testing and inspection

Hi Alex, i'm not a leccie but here's a good tip on testing

 

Best to do the relevant C & G course, it was 2391 but it's a different number now.

 

Hi Alex.

As Seneca says it is best to do the course, but you may find the information here useful as well.

http://www.sparkyfacts.co.uk/Guide-to-Inspection-and-Testing.html

It will show you what the course will teach you.

Kind regards

BS

 

C&G 2391 was never meant to teach electricians how to test. It required a thorough knowledge of BS7671 and practical hands-on experience of installing and testing to enable practising electricians to formalise their knowledge. It was really intended as a recognition that you could do it. Incidentally, when I entered the trade in 2003 I often heard electricians using the excuse; "I can't test I haven't got 2391." It was often used and I thought back then what a load of baloney.

My advice to you is do testing, as often as you can, practice on your own home if necessary and read GN3. Don't even attempt any C&G course until you have familiarised yourself doing tests. And don't listen to people who use the excuses. Just do it. That's how I learned and I passed my C&G2391 without a problem.

 

To be honest, all electricians should be able to inspect and test.
You need to be able to I&T your own work, and if making alterations to existing installations, you would in many instances have to I&T some if not all of the existing installation.
Having a separate qualification for I&T, has always seemed to me to be a waste of time and money.

 

Not random. Just someone with a sense of humour, thankfully....

 

Tongue in cheek is the phrase you were looking for Alex

 

Alex, a very important tool in testing is the multimeter, and here's my take on multimeter testing