Part 3 of the Technician Safety / OHS trackIn authoring · pre-pilot

EV Charging Infrastructure: Safe Install & Commission

Install, commission, energise and hand over EV charging equipment (EVSE) safely and to standard — earthing and RCD protection, load and supply assessment, correct test sequence, and a documented, defect-free handover.

The competency gate before anyone wires, energises or signs off a charge point, built as one Engage-Share-Practice-Perform flow. Part of the "Technician Safety / OHS Track", it builds on EV & Battery Emergency Response by moving from the vehicle's battery to the fixed infrastructure that feeds it — the AC wallbox, the workplace DC rapid, the supply, the earth and the RCD. Learners are hooked by a real PEN-fault and an energise-before-test near-miss, learn the standards (IEC 61851, IEC 60364-7-722 / BS 7671 Section 722, OZEV) and the install-test-commission backbone, then apply it: reading the supply and earthing arrangement, ordering the commissioning test sequence, deciding on PEN-fault and RCD-selection traps, and writing the decision to refuse a non-compliant energise. They prove judgment in a written rationale, pass an 80% knowledge gate, check in to the geofenced practical, log the supervised commissioning run, and return the countersigned commissioning and EIC certificate. Maps to IET Code of Practice for EV Charging Equipment Installation, City & Guilds 2921, and BS 7671:2018+A2.

46 min·17 learning objects·intermediate·For: Service technicians, body-shop & workshop staff, fleet maintenance, OHS officers (and installers commissioning workplace/fleet EVSE)

VideoQuestionFlash cardVideo quizOrderingShort answerAssessment quizFormAttendanceDocument return

How the program runs — four phases.

Engage

See what an open-PEN fault and an energise-before-test do at a real install, then privately rate how ready you are to commission a charge point that someone will plug a car — and a child — into.

The fault you can't see until someone's touching the carVideo
Before we start: how ready are you, honestly?Question

Learn the framework: the standards that govern an EVSE install, how to read the supply and earthing arrangement, the protection an EV circuit needs, and the install-test-commission backbone you'll soon perform.

The standards and how to read the supplyVideo
Protection, RCD type, and the install-test-commission backboneVideo
The supply & protection map — name every partFlash card
The commissioning drumbeat — recall the backboneFlash card

Practice

Apply the whole framework with feedback: read the supply and earthing on a real install, order the commissioning test sequence, decide under consequence on a PME open-PEN trap and an RCD-type trap, and defend the test-before-energise rule in writing.

Read the supply: what earthing arrangement is this?Video quiz
Sequence the commissioning tests under consequenceOrdering
The RCD on the shelf — will it protect this charger?Video quiz
Order the open-PEN / lost-neutral responseOrdering
Defend testing-before-energising to the impatient leadShort answer
Commissioning recall — the traps that fail an installFlash card

Perform

Prove it: write the refuse-to-energise decision under pressure, pass the knowledge gate, check in to the geofenced in-person practical, log your supervised commissioning run, and return the countersigned commissioning record and EIC.

Write the refuse-to-energise decisionShort answer
EVSE install & commissioning knowledge gateAssessment quiz
Check in to the in-person commissioning practicalAttendance
Log your supervised commissioning runForm
Return your signed commissioning record & EICDocument return

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