Cables and Cables Management – An understanding of their construction and use
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Cables come in a wide variety of types and sizes, and can be made from many different materials. Selecting the right cable is important for the safety of an installation and to provide an efficient and effective electrical or communications system. Cable management systems are a series of components and systems used to support, protect and route cables from their source to where the power or information is needed, safely and securely.
This online course introduces the learner to the different types of cables used in electrical and telecommunications installations including DC applications and in addition provides information on the standards that apply to cables, the fire performance requirements, cable management systems and good cable installation practice that will ensure safe electrical installations
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| Partner Details | Trevor Pickard Trevor Pickard is a self-employed electrical engineering consultant. After serving a student apprenticeship with a Distribution Network Operator (Midlands Electricity Board), Trevor held various engineering positions in the company and its subsequent privatised entities and gained experience in the construction, maintenance and operation of high and low voltage electricity distribution systems. This was followed with posts in Design, Safety, Production Engineering, as Production Manager of a large urban based operational division, as General Manager of the Repair and Restoration department, and as General Manager of the Primary Network department (33kV-132kV). Trevor is still actively involved in the writing of standards in the domestic, European and International arena with BSI, CENELEC and IEC. For many years he lectured for the IET on their various short courses and he has authored books in the City & Guilds Diploma in Electrical Installations series and more recently modules in the Electrical Distributors Association/IET Product Knowledge Programme. |
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• An understanding of the design sequence for an installation
• Correct selection and specification of cables and cable management systems
• Clarity on the classes, sizes and types of cable
• An appreciation of cable standards and specifications
• The different cable codes in use
• The requirements for cable testing and marking
• Issues with the use of counterfeit cables
• Information on why good terminations and joints are important
• The fire performance of cables
• An understanding of the different types of telecommunications cables