Apprentice 121 Podcast

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Apprentice 121 Podcast episodes

September 08, 2023 2396 - Electrical Design - EV circuit with full cable calculation run through - E5 Design Series
Richard and Craig run through the final questions on the EVSE design scenario from the live webinar last week!
Thanks to all for the kind feedback and questions coming back in!
We covered correction factors on 90 and 70 degree SWA cables, Max Zs values on a 30mA RCD, Max Ib value for a ring final circuit and loads loads more!
I thoroughly enjoyed myself through this entire series so far, have learned bucket loads and built some skills around screen sharing lol.
Massibe thanks to Richard and David from Electrical Safety First for joining in and Craig Buist of Burgess Electrical Services. Absolute superstars!
We will be back with more design examples and other podcasts soon!
Next up The Water Sparky!
1 hr 11 min
August 31, 2023 Designing an Electric Vehicle charger circuit - 2396 Design Example
We run through the design and specification of an EV charge point installation with the Super stars Richard Harvey (Electric Safety First), David Powell (Electric Safety First), Craig Buist (BES) and myself.
The guys go through this in detail from start to finish with references to the regulations and product details.
I really enjoyed it myself and we recorded this in webinar format with other guest contributing questions along the way.
Primarily aimed at apprentices but something for everyone, especially those considering 2396.
Electrical design is something that is really interesting and exciting! Understanding, encouraging and developing design skills is what it is all about.
Huge thanks to the guys again and to everyone who came along on the night!
All the files are on this page https://apprentice121.co.uk/design-webinar
1 hr 39 min
August 24, 2023 Starting an apprenticeship - what to expect... Plus an electrical design question!
This one is packed with chat from Matt finding some work experience to Richard explaining the great work going on with Electric Safety First and Craig's awesome 2396 achievement and his booming job role at Burgess Electrical Services.
I loved this one and we covered the plan to host a live webinar on design in the next week or so.
Please see www.apprentice121.co.uk/design-webinar
1 hr 2 min
August 03, 2023 Finding work and retraining as an electrician - Matt Telford shares some BRILLIANT tips.
Matt very kindly joins me to share his knowledge about apprenticeship standards and frameworks alongside his direct experience working towards retraining as an electrician.
We discuss his background, efforts helping with the apprentice121 facebook group and tips he has for others looking to enter industry at all levels.
We will be getting Matt back on again soon with the rest of the guys and hopefully on a regular basis going forwards.
The 5 minute segment of Matts tips is golden in my opinion.
We discuss the awesome @GSHElectrical and @efixx along with some feedback on @SparkyNinja online training.
You can find Matt on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/sparky_by_fifty/
Ledge approved is here https://www.instagram.com/ledge_approved/
The apprentice 121 facebook group which growing by the day! here
https://www.facebook.com/groups/apprentice121
Thanks again to Matt and please fire any questions over in the comments. The team will be back once Richard has finished sunning himself, Jamie has figured out his cat cable through crimper and Craig has got his 2396 results lol.
41 min
July 14, 2023 How to design a 3 phase electrical compressor / motor circuit 43m long!
Episode 3 of the design series moves things along again. This time into 3 phase and to include power factor!
Richard leads the show again working from the example built by Craig!
I am a passenger on these and enjoy learning something new every single week! Massive thanks to the guys for taking the time and putting this together.
Huge thanks to everyone for the kind feedback and recent bump in numbers on the audio versions!
Website to access the download etc is https://apprentice121.co.uk/electrical-design-podcast
53 min
July 12, 2023 Experienced worker route for Electricians - Domestic - NICEIC and NAPIT registration
Craig Wiltshire joins me to discuss the brand new domestic experienced worker route!
This is suitable for people with 3 years working experience in the domestic sector who are currently working in that environment and want to attain the domestic electrician standard.
You must have 3 years relevant experience and existing qualifications in industry. The evidence built through the assessment can only be from the date after which you start it!
NET are putting in place the AM2 ED for end point assessment and it looks like a domestic gold card will be forthcoming. I will confirm this with the JIB soon for clarification.
TESP, NET and those working hard to develop these mechanisms to raising standards and opportunities have done a great job here. The program should take around 18 months to complete and will be starting out in industry imminently. For further details please see the TESP website here https://www.electrical-ewa.org.uk/
NET can be found here https://www.netservices.org.uk/am2ed/
To contact Craig you can email him directly here [email protected]
Thanks again to Craig for asking to come on and talk about this and sharing his knowledge.
52 min
July 07, 2023 How to design electrical circuits E2 - Shower circuit 78m long! 2396 Design
Richard takes us through a design example covering all the calculations needed from design current, OCPD sizing, Grouping, Thermal effects and lots more!
We also have a little competition running to win a Chauvin Arnoux 740N safety tester! Watch to the end and get involved!
Link to the webpage with all the PDFs discussed shown below!
https://apprentice121.co.uk/electrical-design-podcast
1 hr
June 23, 2023 Electrical circuit design for electricians - The series E1
We discuss the design of an electrical circuit based on a typical kitchen lighting system with 10 (very bright) down lights.
Richard and Craig take us through the design journey from start to finish through the course on a new and exciting series on design.
We will introduce more of the calculations and considerations in circuit design on the next one with correction factors, Zs, adiabatic and more!
If you have some scenarios you want covering please feel free to reach out.
Richard is a technical expert for electrical safety first and decades experienced lecturer.
Craig is a former department manager at a college with decades of teaching experience and now manager at a large, respected electrical contracting firm.
Mark occasionally does electrical things and can press record!
48 min
June 22, 2023 How to get a job - electrician apprentice and also how to employ an apprentice!
A podcast to help people looking for employment as apprentices and also to help employers who are looking to employ them!
Information and advice from both sides of that discussion.
Also some chat around CEF live, giveaways and those who are trying to scam people and rip off JIB gold cards....
https://www.gov.uk/employing-an-apprentice/get-funding
https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates
45 min
June 15, 2023 What is Power Quality and how do we measure it? Chauvin Arnoux explain
Kevin Smith joins me to discuss what Power Quality is and why it is ever more important as we move towards renewable energy and electric vehicle charging.
Kevin is also an apprentice trained electrician with vast experience in the lecturing/training sector.
I learnt loads in this one and we just scratched the surface.
From discussion around harmonics, power factor and linear/non linear loads which is a great topic for learners to delve into.

If anyone else would like to appear on the podcast the door is always open to everyone. Please email [email protected]
The webinars Kevin mentioned and the other products can be found below
https://www.chauvin-arnoux.co.uk/en
The social media contacts for Chauvin Arnoux and Kevin himself also below
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-smith-connect/https://www.linkedin.com/company/chauvin-arnoux/?originalSubdomain=frhttps://twitter.com/ChauvinUK
43 min

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Multi award winning UK electricians podcast dedicated to apprentices, trainees, trainers and employers. Discussing topics from 2391, AM2, NVQ, 2365, 8202, employer support, apprentice tips, career stories and much much more. Lots of fun and technical chat all rolled into one podcast.