Stage 2 Field EvidenceInspection & Testing entries

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Context

• Where

• When

• Extent and limitations

• The type of installation (Installation Methods)

• Each of these influences

The assumptions you make

The recommendations you make

The depth and extent of your inspection and test

Assessment of Safe Working Practices

Don’t Remember to

• Copy the college entry

• Copy the language of the college entry,

E.g. Spoke to the authorised person an appropriate time to access the circuit in a safe and appropriate manner in accordance with The Electricity at Work Regulations, 1989

• Set the Field Evidence entry in a context that is specific to your own workplace

• Write the entry in your own words

E.g. Arranged with the homeowner to switch the power off

• Be specific

Safe Isolation

Don’t Remember to

• Copy the college entry

• Copy the language of the college entry,

• E.g. Safely isolated the three-phase four-way isolator

• Set the Field Evidence entry in a context that is specific to your own workplace

• Write the entry in your own words

E.g. Safely isolated the mcb for the lighting circuit

• Be specific

Inspection

Don’t Remember to

• Write out the inspection checklist (9.2.2) from the On-Site Guide

• Include irrelevant material just to fill up the page

• E.g. Presence of undervoltagedevices

• Keep the page’s contents in context

• Be specific

• Clearly state things like,

what you checked

How many of the items you checked (percentage)

The decisions and judgements you made

Why you made these particular decisions and judgements

‘Dead’ Testing

Don’t Remember to

• Copy the college entry

• Use the same test that you used for the equivalent college entry

• Copy the language of the college entry

• Copy the test procedures straight out of the On-Site Guide or other book

• One test in depth, or two at the most• Safety precautions and checks prior to

testing• Name the test• Draw the circuit under test• Name the meter• Identify the scale• Show the positioning of the test probes• State any specific precautions you

needed to take to avoid, False readings Damaging equipment

• Identify the reading(s) obtained• State whether the reading/s obtained

were acceptable or unacceptable• Explain why you made that judgement

Certification

Don’t Remember to

• Copy out a certificate

• Draw a certificate

• Attach a copy of the actual certificate, it’s just not necessary

• Clearly state what certificates were used for your particular situation

• Explain what information went on which certificate

• You might want to explain how you recorded the results, Did you write the results onto a

certificate and then make a fair copy later

Did you write results on a reporter’s notepad and then write up a certificate

Does the meter store the results to be downloaded later

Were you using an App throughout the process

‘Live’ Testing

• Can only be Ze or PFC

• Same general rules of Remember to and Don’t of ‘Dead testing’ entry also apply here

• This page should include the specific health & safety precautions you took to undertake this test safely

Assessment of Safe Working Practices –

‘Live working’• These cannot be the same as the ‘Dead’

Assessment of Safe Working practices

Referencing

Don’t Remember to

• Copy Regulations straight out the Regs Book or the On-Site Guide

• State which Regulations were important during these processes

• Be specific about why these Regulations were relevant

• Use the Regs Book and On-Site Guide to show that you’ve understood a little of the testing and inspecting processes

Summary

• Clearly state the context

• Be specific

• Don’t quote extensively from the college entry or text from the IET’s publications

• Don’t feature every test that you did. Drill down into one or, at most, two dead tests

• Live test entry must be Ze or PFC