Megger helps trainees with their tests

Trainees studying at two of Scottish Power's training schools are gaining invaluable  experience with equipment and support material supplied by portable test equipment specialist, Megger. In addition, the company also provides practical product demonstrations as a complement to the formal course material.

The Scottish Power Training schools based in Hoylake and Cumbernauld, make use of Megger PAT4 testers in courses leading to the City & Guilds 2377 qualification in portable appliance (PAT) testing, and also use a range of educational posters from Megger for courses relating to testing in line with the BS7671, the 17th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations.

Demonstrations provided for trainees by members of the Megger team not only cover PAT testing, but also other contractor requirements, including insulation, continuity, earth loop and RCD testing. All of the demonstrations make use of modern test equipment, ensuring the trainees are ready to apply the latest developments in the field after they qualify.

Scottish Power also uses Megger's educational posters as a training aid. Using photographs of real wiring accessories and test instruments, together with explanatory notes, each of the posters in the series clearly illustrates a particular BS 7671/17th Edition.

"The large size of the posters, and the clear presentation makes them ideal for explaining test procedures to groups of trainees," said Mark Lafferty, "and they save us a lot of time that we would otherwise have to spend in producing similar training material of our own. We have them on the walls throughout the training schools, and the trainees refer to them all the time."

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