This document provides information about a 10-week course on the 17th Edition Wiring Regulations, including: - The course will cover the contents and requirements of the 300+ page 17th Edition regulations book issued by the IEE for electrical installations. - Studying the regulations will provide a City & Guilds qualification and is required for registration with N.I.C.E.I.C. - Students will learn how to interpret regulations, requirements for special locations, inspection and testing, and use tables and appendices. - Assessment will be a multiple choice online exam through City & Guilds at the end of the 10 weeks.

1. 17th
Edition Wiring
Regulations
Lecturer : - Paul HoldenLecturer : - Paul Holden
10 weeks study10 weeks study
09:30 – 12:3009:30 – 12:30

2. 17th Edition Wiring Regulations
• What are the 16th Edition Wiring
Regulations?
• What is the purpose of the regulations?
• What will this qualification do for me?
• What does it involve to study these
regulations?
• How will I be assessed?

3. What are the 17th Edition Wiring
Regulations?
• 300+ pages of information & the On Site
Guide (when issued)
• Known as "the Regs book"
• Issued by the Institute of Electrical
Engineers (IEE)
• Requirements for Electrical Installations
• IEE Wiring Regulations Seventeenth
Edition BS 7671: 2008
• Non-statutory document

4. What is the purpose of the
regulations?
• SAFETY, SAFETY, SAFETY AND SAFETY
• Divided into 7 parts with appendices and the On Site Guide
• Part 1 - Scope, Object and Fundamental Requirements for
safety
• Part 2 - Definitions
• Part 3 - Assessment of general Characteristics
• Part 4 - Protection for Safety
• Part 5 - Selection and Erection of Equipment
• Part 6 - special Installations or Locations
• Part 7 - Inspection and Testing
• Appendices - 15 off
• On Site Guide

5. What will this Qualification do for
me?
• Gain a nationally recognised qualification -
City & Guilds 2381-01
• Required by N.I.C.E.I.C. for registration
• Increase employment prospects

6. What does it involve to study
these regulations?
You would need: --
• To be qualified to City & Guilds 2360 part 2 (or
equivalent)
• Approximately 30 hours training
You will learn: --
• Where to find information in the books
• How to interpret this information
• The requirements for special locations
• The requirements for inspecting and testing
• How to use the tables and appendices
• The contents of the On - Site Guide

7. How will I be assessed?
• Multiple choice, on-line, City and Guilds
examination.
• 60 questions.
• 2 hours duration.
• When? - At end of course (week 12 ish)
18:00 – 20:00 hrs.
• Where? – Hagley Road Centre

8. Clear as mud?
• Anyone got any questions?
• GOOD.
• Let’s get started.

9. Thank you
Paul Holden

10. Thank you
Paul Holden