Course Title: Select wiring systems and cables for low voltage general electrical installations

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C4315 Certificate IV in Electrical - Instrumentation

Course Title: Select wiring systems and cables for low voltage general electrical installations

Portfolio: Vocational Education

Nominal Hours: 80

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Flexible Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

EEET7125C

City Campus

TAFE

174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science

Face-to-Face or Internet

VE 2018 (All)

Course Contact: Program Manager

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4468

Course Contact Email: vocengineering@rmit.edu.au



Course Description

This unit covers selecting wiring systems and cables for electrical installations operating at voltages up to 1,000V a.c. or 1,500 V d.c. It encompass knowledge and application of wiring systems and cable types, selecting wiring system compatible with the installation conditions, selecting cables that comply with required current-carrying capacity and voltage drop and earth fault-loop impedance limitations, coordination between protective devices and conductors and documenting selection decisions

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

UEENEEE101A; UEENEEE102A; UEENEEE104A; UEENEEE105A; UEENEEE107A; UEENEEG006A; UEENEEG033A; UEENEEG063A; UEENEEG101A; UEENEEG102A; UEENEEG106A



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

UEENEEG107A Select wiring systems and cables for low voltage general electrical installations

Elements:

1. Prepare to select wiring systems and cables for general electrical installations
 

2. Select wiring systems and cables for general electrical installations
 

3. Document electrical installation
 


Learning Outcomes

Refer to Elements


Overview of Assessment

Students must pass each of the following assessment tasks to demonstrate competent.

Assessments

Task 1

Practical - Switchboards

Task 2

Assignment: MD/cable/Cct arr

Task 3

Theory exam

These tasks assesses the following Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs):


Assessment  Mapping Matrix 

Elements/Performance Criteria Covered

Task 1

Task 2

Task 3

1.1

X

X

 X

1.2

X

X

X

1.3

X

X

X

2.1

X

X

X

2.2

X

X

X

2.3

X

X

X

2.4

X

X

X

2.5

X

X

X

3.1

X

X

X

3.2

X

X

X

3.3

X

X

X


To be deemed competent you must demonstrate an understanding of all aspects required of the competency. Assessment methods have been designed to measure your achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over multiple tasks.