Joey190 Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Just completed my electrical practical test today and thought id share what was involved . As the vetassess website gives you a list a mile long on what to revise and it can scramble your brain if you havent been in a classroom for years . Once you have followed their instructions and completed a PES form etc you are given a date for your prac test . I did mine at kangan , the assessor was really nice . He was helpful and gave small hints on if he saw you making a minor mistake . So , we had to Follow a plan and wire up a 2 way lighting circuit in conduit using singles . Gives you measurments on the plan on how long to cut the conduit and where to mount the mounting blocks etc . Wire up 1 x socket outlet Install both circuits into a switchboard you have to mount . Select correct cable size for both circuits Select correct rcbos Install a earth stake ( just mounted to the wall ) While you are doing your booth wiring the assessor will ask you to go to another booth and you have to do abit of motor control wiring. You have a chart with 5 symbols N O contact Start button Stop button Thermal overload Coil You have to match the symbols to what it is . Then draw how you would wire a simple dol starter with the symbols all in a line . Then you have to wire the circuit using the push in lead things into makeshift start button / stop button etc . Then once he is happy you test see if it works . Then he flicks a fault in . Mine was a the normally open contact wasnt connected so when you pushed the start button it just pulsed and wouldnt hold in . Then we did Swp disconnect re connect ( watch youtube for that one ) ELECTIVES You have to choose 1 elective and i was scared of this one because out of the electives there wasnt one that i was completely clued up on . Only a few basics . I chose the data one because i pull data points for new houses etc . He literally sat me down and asked 3 questions , what the tool was called to make connections ( krone tool . I use to call it a bt pusher ) What a rj45 plug was And asked what cable i use . ( cat 5 / 6 / 6e ) And then that was it . No wiring or anything . Once all that was over we tested the circuit Cont main earth Cont earth on light circ Cont earth on socket IR on whole installation ( he put a fault in on this one , pretty obvious he had because he plugged a plug into the outlet and said keep that in then you do your IR for whole installation and record the reading . Then IR of your light circ Then IR of socket ( the ones you just wired so they are fine , they dont do anything to trip you up ) Then polarity of switches . Once that is done there is a 24 question multiple choice test . Dont worry about memerising every formula for power , ohms law , rms etc . Because it literally gives you them all on the last page of your book , and he points that out to you before you start . Other than that cant really tell you much else . Hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muthukrishnan Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 Hi, Thank you for sharing your Technical interview and practical exam experience. I have some doubts about practical exam can you clear it.... On 05/08/2022 at 13:49, Joey190 said: Just completed my electrical practical test today and thought id share what was involved . As the vetassess website gives you a list a mile long on what to revise and it can scramble your brain if you havent been in a classroom for years . Once you have followed their instructions and completed a PES form etc you are given a date for your prac test . I did mine at kangan , the assessor was really nice . He was helpful and gave small hints on if he saw you making a minor mistake . So , we had to Follow a plan and wire up a 2 way lighting circuit in conduit using singles . Gives you measurments on the plan on how long to cut the conduit and where to mount the mounting blocks etc . Wire up 1 x socket outlet Install both circuits into a switchboard you have to mount . Select correct cable size for both circuits Select correct rcbos Install a earth stake ( just mounted to the wall ) While you are doing your booth wiring the assessor will ask you to go to another booth and you have to do abit of motor control wiring. You have a chart with 5 symbols N O contact Start button Stop button Thermal overload Coil You have to match the symbols to what it is . Then draw how you would wire a simple dol starter with the symbols all in a line . Then you have to wire the circuit using the push in lead things into makeshift start button / stop button etc . Then once he is happy you test see if it works . Then he flicks a fault in . Mine was a the normally open contact wasnt connected so when you pushed the start button it just pulsed and wouldnt hold in . Then we did Swp disconnect re connect ( watch youtube for that one ) ELECTIVES You have to choose 1 elective and i was scared of this one because out of the electives there wasnt one that i was completely clued up on . Only a few basics . I chose the data one because i pull data points for new houses etc . He literally sat me down and asked 3 questions , what the tool was called to make connections ( krone tool . I use to call it a bt pusher ) What a rj45 plug was And asked what cable i use . ( cat 5 / 6 / 6e ) And then that was it . No wiring or anything . Once all that was over we tested the circuit Cont main earth Cont earth on light circ Cont earth on socket IR on whole installation ( he put a fault in on this one , pretty obvious he had because he plugged a plug into the outlet and said keep that in then you do your IR for whole installation and record the reading . Then IR of your light circ Then IR of socket ( the ones you just wired so they are fine , they dont do anything to trip you up ) Then polarity of switches . Once that is done there is a 24 question multiple choice test . Dont worry about memerising every formula for power , ohms law , rms etc . Because it literally gives you them all on the last page of your book , and he points that out to you before you start . Other than that cant really tell you much else . Hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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