Electrical Engineering for the maritime and offshore industry

Maritime and offshore production assets are equipped with a variety of electrical systems. In general mechanical engineers and maritime engineers are not educated to maintain these installations. This course is designed for mechanical engineers and marine engineers who have to conduct preventive and corrective maintenance on electrical installations on merchant navy ships and offshore installations.

Goals

• Ability to read electrical diagrams
• Ability to perform corrective maintenance
• Ability to operate and apply a variety of electrical measurement instruments

Course content

• Electrical concepts
• Basic knowledge of relay control systems
• Measuring and measurement instruments
• Electric motors and electric motor circuits
• Indicators
• Light circuit diagrams
• Schematic diagrams, main current, and control supply diagrams
• Diagrams of terminal blocks

Target group

The course is designed for engineers in the maritime and offshore industry working with; however, lacking knowledge of electrical engineering and electrical diagrams. A technical education on a junior level is prerequisite (Junior Technical School).

Practical training

The course in Ede, the Netherlands involves practical training sessions. These sessions involving practical projects will be managed and guided by an electro-technical expert. The projects are based on situations similar to situations in your work environment. You will construct electric motor circuits whereas these circuits and motors are used to practice measuring techniques. You will be trained to use diagrams and measuring equipment to locate defects in electrical systems. In addition you will be trained to use and apply multi-meters, clamp-on ammeters and meggers.

Additional information

• The binder includes a CD-Rom. This CD-Rom includes animations, which are designed to assist students with learning to assess electrical diagrams. In addition the CD-Rom includes software that allows measurement of electrical diagrams on a computer. Finally working procedures with regard to safety will be explained in detail.
• The diploma of this course allows access to the course 'Vakbekwaam persoon - NEN 3140' which allows your employer to appoint you to "Competent Person" when you have sufficient practical experience. If you have limited workexperience you can be appointed by your employer as 'Voldoend onderricht persoon" (sufficiently educated person). More information (in Dutch) about 'appointments' according to NEN3140 you can find here.