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Electrician Academy

A complete electrician course in English and French – and how to start your own electrical business: 5 parts, 20 modules and 120 lessons. The trade and wiring rules (IEC 60364, BS 7671, NF C 15-100, NEC), how electricity works, electrical safety and safe isolation, tools and test instruments, cables and containment, lighting and socket circuits, protection and earthing, consumer units and three-phase, bathrooms, outdoors, EV chargers and solar, commercial and industrial work, inspection, testing and fault finding – then choosing a business model, registration, competent person schemes, insurance and consumer rights, van, tools and suppliers, day rates, estimating and quoting, cash flow and tax, reviews and marketing, apprentices, maintenance contracts and tenders, and handling problems. Every lesson has three readings, a worked example, common mistakes, on-the-job checks, key terms, self-checks and a quiz. Look things up in a tools and materials library, a problem solver, reference tables and a glossary; practise with 17 calculators (Ohm’s law, power, design current, energy cost, voltage drop, three-phase, maximum demand, ring continuity, loop impedance, quotes, day rate, break-even, deposits, start-up budget, tax set-aside, lead time), 20 job decisions, 10 checklists and an exam.

Ready to try · A complete electrician course in English and French – and how to start your own electrical business: 5 parts, 20 modules and 120 lessons. The trade and wiring rules (IEC 60364, BS 7671, NF C 15-100, NEC), how electricity works, electrical safety and safe isolation, tools and test instruments, cables and containment, lighting and socket circuits, protection and earthing, consumer units and three-phase, bathrooms, outdoors, EV chargers and solar, commercial and industrial work, inspection, testing and fault finding – then choosing a business model, registration, competent person schemes, insurance and consumer rights, van, tools and suppliers, day rates, estimating and quoting, cash flow and tax, reviews and marketing, apprentices, maintenance contracts and tenders, and handling problems. Every lesson has three readings, a worked example, common mistakes, on-the-job checks, key terms, self-checks and a quiz. Look things up in a tools and materials library, a problem solver, reference tables and a glossary; practise with 17 calculators (Ohm’s law, power, design current, energy cost, voltage drop, three-phase, maximum demand, ring continuity, loop impedance, quotes, day rate, break-even, deposits, start-up budget, tax set-aside, lead time), 20 job decisions, 10 checklists and an exam.