SJIB (Scottish) Certification Scheme SJIB approved ACA test.

[sparky16]

Im currently doin the installation project thats required first before i do the acca. Did any of yous have too do this as well its the one with car workshop and has 12 booths

 

[stevothespark]

Nope, never heard of it. Im self-employed, have been for nearly 5 years, just never got round to completin the other log book they give you once you become an electrician, so i just had to complete an application of experience to then get put forward for it.

 

[g1url]

Just found this thread when searching on google. thanks stevothespark for all your info,and everyone else.iI have my ACA test on monday and ****ting myself....in cambuslang too.
What did you cover with the plastic sheeting before doing live tests ?. never had anything like that when i done my fica in cambuslang in 2004 !. is there much else different from you trades test that you remeber ?.
Thanks again to anyone with any info.

 

[stevothespark]

Basically your really just showin the knowledge that durin live testing the metal trunkin may become live in the event of a fault and to protect yourself your putting this sheeting up. he'll actually help you clip it up, load of ****e to b honest. I added all this to the site once id failed mine cos if id known half the stuff they TRIPPED me up on, then i would have stood half a chance.
Nothin different on the testing side, u have the onsite guide to help you,dont b afraid to use it. Remember to brush up on where the earth loop impedance tables are, cos they'll ask you about some of the results, whether they r a pass or fail. also no your rcd max trip times, for rcd sockets and rcd main switches as he'll ask you that too.
Think everythin else ive covered in my previous posts. Mind and let me know how you get on. About time us sparks stuck together cos every organisation out there seems to b doin us at every turn !

 

[johnboy6083]

i like the sheet! just a thought, most testers wont allow a Zs test to take place if the touch voltage rises aboyve 50v anyway, so is there still the need for thwe sheeting can you imagine on a large site trying to cover every bit of metalwork up! lol

 

[garry]

Well done for passing stevo and thanks for all the info you gave us.I have mines next tuesday and im bricking it lol.

 

[mcgart]

Can anyone shed anymore light on the risk assesment part of the aca. Seems easy enuf but how over the top can you go and has anyone had the job stated in a few posts above. It says that if you have a job card stating ( the job is in a house and theres a child and mother in, say it needs to be arranged that the mother and child are out when the work gets carried out. )

 

[stevothespark]

Basic rules for risk assessment(even though you'd act different in real life), absolutely no live working, any mention of the power not being able to be switch off, you simply say, job cant be done and should be arranged for when the power can be turned off. As for the rest, just go way over the top, use all correct PPE, use correct tools, corden off area being worked at, set up appropriate lighting, blah blah blah, think i explained in more detail in earlier posts, as for the mother and kid, job should be arranged when they are not there......depends how its worded, just common sense really. basically be over the top and the most safety minded guy ever. Good luck with it and read over the earlier posts i did.

 

[mcgart]

Thanks stevo. i have my resit soon as i failed parts 1 and 2 at tail end of last year! But the first hour of the test was a complete blank nerves got the better of me! Just dont want to mess it up again. As for safe isolation this is easy but i put the key on the desk several times and also forgot to post warning notices.

 

[stevothespark]

aye, they basically want you to fail yer 1st time, total money scam. yeh, if ye read ma earlier post, i did the same thing, pitty ye never seen this before yer 1st test. only time i put the key in my pocket was when i went away from the both to lock it off out of site, every other time, you wud hav had to climb over a desk in front of me, pick the key up and unlock the breaker in front of me....load of pish.

 

[mcgart]

Thing is i did see this before my first test. But as soon as i got into test center my mind just blanked! Kept telling myself to remember to put key in pock aswel!

 

[bk81]

Glad marc_v33 put me back onto this thread, got my test next Thursday! Failed my first FICA test at Cambuslang by running out of time, hope it I'm a better spark now :tounge_smile:...

 

[stevothespark]

Glad to see my thread is still helping folk ! 2months til im off to oz to go through all this kinda stuff again haha !

 

[bk81]

I've got my ACA test tomorrow. For the IR test on a 3 phase DB do you have to join the three phases together to test the full system or just do a phase at a time? In GN 3 it says;
"Three Phase - Test to earth from all live conductors (including the neutral) connected together"
Seems like it would be easier to test them separately just not sure if there's a reason for it?

 

[sparky16]

I have the aca in 2 weeks and im bricking myself. Can anyone tell me if the testing is all in domestic booth as i think i will struggle big time with industrial and the other one. Also fault finding , Is it all on dead circuits and do we need to do safe isolation procedure first