Earning Criteria

• This person will:
• Know how relevant legislation applies in the workplace, Understand the procedures for dealing with Environmental and Health and Safety situations in the work environment, Understand the procedures for establishing a safe working environment, Understand the requirements for identifying and dealing with hazards in the work environment, Establish a safe working environment
• Apply relevant Health and Safety legislation in the workplace, Assess the work environment for hazards and identify remedial actions in accordance with Health and Safety legislation, Apply methods and procedures to ensure work on site is in accordance with Health and Safety legislation, Work in accordance with environmental legislation for electrical services
• Understand mathematical principles and SI units, Understand mechanical principles, Understand the relationship between resistance, resistivity, voltage, current and power, Understand the relationship between magnetism and electricity, Understand the types, applications, and limitations of electrical and electronic equipment, Understand electrical supply systems, Understand AC electrical properties, Understand the operating principles of electrical components
• Understand the principles and applications of electrical lighting systems, Understand the principles and applications of heating systems
• Know the documents affecting electrical design, Understand the applications of wiring systems common in dwellings, Understand the practices and procedures for carrying out electrical work, Understand the characteristics and applications of supply systems and consumer's equipment, Understand the requirements and measures for protection against electric shock, Understand protection against overcurrent, Understand electrical systems and circuits
• Understand electrical accessibility aids and accessibility requirements, Understand methods of terminating, connecting and supporting conductors and cables in electrical wiring systems and equipment, Apply connections, terminations and supporting of conductors and cables, Understand the electrical design procedure relevant to dwellings
• Understand the requirements for working with others when organising and overseeing work activities, Understand the requirements for procuring projects within the construction sector, Understand the requirements for project managing work in dwellings, Understand the management and use of data and information
• Provide relevant people with technical and functional information for work on electrical systems and equipment, Co-ordinate liaison with other relevant persons during work activities, Organise and oversee work activities and operations in dwellings, Organise a programme for working on single-phase electrical systems and equipment, Organise the resource requirements for work on electrical systems and equipment in dwellings
• Prepare to install wiring systems, enclosures and associated equipment in dwellings, Interpret appropriate information for the installation of wiring systems, enclosures and associated equipment, Install wiring systems, and equipment in accordance with current relevant statutory and non-statutory regulations, Confirm the quality of the completed work, Prepare to terminate and connect cables and conductors used in dwellings, Terminate and connect conductors and cables used in dwellings
• Understand the requirements for completing the safe isolation of single-phase electrical circuits and installations, Understand the requirements for initial verification of single-phase electrical installations in dwellings, Understand the requirements for completing the inspection of single-phase electrical installations in dwellings, prior to their being placed into service, Understand the requirements for the safe testing and commissioning of single-phase electrical installations in dwellings
• Understand the requirements for testing before circuits are energised, Understand the requirements for testing energised single-phase installations, Understand the requirements for the completion of electrical installation certificates and associated documentation, Understand the requirements for the periodic inspection and testing of existing electrical installations in dwellings, Confirm safety of single-phase system and equipment prior to completion of inspection, testing and commissioning
• Carry out inspection of electrical installations prior to them being placed into service, Test single-phase electrical installations prior to them being placed into service, Commission single-phase electrical systems and equipment, Report on the condition of existing single-phase electrical systems and equipment
• Confirm safety of the system and equipment prior to completion of inspection, testing and commissioning of single-phase systems in accordance with statutory and non-statutory regulations, Inspect single-phase electrical systems and equipment, Test and commission single-phase electrical systems and equipment, Inspect, test and report on the condition of an existing electrical installation
• Understand the importance of reporting and communication during fault diagnosis work in dwellings, Understand the nature and characteristics of electrical faults in dwellings, Understand the fault diagnosis procedure for single-phase electrical systems, Understand the procedures and techniques for correcting electrical faults in dwellings, Carry out fault diagnosis in dwellings
• Prepare to carry out fault diagnosis in dwellings, Carry out fault diagnosis in dwellings, Carry out fault rectification in dwellings
• Understand the scope, object and fundamental principles of BS 7671, Understand the definitions used within BS 7671, Understand how to assess the general characteristics of electrical installations, Understand requirements of protection for safety for electrical installations, Understand the requirements for selection and erection of equipment for electrical installations, Understand the requirements of inspection and testing of electrical installations
• Understand the requirements of special installations or locations as identified in BS 7671, Understand the information contained within Part 8 and the appendices of BS 7671
• This qualification is regulated by Ofqual