Course description
Install and maintain electrical installations in buildings.
Why enrol on this course?
Who can take this course?
Employed, self-employed or unemployed people who want to improve their skills.
Free course
Subsidised training, at no cost to the student.
Online course
Study from home with a flexible format.
Certified course
When you finish you will be able to certify the training you have completed.
Course content
1. BASIC CONCEPTS
1.1. A brief history of electricity.
1.2. Energy and its transformations.
1.3. Basic principles of electricity.
1.4. Magnetism.
1.5. Electrical properties of materials.
2. ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS
2.1. The electrical circuit.
2.2. Fundamental quantities of the electrical circuit.
2.3. Elements of an electrical circuit.
2.4. Ohm's law.
2.5. Work, electrical energy and power.
2.6. Combining passive elements. Kirchhoff's laws.
3. ALTERNATING CURRENT
3.1. Electromagnetism.
3.2. Alternating current.
3.3. Trigonometric concepts.
3.4. R-L-C circuits. The impedance triangle.
3.5. Apparent, active and reactive power.
3.6. Measuring the power factor.
4. POLYPHASE SYSTEMS
4.1. Using polyphase systems.
4.2. Generating a polyphase system.
4.3. Connecting polyphase systems.
4.4. Voltages and currents in polyphase systems.
4.5. The three-phase system.
4.6. Power in polyphase systems.
4.7. Balanced three-phase loads.
4.8. Equivalent single-phase circuit.
4.9. Power in three-phase systems.
5. LOW-VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS
5.1. General considerations.
5.2. Electricity distribution.
5.3. Distribution networks.
5.4. Service connection.
5.5. Connection installation.
5.6. General protection boxes.
5.7. Main supply line.
5.8. Individual branch lines.
5.9. Earthing systems in the distribution networks of an electrical installation.
5.10. Earthing. Circuit breaker.
5.11. Residual current device (RCD).
5.12. Power demand estimation.
5.13. Indoor installations.
5.14. Calculating installations.
6. LIGHTING ENGINEERING
6.1. General aspects.
6.2. Light sources.
6.3. Lighting installations.
7. MAINTENANCE OF ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS
7.1. Maintenance of indoor installations: fault finding, preventive and corrective maintenance.
7.2. Maintenance operations on building connection and common installations.
7.3. Maintenance operations on industrial installations and public premises.
7.4. Maintenance of indoor and outdoor lighting installations.
7.5. References to the Spanish Low Voltage Electrotechnical Regulation (REBT).
7.6. Safety in electrical installations.
8. ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS IN HOMES
8.1. Introduction.
8.2. Current distribution.
8.3. Basic circuits in homes.
8.4. Kitchen and bathroom installation.
8.5. Distribution of circuits in rooms.
8.6. Summary table.
8.7. Exercises and activities.
9. ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS IN BUILDINGS.
9.1. Electrical installations in commercial buildings, offices and industrial premises
9.2. Installations in premises with a risk of fire and explosion
9.3. Installations in premises with special characteristics
9.4. Measurements and checks in electrical installations
9.5. Assembly of indoor electrical installations in commercial buildings, offices, industrial premises and special-purpose buildings
9.6. Repair of indoor electrical installations in commercial buildings, offices, industrial premises and special-purpose buildings
9.7. Calculations for low-voltage electrical installations in commercial buildings, offices, industrial premises and special-purpose buildings
10. ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS IN URBAN DEVELOPMENTS
10.1. The concept of an urban development
10.2. Land classification
10.3. Design criteria for 1-30 kV and low-voltage electrical networks.
10.4. Electrical networks within the development. Initial data
10.5. Compatibility with other non-electrical services: supply network for traffic lights and traffic management systems.
