Electrical Inspection and Testing

Level 3 Inspection and Testing

The Level 3 award in the Initial Verification, Periodic Inspection & Testing and Certification has been designed specifically to follow BS 7671 (17th edition wiring regulations 2008), IET Guidance Note 3, the ESC’S (electrical safety council’s) best practice guides and is an equivalent alternative to the City & Guilds 2394 course.

The objective of this course is to provide you with an understanding of the practices/theory involved in the initial verification/periodic inspection and coertification of electrical installations and will cover both single and three phase systems. The course will improve your electrical inspection and testing skills and significantly increase your employment opportunies within the electro-technical industry.

We have chosen to deliver the Level 3 Award Certification over the City and Guilds 2394 as you will be able to complete all of your practical and written/online exams at the end of your 5 day Course.

This is not the case with the City and Guilds where you will be required in the best case scenario to return to the training centre the following week for the written exam after you have completed your course, which is not always feasible financially or time wise. The EAL Electrical Inspection and Testing qualification is also popular as the online exams are open book and your results are instantaneous. You are also given more time in the practical assessment than the City & Guilds version. There is also the added benefit with EAL that you do not have to sit a written exam and wait several weeks or even months for it to be marked as with City & Guilds. Students generally much prefer the comprehensive efficiency of the EAL version of this qualification as it fits in far more favourably with their working lives, limits the time that they need to take out of work and therefore yields financial benfits too.

The qualification is equally well recognised amongst the Government approved part P schemes and in our opinion the emphasis on the practical element certainly reaps rewards for the student. EAL has been awarding qualifications since 1964.

Our Level 3 Inspection and Testing Course includes the following:

    Qualification introduction

    Legislation

    Requirements of initial verification and periodic inspection and testing

    Safe isolation of both single and three phase systems

    Completion of certificates

    Inspection of installation

    Commissioning of system

    Dead testing practices

    Live testing practices

    Safe testing

    Safety of the system

Level 3 Inspection and Testing CourseCourse Duration

This course takes place over 5 Days. The core course times are Monday – Friday 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM.

At the end of this course you will take two EAL Online exam and complete 4 practical assessments.

The Online Inspection and Testing Exams will consist of:

55 Questions on Initial Verification which will be a combination of multiple choice and advanced questions and 35 Multiple choice questions on Periodic Inspection and Testing

The 4 Practical Inspection and Testing assessments will be:

Initial Inspection

Insulation Resistance Testing

Earth Loop Impedance Testing

Initial Verification/Periodic Inspection & Testing and Certification

EAL Level 3 Inspection and Testing Course, Course literature

The following publications are to be purchased by all customers wishing to take part on the Level 3 Inspection and Testing Course.

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