sites in Kisumu - mount conduit at marked points and lay cables through it. You earn a wage or are paid per house.
  • Electrical subcontractors in Nyeri - cut conduit to measured lengths, form bends and read electrical signs and symbols on the drawings. You are paid per job or on a monthly wage.
  • Commercial building contractors in Embu - install single-phase intake points and final circuits in conduit, then lay cables to the right colour code. You work as a wireman on a wage.
  • Inspection and testing crews in Kapsabet - carry out visual inspection, continuity tests and polarity tests on finished installations. You are employed as a technician on a salary.

Choose the setting closest to your plans and keep a record of the bends and tests you complete.

Chapters

1
Identify conduit accessories
30 topics
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2
Prepare conduit work pieces
11 topics
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3
Mount conduit work pieces
6 topics
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4
Install electrical cables and accessories
28 topics
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5
Perform Test and Inspection
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What Conduit System Installation covers: 22 main topics in 5 chapters

1. Identify conduit accessories

  1. 1.1 Workplace safety
  2. 1.2 Conduit types identification
  3. 1.3 Conduit sizes identification
  4. 1.4 Conduit accessories identification
  5. 1.5 Electrical signs and symbols

2. Prepare conduit work pieces

  1. 2.1 Electrical Tools and Equipment
  2. 2.2 Measurements
  3. 2.3 Conduit Work Pieces Cutting
  4. 2.4 Housekeeping Activities

3. Mount conduit work pieces

  1. 3.1 Marking Mounting Points
  2. 3.2 Conduit Bends
  3. 3.3 Mounting Conduit Work Pieces
  4. 3.4 Housekeeping Activities

4. Install electrical cables and accessories

  1. 4.1 Electrical Cable Colour Code Identification
  2. 4.2 Electrical Cable Sizes Identification
  3. 4.3 Cable Laying
  4. 4.4 Electrical Single-Phase Intake Point Installation
  5. 4.5 Electrical Final Circuits Installation
  6. 4.6 Power
  7. 4.7 Housekeeping Activities

5. Perform Test and Inspection

  1. 5.1 Visual Inspection
  2. 5.2 Test

Practise this unit

The practical 61 The assessment itself: tools, materials and the marks Step-by-step guide 61 PPE, each step, what good looks like, common mistakes

Revise this unit

Exam-style questions 70 Written to CDACC standard, with answers Test yourself 204 Multiple-choice, one at a time Practise questions 118 Quick recall — check you know the facts
3 more for this unit
Oral exam preparation 50 What the assessor asks, and how to answer out loud Worked calculations 28 Step-by-step maths with the common mistakes Quick cards 1,005 Myth busters, skill tips and scenarios

Beyond the syllabus

Decision simulator 5 On site, what would you do? Workplace scenarios 62 Real site situations — what would you do? Turn this into income 60 Where this skill earns — what to charge, how to find clients

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