Overview
Level 3 LCL Award Initial Verification & Testing
Entry requirements
There are no pre-requisites to enroll onto this course.
How you'll spend your time
The course is primarily focused on your learning from the comfort of your own home. Our training material along with the books and normative documentation (Guidance Note 3) give you what is needed to be successful in gaining the knowledge you require to attain your qualifications.
For the practical sessions and assessment, you will be invited to attend the centre for training and assessments once you have completed the appropriate knowledge development sections. Detailed below are the knowledge development workbooks:
- Workbook 1 – General requirements of GN3
- Workbook 2 – Initial Verification of Electrical Installations
- Workbook 3 – Testing procedures, results interpretation, and calculations. This will include sections on the following topics:
- Parallel conductors
- R1+R2 values for Ring final and Final Circuits
- Insulation Resistance values
- Earth Fault Loop Impedance
- Prospective Fault Current
- RCD Test methods
- Phase Rotation
- Functional Testing
- Workbook 4 – Model forms and certificates of BS7671:2018:A2:20222
- Workbook 5 – Test instruments and their usage.
Once you have completed all 5 workbooks, you will be asked to attend the centre for a total of 3 days:
- Day 1 – Dead testing and Safe Isolation Procedures
- Day 2 – Live testing and practice.
- Day 3 – Online multiple-choice exams 1 and 2 and Practical Testing Assessment.
After successful completion and sign off for all these elements, you will receive your certification. The award can then be added to your certificate portfolio and added to any competent persons register that you may already belong to.
Course costs & opportunities
Charged at only £895 + VAT for this 3 day package which includes registration, training, assessments, certification fees and access to an in-centre copy of the Guidance note 3 manual.