Electrical Design Courses & Regulations Recommendations (London, UK)

It kind of depends on the level you’re aiming at.


The city and guilds 2396 is a good step between qualified electricians knowledge and engineer type knowledge. 


HNC and HND all come before engineer (degree). 


If he/she’s’ an up and coming maintenance engineer and is not necessarily qualified at anything and looking for some electrical insight - then I’m a little stuck for a course that would help. That’s the kind of thing that gets learnt on the job. 


In a typical commercial building, electrically, id always start with phase, neutral and earth colours and how a switch live might be a different colour. 


- how to use a voltage tester and fluke wand - highlighting the limitations. 


some idea of safe isolation - even if it’s just locking off the isolator for a motor that they need to work on/ change belts on. 


id show them the control panel in the plant room and highlight the 230V bits on the back of the door when the panel is live if he/she gets into (gets curious about what’s in here then?) fault finding.

Watch out for the door swinging shut behind you and - zap.

Modern control panels are less dangerous than old ones for this, 


I’d take them through the sequence of events for a light not working and a desk socket not working. 


This all really needs to be taught by a knowledgable person, not really on a course. 

It kind of depends on the level you’re aiming at.


The city and guilds 2396 is a good step between qualified electricians knowledge and engineer type knowledge. 


HNC and HND all come before engineer (degree). 


If he/she’s’ an up and coming maintenance engineer and is not necessarily qualified at anything and looking for some electrical insight - then I’m a little stuck for a course that would help. That’s the kind of thing that gets learnt on the job. 


In a typical commercial building, electrically, id always start with phase, neutral and earth colours and how a switch live might be a different colour. 


- how to use a voltage tester and fluke wand - highlighting the limitations. 


some idea of safe isolation - even if it’s just locking off the isolator for a motor that they need to work on/ change belts on. 


id show them the control panel in the plant room and highlight the 230V bits on the back of the door when the panel is live if he/she gets into (gets curious about what’s in here then?) fault finding.

Watch out for the door swinging shut behind you and - zap.

Modern control panels are less dangerous than old ones for this, 


I’d take them through the sequence of events for a light not working and a desk socket not working. 


This all really needs to be taught by a knowledgable person, not really on a course.