Electrical Duty Holder Training

£265.00

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Course Type | Electrical, Technical Skills

Certificate | City & Guilds Accredited

Duration of Course | 1 Day

Location | Microsoft Teams

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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.


Electrical Duty Holder Is It Right for Me

Is it right for me?

Prior electrical experience is assumed, this is not an entry-level course.

Electrical Duty Holder What Will I Learn

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

Electrical Duty Holder What are the Benefits

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.