BASIC ELECTRICITY TECHNICAL TRAINING
Course Duration: 2 DAYS
Location: Lagos
Course Description:
The training course provides a basic conceptual understanding of basic electrical concepts, including electrical measurements, basic electrical theory in a non-mathematical manner, basic electric circuits and components and an understanding of how electrical components work as basis for understanding all transmission, distribution and applications.
The training course also provides a basis for understanding electrical safety concepts. The course is practical oriented and focus on providing a real understanding of the essentials concepts.
Percentage Practical: 75%
Training Equipment: Labvolt, IKS, Edibon Systems and Miscellaneous electrical Equipment with a maximum of 220VAC and 24VDC
Pre-requisites: None
Target Audience: Non technical personnel, technician of all fields, graduate and under graduate needing a refresher in basic electrical concepts.
Maximum Class size: 15 students for in-house, and 25 for on site arrangement.
Typical Course Topics (Listing not sequential with the course studies)
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- Basic electrical safety
- Sources of electricity
- Voltage as electrical pressure
- Current as flow of electricity
- Resistance as opposition to electric current flow
- Relationship of voltage, current, and resistance in a non-mathematical practical approach
- Electrical Energy and power
- The direction of current flow
- Basic electrical circuits
- Parallel and series circuits
- Measuring current, voltage, and resistance
- Industrial switches (normally open/closed)
- Capacitors
- Electromagnets and magnets
- Inductors
- Electromagnet relays
- Motor and generator basics
- Circuit breaker and fuses
- Direct current (DC) and Alternating current (AC) (Comparison and operating basics
- Transformers
- Common electrical application
- Reading and understanding schematics (basics)
- Troubleshooting systems and circuits
- Adaptors, rectifiers, converters, chargers, inverters, (basic difference among all
- Basic electrical tools
Primary Skills To Be Learnt:
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- Understanding of electrical parameters (Voltage, Current, and Resistance)
- Measurement of voltage current and resistance
- Improved basic electrical troubleshooting skills
- Increased conceptual understanding of electrical safety issues
- Ability to identify and differentiate electrical components and parts
- Ability to further activities related to electrical engineering in practical terms
