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Earthing and Bonding Systems

6.0 CPD Hours

Standard Rate
£390.00  +VAT
Member Rate
£310.00  +VAT
  • Electrical Services

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This course is primarily aimed at electrical engineers, technical facility engineers and or technical mechanical engineers, who want a good grounding and understanding of earthing and bonding in building services. The course takes you through all aspects of earthing and bonding in building services and provides clear concise notes and summary tables for future reference, to use in your daily activities. The training is suitable for professionals working in the industry, practising electrical engineers and / or electricians, facilities managers and / or engineers who require a better understanding of electrical earthing or any person with some basic electrical knowledge wishing to familiarise themselves with all aspects of electrical earthing in buildings services.

This course is also applicable for anyone involved in the build process and the high-level procurement of electrical installation design or services would find this course useful as a means to increase their understanding and improve their awareness of the design and installation requirements of electrical earthing.

Learning outcomes

  • Good overall understanding of earthing concepts and associated calculations within the building services environment.
  • Electrical engineers of all grades
  • Electricians of all grades
  • Building services engineers
  • Property managers of all grades
  • Facility Managers of all grades
  • Building surveyors of all grades
  • Architects
Agenda for event
Time Description
Session 1
  • Student exercise
  • Earthing Overview and general concepts
Session 2
  • An Overview of BS.7430: 2011 Code of Practice for Earthing
  • Low Voltage Supply Earthing Arrangements
  • Maintenance, Inspection and Testing
Session 3
  • Earthing & Bonding to the 18th Edition Wiring Regulations
  • Earthing and Circuit Protective Conductors
  • Main Equipotential and Supplementary Bonding Conductors
  • Maintenance, Inspection and Testing
  • Sizing of circuit protective conductors and withstand capability of main earth conductors
  • Sizing and configuration of earth electrodes and showing how they are calculated
  • Transformer and generator main earthing configurations and protection relays.
Session 4
  • An Overview of BS EN 62305 Air Terminations
  • Down Conductors
  • Earth Terminations
  • Maintenance, Inspection and Testing.

Remote - How to join:

This course will be hosted live online on Microsoft Teams. A Microsoft Teams account is not required, you will be sent a link to join.

You can choose to join on your preferred web browser, or if you already have the Microsoft Teams desktop app, click 'join meeting'.  You will then automatically join the course through the app.

Face-to-Face:

The course location will be underneath the respective date, please make your way to the location.

Parking is not available.

Course Materials:

The course presentation and any additional materials will be sent to delegates once attendance is confirmed on the day of the course.

We are working towards being more sustainable, therefore we do not recommend materials to be printed.

What is included?

-Full day training with an industry expert trainer

-CPD certificate

-PDF course materials

- Lunch and refreshments**

**For face-to-face courses

Two simple ways to book:

Card - Use the 'Book Now' button at the top of this web page.

Invoice - Please fill in the booking form herePlease note you are only booked onto the course once Training has processed the form.

*If you are having any difficulties please email us at [email protected].

Speakers

Gary Marshall

Gary Marshall

Sweco

Gary has over 40 years in the Building Services Industry and has accumulated a vast level of knowledge and expertise, both technically and commercially.

He has created many new calculation tools, test procedures, monitoring tools and new engineering services design building blocks, suitable for the 23rd / 24th Century. Gary is a very passionate individual and strives for excellence, in every part of the Electrical Engineering Design process.

CIBSE Training reserve the right to make changes to the speakers or programme. The right is also reserved in absolute discretion and without further liability to cancel any seminar when fees paid will be refunded. Acknowledged bookings are firm. Cancellation up to 4 weeks before the course is subject to a charge of 25% of fees due, later cancellation is not accepted but delegate substitution is allowed at any time. We reserve the right to request payment in advance for companies which have not had previous financial transactions with CIBSE Services Ltd. 

All delegate alterations / cancellations must be received in writing to: [email protected]  

Please note we do not accept card payments via American express

Please contact the training team before making any travel or accommodation arrangements - particularly if you are travelling from outside the UK mainland, as CIBSE will not be liable for any cost incurred. 

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