Overview

This course is designed to familiarise delegates with techniques for the safe isolation and investigation of faults in HVAC control and BEMS equipment and aims to develop a systematic approach to fault finding, isolation and remedial work.

This is an advanced course for Building Controls Engineers and Building Services Engineers with a good level of general experience. It is recommended that delegates complete BCM01 - 06 before this course.

Objectives

The training programme will help delegates to understand:

  • What a fault is and how it can be defined as a deviation to expected functionality
  • Why and when faults occur
  • How faults are reported
  • What is required of a fault-finding engineer
  • The correct sequence for dealing with a fault
  • How to identify a control system fault
  • Safe working – what is it and who has responsibility for it
  • Testing tools and techniques

Course Content

  • Introduction to faults
  • Requirements of the fault-finding engineer
  • HVAC systems and control engineering experience
  • BEMS training and software tools
  • Site data requirements
  • Commercial awareness
  • Fault finding sequence
    • The reported fault
    • Gathering the data
    • A strategic investigation
    • Identifying sub-systems
    • Proving the offending issue
    • Remedies
    • Testing and recording
  • Control system faults – what does a fault look like and where can information be found
  • Safe working - safe systems, isolating and testing techniques
  • Testing tools and techniques – multimeter, ammeter, non-invasive tester, neon voltage devices, oscilloscope

 

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