UEENEEG106A - Terminate cables, cords and accessories for low voltage circuits
Overview
This unit covers the termination of cables and cords and their conductors at accessories and current-using devices designed to operate at voltages up to 1,000 V a.c. or 1,500 V d.c. It encompasses working safely and to standards, understanding wiring system and cable types and applications, selecting appropriate termination accessories, preparing and terminating cables and cords, terminating cables/cord conductors and ensuring completed termination complies with requirements.
Assessment
For Melbourne campuses
Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce and extend knowledge and skill competence within set and controlled parameters in accordance with each unit’s learning outcomes and performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.
Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills and knowledge:
- cable types and terminations;
- cords, cables and plugs;
- flat TPS wiring systems;
- circular TPS wiring systems;
- thermoplastic insulated cables in non-metallic enclosures;
- thermoplastic insulated cables in metallic enclosures;
- fire protection cabling and systems;
- steel wire armoured (SWA) cables, and;
- trailing cables and catenary systems.
Required reading
The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by the Polytechnic and/or via the Polytechnic e-learning system.
As part of a course
This unit is not compulsory for any specific course. Depending on the course you study, this unit may be taken as an elective.