Electrical Installation (Building Services)
Install, test and certify domestic and light commercial electrical systems — with safe isolation treated as non-negotiable.
- Award
- Occupational Certificate
- Level
- Level 3
- Duration
- 28 weeks · 520 hours
- Delivery
- 35% online · 65% in person
- Units
- 7 units
- Intake
- Phase 01 · Kampala
Overview
Electrical work is one of the few trades where an undetected error kills someone months later. Everything in this programme is built around that fact: safe isolation, correct installation, and testing that proves the installation is safe before it is energised.
The heaviest in-person weighting of any ASIEA programme. Practical competence is assessed on real installations and on a test rig, against written criteria.
What you study
7 units · 520 notional hours. Hours shown are the notional allocation used for planning and progression.
Circuit theory, alternating current, power, protection principles and calculation.
Proving dead, lock-off, permits, working at height and site risk assessment.
Cable types and selection, conduit, trunking, tray, fixing and routing standards.
Lighting and power circuits, distribution boards, protective devices and earthing arrangements.
Continuity, insulation resistance, polarity, earth fault loop impedance, RCD testing and certification.
Logical diagnosis, test instrument use, rectification and re-testing after repair.
Wiring regulations, drawings, schedules, certificates and client handover.
How you are assessed
Practical competence is assessed in person by a qualified assessor against written criteria. No practical competence is assessed online.
A full installation built, tested and certified under assessment conditions
Safe isolation performed and observed — a mandatory pass criterion
A live rig tested with results recorded on certification documents
Planted faults diagnosed, rectified and re-tested under observation
Principles, regulations and calculation, invigilated
Entry requirements
- 18 years or older at the start of the programme
- Senior Four (UCE) or equivalent with adequate mathematics
- Working English sufficient for regulations and certification
- Colour vision adequate for cable identification
- Physical capability for installation work and availability for in-person blocks
Certification
Learners receive the ASIEA award and the evidence behind it. External certification is being sought: the units, notional hours and assessment on this page are written so a certification body can map them to its own qualifications.
Where it leads
Roles shown are indicative of the sector this course is designed for, not guaranteed placements.
Next steps
Two minutes. No documents needed yet.
A guided call on fit, schedule and prior experience.
Entry evidence reviewed and a placement matched to you.
Enrolment, induction date and your learner record opened.
Phase 01 fees are published at admission. Payment plans and employer-sponsored places form part of the intended Phase 01 model.