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Tim S

wrote:

[1] Not hard, but you *need* the bloke to go through it as some stuff is
[not
obvious until you've heard it.

Can you give us some examples of the not obvious stuff?

Checking for an ASTA marked fuse (mentioned already), knowing when to do
a "soft" test, a "hard" test or (where applicable) a touch current test.

I might remember some more later. Some of the above may be obvious to some,
but they weren't all obvious to most of the folks on my course, me
included.

Actually the handbook is very good (and it is all in there), but they do
draw your attention to the important/more obscure points in the course. I
would say, if you are going to do it 100% as a pro, the course is worth it.
If you were doing it to service your own company then perhaps less so. The
course is a good opportunity to ask specifics of the lecturer(s),
concerning the type of kit you think you are going to encounter.

Our course went into a discussion about what to do with and whether you
would ever encounter a Class 0 appliance[1].

HTH

Tim

[1] A: Old fashioned 240V fairy lights