[John Dixon]

Hi Shaun

Although we don’t currently train/assess to the US, your plan looks good

A few thoughts to add to the mix

Assuming the plan has some means to overcome the conflict of trainer/assessor being the same person (unless you are a PTE or split roles)

Does the plan have a minimum exposure/experience level beyond the L4 qual to ensure only those who are ready get to attend?

Although the US evidence requirements don’t state it, is the course heavily focused on LW principals and basic SWP as per SM-EI. Another issue with the US is that it does not cover the range of common tasks most of us do such as install replace fuse box, install/reinstate LV break, replace burnt off jumper or make/break connections. Looks like you may have these covered in your list

Another good area to focus on is the hand tools, including fit for purpose and guidance on their use

looks like you are on the right track

😀

[Shaun Colley]

Thanks Charlie,

Currently we have a couple of internal trainers who would undertake the training and an independent internal assessor for the unit standard assessment to maintain that separation/avoid conflict of interest.

We don’t currently specify a minimum exposure/experience level although this will be part of the discussions moving forward (the old argument of how do you learn without doing etc…) and may be separated into an intensive initial training session and a refresher session depending on industry experience/exposures.

Up for discussion with our teams is what task specific situations they want trained on vs just following the EEA live procedures only. There are a lot of situations they may encounter so we want them to engage so we give them what they need for the majority of work they do and deal with the curly jobs case by case.

The tools etc is a given and will be included as the training is developed.

It’s all a bit overdue but we have to start somewhere and are hoping others may be further down the track or want to jump onboard, so we aren’t all reinventing the wheel…again 🙂

[Graeme Johnson]

Great conversation – reminder LV live work is very much principles based as there are so many different network LV configurations out there, procedures need to be a bit generic to cover all these.
Unlike HV which is very standardised.

Recommend you reference the EEA GUIDE TO LIVE LV ELECTRICAL WORK