10.6. Determining consumption loads.
10.7. Defining and establishing the number of transformer substations.
10.8. Network type and calculation.
10.9. Defining and establishing the low-voltage network within the development.
10.10. Supplying the development's outdoor lighting network.
10.11. Relations and data to be exchanged with the electricity distribution company.
10.12. Diverting, burying or decommissioning existing overhead or underground lines in service within the development.
10.13. Relocating or removing transformer substations and low-voltage networks in service.
10.14. Legalising the development's new electrical installations.
1.1. A brief history of electricity.
1.2. Energy and its transformations.
1.3. Basic principles of electricity.
1.4. Magnetism.
1.5. Electrical properties of materials.
2. ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS
2.1. The electrical circuit.
2.2. Fundamental quantities of the electrical circuit.
2.3. Elements of an electrical circuit.
2.4. Ohm's law.
2.5. Work, electrical energy and power.
2.6. Combining passive elements. Kirchhoff's laws.
3. ALTERNATING CURRENT
3.1. Electromagnetism.
3.2. Alternating current.
3.3. Trigonometric concepts.
3.4. R-L-C circuits. The impedance triangle.
3.5. Apparent, active and reactive power.
3.6. Measuring the power factor.
4. POLYPHASE SYSTEMS
4.1. Using polyphase systems.
4.2. Generating a polyphase system.
4.3. Connecting polyphase systems.
4.4. Voltages and currents in polyphase systems.
4.5. The three-phase system.
4.6. Power in polyphase systems.
4.7. Balanced three-phase loads.
4.8. Equivalent single-phase circuit.
4.9. Power in three-phase systems.
5. LOW-VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS
5.1. General considerations.
5.2. Electricity distribution.
5.3. Distribution networks.
5.4. Service connection.
5.5. Connection installation.
5.6. General protection boxes.
5.7. Main supply line.
5.8. Individual branch lines.
5.9. Earthing systems in the distribution networks of an electrical installation.
5.10. Earthing. Circuit breaker.
5.11. Residual current device (RCD).
5.12. Power demand estimation.
5.13. Indoor installations.
5.14. Calculating installations.
6. LIGHTING ENGINEERING
6.1. General aspects.
6.2. Light sources.
6.3. Lighting installations.
7. MAINTENANCE OF ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS
7.1. Maintenance of indoor installations: fault finding, preventive and corrective maintenance.
7.2. Maintenance operations on building connection and common installations.
7.3. Maintenance operations on industrial installations and public premises.
7.4. Maintenance of indoor and outdoor lighting installations.
7.5. References to the Spanish Low Voltage Electrotechnical Regulation (REBT).
7.6. Safety in electrical installations.
8. ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS IN HOMES
8.1. Introduction.
8.2. Current distribution.
8.3. Basic circuits in homes.
8.4. Kitchen and bathroom installation.
8.5. Distribution of circuits in rooms.
8.6. Summary table.
8.7. Exercises and activities.
9. ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS IN BUILDINGS.
9.1. Electrical installations in commercial buildings, offices and industrial premises
9.2. Installations in premises with a risk of fire and explosion
9.3. Installations in premises with special characteristics
9.4. Measurements and checks in electrical installations
9.5. Assembly of indoor electrical installations in commercial buildings, offices, industrial premises and special-purpose buildings
9.6. Repair of indoor electrical installations in commercial buildings, offices, industrial premises and special-purpose buildings
9.7. Calculations for low-voltage electrical installations in commercial buildings, offices, industrial premises and special-purpose buildings
10. ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS IN URBAN DEVELOPMENTS
10.1. The concept of an urban development
10.2. Land classification
10.3. Design criteria for 1-30 kV and low-voltage electrical networks.
10.4. Electrical networks within the development. Initial data
10.5. Compatibility with other non-electrical services: supply network for traffic lights and traffic management systems.
10.6. Determining consumption loads.
10.7. Defining and establishing the number of transformer substations.
10.8. Network type and calculation.
10.9. Defining and establishing the low-voltage network within the development.
10.10. Supplying the development's outdoor lighting network.
10.11. Relations and data to be exchanged with the electricity distribution company.
10.12. Diverting, burying or decommissioning existing overhead or underground lines in service within the development.
10.13. Relocating or removing transformer substations and low-voltage networks in service.
10.14. Legalising the development's new electrical installations.