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Foundation degree framework specification

 

Option pathways: Electrical

Mandatory DLOs: Sustainable and renewable technologies

  1. Compare the relative features of alternative energy and water sources and establish the feasibility of their usage for specific applications.
  2. Produce energy efficient building services engineering designs and establish effective strategies for achieving sustainable building services engineering solutions.
  3. Establish energy and environmental performance rating of buildings and their services installations, and make comparisons with established performance indicators and targets.

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O13 and O14: Electrical Installation (Levels 4 & 5)

  1. Analyse buildings and identify their electrical needs.
  2. Identify design criteria and constraints and evaluate the application of standards and legislation.
  3. Produce detailed low voltage electrical distribution system designs to satisfy the needs of complex buildings.
  4. Select forms of protection against short circuit, over current, and fault current in extra low and low voltage circuits.
  5. Evaluate the methods of data distribution for large commercial, public and industrial buildings.
  6. Establish the need for lightning protection and apply the principles for protection.
  7. Evaluate alternative electrical installation proposals and strategies to establish feasible design solutions.
  8. Evaluate the need for and produce designs for standby and uninterruptible power supplies.
  9. Analyse modes of vertical and horizontal transportation for buildings and develop appropriate electrical installation provision.
  10. Investigate and analyse the operation of dc and ac motors, their selection and application within building services.
  11. Investigate the application of rectification systems in the control of electric plant and equipment.

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O15: Electrical Power Supplies (Level 5)

  1. Investigate and categorise the power needs of large buildings and complexes.
  2. Investigate the use of transformers in power transmission, distribution, measurements and protection.
  3. Calculate fault currents in power supply networks and thereby analyse the rating of HV switchgear and protection equipment.
  4. Design power supply and distribution networks to buildings and complexes with large power loads.
  5. Evaluate the effects of abnormal loads on power supply systems.

O16: Lighting Design (Level 4)

  1. Analyse buildings, identify their lighting needs and establish design parameters.
  2. Analyse daylight levels and distribution within buildings.
  3.  Investigate lighting equipment and the visual effects of lighting.
  4. Evaluate alternative lighting proposals and strategies to establish feasible design solutions.
  5. Produce designs for lighting schemes for the interior and exterior of complex buildings.
  6. Investigate the design and operation of emergency lighting systems.

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O17: Fire Detection & Security Installation Systems

  1. Describe the principles and characteristics of fire and smoke dynamics.
  2. Investigate legislation, standards and strategies required for fire safety and fire engineering.
  3. Produce and evaluate detailed designs for fire detection and alarm installations for complex buildings.
  4. Investigate legislation, standards and strategies required for security systems and security engineering.
  5. Produce and evaluate detailed designs for security detection, monitoring and alarm installations.

O18: Transportation Systems in Buildings

  1. Analyse buildings, identify their transportation needs and establish design parameters.
  2. Investigate legislation, standards and strategies required for transportation systems engineering.
  3. Analyse traffic planning requirements for complex buildings and select appropriate equipment and performance requirements.
  4. Investigate the features, characteristics and performance of lifts and other transportation equipment.
  5. Investigate the features, characteristics and installation requirements of lift, escalator and walkway components, drives, roping arrangements, controls, electrical systems and traffic management.
  6. Produce and evaluate detailed designs for transportation system Installations for complex buildings.

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O19 : Controls and Building Management Systems (Level 5)

  1. Identify the control and management needs of buildings and the characteristics of Building Management Systems.
  2. Investigate BMS hardware, functions and applications.
  3. Produce designs for BMS installations and generate BMS software to achieve required control strategies.
  4. Monitor and adjust BMS installations to optimise the performance and benefits derived from the system.
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