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Electrical fitting and assembly – Apprenticeship unit (level 2)

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Information about Electrical fitting and assembly – Apprenticeship unit (level 2)

This apprenticeship unit is for existing employed engineering operatives and technicians who, with the support of their employer, need to upskill in electrical fitting and assembly fundamentals.

Apprenticeship units are short, flexible training courses based on employer-designed occupational standards.

You can only enrol your existing employees in an apprenticeship unit. Employees who are already doing an apprenticeship cannot do them.

Knowledge and skills learners will gain
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Technical knowledge

  • Awareness of health and safety regulations, standards, and guidance and impact on role. Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (CoSHH). Fire safety. Hazards and risks. Health and Safety at Work Act (HASAWA), Isolation and emergency stop procedures, Manual handling operations regulations, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Safety equipment: guards, signage, fire extinguishers. Safety signage. Situational awareness. Slips, trips, and falls. Working at height, Working in confined spaces.
  • Electrical. Electrical based safe working practices and procedures, including isolation and reinstatement of equipment or systems.
  • Methods of interpreting relevant information from electrical specifications, drawings and technical information.
  • Planning, prioritisation, organisation, and time management techniques.
  • Consumables, tools, equipment and machinery used during electrical activities.
  • Electrical. Cable types and their application.
  • Electrical. Principles of ohms law with respect to voltage, current, resistance and power in series, parallel and combinational circuits.
  • Electrical. Properties and applications of insulating and conductive materials.
  • Electrical. Electrical assembly techniques.
  • Electrical. Principles of circuit analysis and electrical fault-finding techniques.
  • Electrical. Electrical testing techniques.

Technical skills

  • Follow procedures in compliance with health and safety regulations, standards, and guidance.
  • Read and interpret electrical specifications, drawings and technical information.
  • Use planning, prioritising, organising, and time management techniques to plan electrical activities.
  • Select and use consumables, tools, equipment and machinery for electrical activities.
  • Electrical. Complete electrical operations in line with electrical based safe working practices and procedures, including isolation and reinstatement of equipment or systems.
  • Electrical. Wire and terminate different types of cabling, for example single core, multi core, screened, fire resistant, armoured.
  • Electrical. Assemble a range of electrical, for example component panels, isolator switches, fuses, circuit breakers, contactors, relays, rail mounted terminal blocks, resistors, capacitors, diodes, transistors.
  • Electrical. Test electrical assembles and components, for example component panels, isolator switches, fuses, circuit breakers, contactors, relays, rail mounted terminal blocks, resistors, capacitors, diodes, transistors.
  • Electrical. Identify faults within electrical systems.
Training category (sector)
Engineering and manufacturing
Training level
2
Equal to GCSE
Delivery hours
70 delivery hours
Delivery hours are the minimum amount of time a learner will spend with their instructor while on the course. This does not include coursework or self-paced activities.
Duration
Exact duration depends on the training provider. Contact them to find out more.
Maximum funding
£1,650
Maximum government funding for
apprenticeship unit training and assessment costs.

View more information about Electrical fitting and assembly – Apprenticeship unit (level 2) from Skills England.