Electrical Duty Holder Training
Prices Quoted Exclude VAT
Course Type | Electrical, Technical Skills
Certificate | City & Guilds Accredited
Duration of Course | 1 Day
Location | Microsoft Teams
Prices Quoted Exclude VAT
Course Type | Electrical, Technical Skills
Certificate | City & Guilds Accredited
Duration of Course | 1 Day
Location | Microsoft Teams
Prices Quoted Exclude VAT
Course Type | Electrical, Technical Skills
Certificate | City & Guilds Accredited
Duration of Course | 1 Day
Location | Microsoft Teams
About the Electrical Duty Holder Workshop
A highly interactive course, designed to provide an immersive training environment that maximises the interaction between attendees and the instructor and the attendees with their peers.
An Electrical Duty Holder is a person appointed by an organisation with responsibility for the maintenance of the overall standard and quality of the electrical work. Duty Holders also have a responsibility to ensure that persons carrying out the work are competent to carry out the range of electrical tasks required of them.
What does an Electrical Duty Holder do?
Electrical Duty Holders will be required to:
Take responsibility for all matters relating to electrical engineering activities and be the main point of contact within the organisation
Be a full-time manager or employee of the business
Have responsibility for health and safety and other legal requirements relating to the range of any electrical work the organisation undertakes
Be responsible for the assignment of electrical work to Competent Person(s)
Ensure that all work undertaken or arranged is carried out by competent persons who are appropriately supervised
Ensure that the appropriate certificates and reports are issued for all completed electrical work undertaken
How to complete the Electrical Duty Holder Training?
Simply take these three easy steps:
Participate in the live, trainer-led virtual classroom
Ask any questions as the training is delivered and debate with peers
Get in touch with us when you are ready for the exam
We will schedule your exam with someone from HR at your employers’ site, you will then be awarded a City & Guilds certificate.
Is it right for me?
Prior electrical experience is assumed, this is not an entry-level course.
What will I learn?
On completion of the course, candidates should be able to:
The relevant statutory and non-statutory regulations (the Health & Safety at Work Act, the Electricity at Work Regulations) applicable to Electrical activities
The dangers associated with electricity and moving machinery
The term competency, and the assessment of competency
How to comply with company procedures and complete associated documentation e.g. permit to work, risk assessments, method statements, etc
Safe electrical isolations in a range of common industrial scenarios to HSE recommendations of best practice
Describe protection methods
How to audit electrical systems in your workplace
The benefits?
An understanding of electrical compliance for the business
Motivation and development of staff
Improved staff retention
Formal targeted training with direction and focused on business need
Encouragement of teamwork through coach and assessor communicating more with opposite trade
Re-focused training budget
SOPs and training packages are written around business need
Improved productivity as downtime is reduced due to increased skills base
Cross-cover of skills in event of absenteeism, sickness etc.
Nationally recognised qualifications where appropriate; skills are validated
Training records meet and exceed those required by HSE etc.