going for my 2394/2395 any tips?

[scottishlad]

I am doing my 2394/2395 on Monday on a weeks course I was wondering if anyone had any tips or information to give me a help on this.

thanks

 

[Southern22]

Read GN3 front to back over and over again

 

[Iddy]

Agree with above..GN3 defo. Also try to source past papers will also help

 

[Richard Burns]

Make sure your note the terminology used in GN3 and use that terminology in the exam, not what you hear others calling things.

Go onto the city and guilds website and search for the qualification number under the "additional documents" section there are the chief examiners reports that give you information on the most common errors found in the exams, read these and make sure you do not make these mistakes.

Oh and if anyone hasn't mentioned it read GN3, it is where all the questions come from and where all the answers are to be found.

 

[gutterball]

GN3 and terminology as the others have said. DO NOT say you've meggered a circuit or belled it out. Know what information goes on the test sheets and the full correct name of the sheets. Correct sequence of tests and expected results. Don't confuse r1 and R1.

 

[SirKit Breaker]

There is nothing scientific other than a bit of ohms law volts drop etc.it is all about practice and procedures and facts. Revise gn3 and ask lots of questions and it should be a breeze

Cheers Howard

 

[bf03yvd]

GN3 ?? New beginner hence the ??

 

[tony mc]

Guidance Note 3 GN3

Inspection & Testing

Hope that helps !

 

[SirKit Breaker]

GN3 ?? New beginner hence the ??

GN3, this is the industry terminology for the IET Guidance Note 3 Inspection and Testing.

There is a series of 8 IET Guidance notes, GN1 to GN8. These are printed in a way that we can understand without all the gobbledygook that is in BS7671 and are used by normal working electricians like us to fully understand what BS7671 is trying to get at. They also go further into detail, and are well illustrated. If you afford the full set, they are worth having, but wait till next year now, cos the update of BS7671 in Jan 2015, will mean they will need to be re printed.

Cheers..........Howard

 

[amckay]

I don't have testing and inspection quals and only have little experience on IR and continuity testing (as previously worked as a mate house bashing) so what are the chances of me passing 2394/5 if I did the course?
I'd like to work along side a (proper) spark to gain more experience before I do the course but current commitments mean I cant. Advice please?

 

[uksparks]

I've got loads of past papers all on the PC if you are interested? I've got them for 2391, 2394 and 2395

 

[PEG]

All above advice on GN3 is spot on,but i have to add a small addition,it would be not to just read and memorise the details,but ensure you understand the principles that are being applied to the tests. It is surprising how many lads who know the methods and requirements backwards,but cannot explain the fundamental reasons why these are applied.A quick example is a conversation i had with an experienced spark a while back,discussing the "pessimistically low IR" on a large installation,now this,as we know,occurs even with new installs,with all those extra parallel paths...but he was insistent that it was because the larger installations MUST have increased likelyhood of problems due to size. He would not accept that even a run of brand new cable,when of sufficient length,would fail the standard IR test. So,get the fundamental bits fixed in your mind,and all the rest is built on that.Only my twopenneth'...