Option 1:
One Day Short Course
When:
Where:
Our founder Andrew has taught thousands of students from every corner of Australia. He is a Royal Australian Navy veteran who has performed thousands of tests personally. Million-dollar contractors rely on him for specialised test and tag information and support.
Now you can learn from his experience. There is simply no better value available anywhere. Guaranteed.
What’s so good about this course?
Continuously improved since 2002, this course provides information regarding the safe and accurate operation of portable appliance testers for testing of single phase and three phase equipment, along with testing RCD’s.
- Ideal for people who have little or no understanding of electricity but are required to assess equipment as safe for use in their workplace. No pre-requisites apply, it is a general skills course.
- It covers safety testing of electrical cord assemblies and cord connected equipment. It includes working safely, using a portable appliance tester, identifying faults, applying tags and completing testing documentation.
- Our course includes general OHS principals for the workplace; working to the current regulations, codes of practice and Australian Standards.
- A Certificate of Attendance is issued at the completion of each course
This course covers:
1. Work Health & Safety Legislation
- WH&S Act 2011 and WH&S Regulation 2011
- Australian Standards AS/NZS3760:2010 and AS/NZS3012:2010
- Records of Electrical Testing
2. Basic Electrical Theory
- Introduction to electrical principles
- Electrical units (amps, volts, watts, ohms)
- Basic calculations using ohm’s law
- Measurement using instruments against electrical parameters
3. Electrical Safety
- Shock & severity of electrocution
- Effects of current flow
- Circuit protection and Earthing
4. Inspection & Testing to AS/NZS3760:2010
- Classes of equipment
- Plugs & sockets
- Types of tests
- Using Portable Appliance Testing Equipment
- Fitting tags
- RCD testing
- 3 Phase Equipment
What type of training course am I required to do?
The Code of Practice: Managing Electrical Risks in the Workplace states:
Inspection and testing of electrical equipment must be carried out by a person who has acquired, through training, qualification or experience, the knowledge and skills to carry out the task (i.e. be a ‘competent person’).
A person carrying out testing under AS/NZS 3760:2010 must be:
- a licensed or registered electrician (whichever applies), or
- in some jurisdictions, a licensed electrical inspector, or
- a person who has successfully completed a structured training course and been deemed competent in the use of a pass-fail type portable appliance tester and the visual inspection of electrical equipment.
The training should be designed to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that upon completion successful participants:
- can use the relevant test equipment safely and effectively
- understand electrical risks and appreciate the role that inspection and testing plays in ensuring electrical safety
- understand AS/NZS 3760:2010 and AS/NZS 3012:2010 (if testing equipment for construction or demolition sites)
- understand the legal requirements relevant to the work.