Part P Domestic Electrical Installers Course

The Part P Domestic Installer Course is designed for anyone wanting to carry out domestic electrical installation tasks. This course allows you to gain certification that is a ‘bench mark’ qualification that proves your competency. This is because since January of 2005 all fixed electrical installations in dwellings must be suitably designed, installed, inspected and tested so as to provide reasonable protection against them becoming a source of a fire or a cause of injury to persons.

The course will enable you to proficiently install your domestic electrical work, compliant with Building Regulations Part P. After gaining your EAL VRQ Certificate, you are able to register to become a competent domestic electrical installer, with the ability to install, inspect, test and certify your work in accordance with BS 7671.

In addition to this you will then be able to register with a Competent Person Self-Certification Scheme such as NICEIC, NAPIT or ELECSA, where you can self-certify your installation work and provide your customers with a Part P compliant certificate (you will need to gain your 17th Edition qualification). Please note that if you are working on domestic electrical installations and you don’t have this qualification you will need to notify Building Control directly, who then send out an inspector to inspect, test and certificate the installation (a significant additional charge will be incurred for this service, costing hundreds of pounds) so gaining this qualification makes financial sense as well. This Part P training has been developed with plumbers and heating engineers in mind, though it will also be suitable for Builders, Plumbers, Heating Engineers, Kitchen Fitters, Alarm Installers, Loft Conversion Companies, Landscape Gardeners, Electric Garage Door Fitters plus anyone else carrying out domestic installation work. Always remember that Part P applies to all domestic fixed electrical installations and in gaining your Part P qualification you will be allowed to work on all fixed installations connected after the supplier's meter in buildings or parts of buildings. These areas include:

• Electrical work in dwellings (houses, flats, apartments etc) i.e. re-wires, installation of kitchen lighting, power showers, moving sockets.
• Combined dwellings and business premises having a common supply (such as shops, pubs etc)
• Common access areas in blocks of flats (but not lifts).
• Shared amenities in blocks of flats (such as laundries, gymnasiums etc).
• Outbuildings, including sheds, garages and greenhouses.
• Garden lighting and power supplies (including spas, security lighting etc).
• Parts of fixed electrical installations external to premises, such as in gardens, (sheds, detached garages etc).
• Extensions and loft conversions (The safety requirement will be applicable to alterations and additions to existing installations, including rewires, as well as to the new construction.

This requirement for consequential remedial work is a departure from the normal Building Regulations approach.) (EAL Domestic Electrical Installer, Part P, Certificate)

• Applicable Building Regulations for Domestic Electrical Installation.
• Electrical Safety Legislation, Regulations and Standards.
• Domestic Electrical Installation Pre-work Survey/Inspection.
• Domestic Electrical Installation Safe Isolation Procedures.
• Identifying Unsafe Electrical Situations.
• Domestic Electrical Earthing and Bonding Requirements.
• Electrical Test Procedures.
• Installing and Replacing Electrical Components.
• Checking the Correct and Safe Operation of Installed Electrical Components.
• Recording of Electrical Test Results and Completing Certificates.
• Domestic Electrical Installation in Special Locations.
• Understanding of New Domestic Electrical Circuit Requirements.
• Installing Domestic Lighting Circuits.

After this course some students also undertake the 17th Edition City & Guilds 2382-10 qualification and go further with their training. If this is the case than we recommend that completing both as complete package ensuring that the student has practical experience as well as theoretical knowledge of electrical work. This provides students who successfully complete both courses with a good grounding and the ability to carry our domestic installations safely and within the regulations.

Our electrical courses provide a clear progression route, helping learners to achieve the career goals they aspire to. Successful candidates can progress to higher level work during their career and can for example move on to work in the Building Services Industry in roles such as Project Management. This helps those who wish to, to progress from skilled occupations into technical, supervisory or managerial posts. The Level 3 Inspection & Testing also provides candidates with a route to becoming certified to carry out work testing existing electrical installations and gain even more lucrative work in the sector.

• City & Guilds 2392-10: Certificate in Fundamental Inspection, Testing and Initial Verification (Level 2)
• City & Guilds 2391-10: Certificate in Inspection, Testing and Certification of Electrical Installations (Level 3)
• City & Guilds 2391-20: Certificate in Design, Erection and Verification of Electrical Installations (Level 3)

Access Training is committed to the highest standards of customer focus and technical expertise, with a host of benefits including:

• Specialist, professionally qualified teaching staff with a wealth of industry experience.
• Enhanced Online Assessments, allowing students to sit exams with flexibility to fit around their speed of learning.

The main areas include:

• South Wales
  (Cardiff, Swansea, Newport, Bridgend)
• South of England
  (Bristol, Gloucester, Bath, Swindon, Oxford, Reading, Slough, London)
• The Midlands
  (Birmingham, Hereford, Worcester, Derby, Nottingham, Leicester)
• The South West
  (Devon, Cornwall, Exeter, Plymouth, Taunton)

Information regarding our electrical courses is available from our Course Advice Team. Please call for advice or leave your details and we’ll contact you! Also, official guidance on complying with the requirement is given in an Approved Document P entitled “Fixed Electrical Installations in Dwellings”. This document specifies the need for electrical installation work to be inspected and tested during and on completion of the work to verify that it complies with BS 7671.