Course Overview

Explore health and safety issues concerning working with electricity and RHVAC systems.  Study the principles of electricity, including study of the different units of measurement, the source of electricity, methods of production, and much more.  Learn how to maintain RHVAC systems, and how to diagnose and correct problems when they occur.  Discover how to install new RHVAC systems.

Pre-requisites

You must be over 16 to take this course.  You must also be educated to at least GCSE standard D-G or hold an NVQ at level 1, or a GNVQ Foundation Certificate.  Please note that parts of the course are mathematical in nature.

Qualification

BTEC Level 3 Advanced Diploma in Electrical Principles with Refrigeration, Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning

Support and benefits

• Two Complimentary textbooks: ‘Electricians Guide to the 17th Ed.’ & ‘HVAC Principles & Application’
• Complimentary CITB interactive CD-ROM: ‘Health and Safety Test’
• Gain a nationally recognised award
• Access to a dedicated tutor and student advisors to guide you through your studies
• Access to the ICS online Student Community, allowing you to interact with other students and browse our resource library
  

Key topics

• Health, Safety and Welfare

Examine the employer’s and employee’s responsibilities for health, safety and welfare in the workplace. Learn how to reduce risks in the workplace.

• Heating

Explore clients’ differing requirements, and learn how to identify locations with special heating requirements. Examine local and central systems. Study comfort indices, internal and external design temperatures, infiltration rates and the effects of building exposure. Consider the relevant regulations, codes of practice and standards.

• Ventilation and Air Conditioning

Learn how to design air conveyance systems and single-zone air conditioning systems. Explore commissioning, operational and maintenance requirements.

• Refrigeration Technology

Explore the design principles for the selection and balancing of equipment. Learn how to install refrigeration and air conditioning plants. Examine the codes of practice and relevant legislation.

• Electrical Principles

Explore the various components used in electronic circuits and learn their characteristics. Examine the differences between analogue and digital signals, and consider how these differences relate to control principles. Learn how both transformers and rotating machines are constructed, and discover their operational characteristics. Explore circuit theorems, as well as single-phase and three-phase circuits.

Course Code

W27

Hours of study

18 months / 300 hours

Technical requirements

Internet access is required
Edexcel registration fees of £81.60 are additional to your course fees

Outline

You’ll complete four formative assessments and five compulsory assessments during your course. These assessments can be submitted to ICS online via the Student Community, or they can be posted to ICS. It is recommended that you submit your assessments online as you will receive your results more quickly this way – in fact, for multiple choice assessments, you receive your results instantly!

Assessment Breakdown

• Formative Assessment 1: 12 multiple choice questions
  
• Assessment 1: a scenario-based assignment
  
• Formative Assessment 2: 25 multiple choice questions
  
• Assessment 2: a scenario-based assignment
  
• Formative Assessment 3: 30 multiple choice questions
  
• Assessment 3: a scenario-based assignment
  
• Formative Assessment 4: 24 multiple choice questions
  
• Assessment 4: a scenario-based assignment
  
• Assessment 5: a scenario-based assignment

Notes

Each multiple choice question comes with four potential answers. Only one of these answers is correct; the other three are wrong. You must identify the correct answer.

Scenario-based assignments test that you can apply the knowledge you have learnt from the course to imaginary scenarios. Each assignment requires you to complete a number of questions or activities.