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Electrical Installation & Design Course (BTEC Advanced Level 3)


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Summary

Price
£556.25 inc VAT
Finance options
Finance options available
Study method
Distance learning
Duration
180 hours · Self-paced
Qualification
BTEC Advanced Level 3 Certificate
Awarded by Edexcel
Additional info
  • Exam(s) / assessment(s) is included in price
  • Tutor is available to students

Overview

A distance learning course is the ideal way to gain a BTEC in Electrical Installation Advanced Level 3 Certificate. Whether you're looking to go on to further education, improve your job prospects or expand your knowledge, distance learning Electrical Installation is a flexible and convenient course, which allows you to comprehensively prepare for a Electrical Installation & Design exam or career through home study. What's more, because the distance learning Advanced Level 3 BTEC Electrical Installation & Design course is a fully comprehensive course, no prior knowledge is required.

Are you keen to learn electrical installation? Interested in broadening your construction skills? Then this could be the course for you.

It covers health and safety, electrical principles as well as electrical installation standards and components in building. This course is ideal if you want to consolidate your existing skills or would like to work in electrical installation in the future.

The course is split into bite sized modules to make studying easy and convenient and remember you have access to your tutor every step of the way.

HOME STUDY SUPPORT

You will be provided with comprehensive materials designed to provide you with everything required to complete your course of study. You will have your own personal tutor helping you with your course work and with any questions you may have. Plus you can contact our Student Advisors by email or phone for all the practical advice you may need – so we really are with you 100%.

What's more, you'll have access to the online student portal, where you can interact with other students, browse our resource library and manage your account.

COURSE ASSESSMENT

This course is marked through a process of continuous assessments guided by your tutor following BTEC guidelines. This means that your qualification will be awarded according to your performance on assessments rather than by taking an exam.

Upon verification of the activities, exercises and assignments, a nationally recognised certificate will be awarded by Edexcel as confirmation that your written work has met all of the learning outcomes and assessment criteria for the programme.

COURSE KEY TOPICS

This course is suitable for anyone wishing to enter the building trade or already employed and would like to gain a recognised qualification.

Health, Safety and Welfare in Construction and the Built Environment (60 hours)
Electrical Principles in Building Services Engineering(60 hours)
Electrical Installation Standards and Components in Building Services Engineering (60 hours)

COURSE DURATION

We recommended you spend approximately 180 hours of your time studying for the course name. The pace of study is completely up to you. To give an example, if you dedicate 3.5 hours a week to the course it would take you a year to complete but if you could spare 7 hours a week you could complete it in six months.

Get started today, and you can earn your Advanced BTEC Level 3 in Electrical Installation & Design in as little as 6 months, or take up to a year, if you prefer – the choice is yours.

HOME STUDY COURSE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

To study the course, you must be aged over 16 and be educated to at least GCSE level. This course is openly available to anyone wishing to learn more about Electrical Installation & Design and would like to take part in a highly rewarding home study course. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to expand their knowledge and study further, so we try to keep our entry requirements to a minimum.

You have the freedom to start the course at any time and continue your studies at your own pace for a period of up to 12 months from initial registration with full tutor support.

Description

The Edexcel BTEC Advanced Level 3 in Electrical Installation & Design is divided into three comprehensive Units:

Unit One - Health, Safety and Welfare in Construction and the Built Environment
Health, safety and welfare are of paramount importance to any organisation operating within the construction industry. The Health and Safety Executive’s annual league table of fatal injuries shows the construction sector consistently tops the table.

The UK and European Union have created a legal framework for prosecuting employers and employees who disregard health, safety and welfare legislation.

To reduce the significant accident record in construction, employers must formulate workplace safety policies. These must address the hazards, risks, policies, the organisational and control arrangements required to promote health, safety and welfare, and be communicated to all parties.

The unit will provide learners with knowledge and understanding of the legal framework relating to employer and employee responsibilities.

An understanding of the principal causes of typical accidents and the associated costs of these will be developed, and learners will explore the methods used to identify workplace hazards in construction, together with the strategies used to control them including the use of risk assessments and monitoring and review procedures. Learners will become familiar with the roles and responsibilities of personnel and with the procedures required following the occurrence of accidents.

Unit Two - Electrical Principles in Building Services Engineering
The use of electricity is an essential part of life in the modern world. Electricity provides us with the means to energise many devices, systems and processes that are part of our technological environment. Electricity, in combination with these technologies, is used to transfer energy, to provide mechanisms for control and to transmit information in a variety of forms.

Basic electrical theories need to be understood and considered by all those involved in the design or installation of plant, equipment, machinery, control systems or the electrical circuitry that is required to power both mechanical and electrical services within buildings.

In this unit learners will gain essential underpinning knowledge through study of the form and function of electrical devices, and by investigating the various ways to transfer, modify, transform, and control electrical energy.

Learners will be able to distinguish between the requirement for single and threephase circuits, and will develop a basic understanding of fundamentals such as the difference between analogue and digital signals, and the relevance of these to control systems.

Unit Three - Electrical Installation Standards and Components in Building Services Engineering
Electricity is dangerous. In fact it is quite lethal. From early times people lived in fear and awe of lightning. It was seen as a terrifying force and something that the most powerful of Gods could wield when they were displeased.

Nowadays, we understand electricity and how it works. We have tamed it and made it a tool that has allowed our world, for the most part, to become comfortable and civilised.

Television, communications, the internet, lighting, control technologies and so many other things would be impossible without electricity.

Yet it is still dangerous.

It can cause fires. It can cause death by electrocution. The presence of water can make it more dangerous. At high voltages it can leap several feet through the air and kill anyone unfortunate enough to be near.

This course is about installation standards and components. So why all of the above?

Well, essentially, installation standards are primarily about keeping electricity safe and preventing harm.

You will see, as you work through this course, that the installation industry has to comply with a vast number of regulations and standards. Anyone wishing to be come competent in this industry must become very familiar with the complete range of dos and don’ts.

In fact the industry now has a defined title for anyone practising in this field – competent person.

In this course we will cover the range of regulations and practices. It will set you on the path to becoming a competent person.

Requirements

No prior knowledge or experience is required.

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