NECA has encouraged Victorian-based G Class LEIs to volunteer and participate in a LEI Renewable Energy theory assessment to provide valuable feedback for further improvement.

ESV and Future Energy Skills will be conducting a trial for the assessment scheduled to take place at Future Energy Skills in Clayton during the week commencing 23 October 2023.

The exact time and date will be determined once the availability of volunteers is known, though it is anticipated that the trial will occur in the late afternoon or early evening and participants will be provided pizza after the assessment is completed.

Some things to take note of before volunteering are that volunteers must hold a current G Class LEI licence, participation is completely voluntary, those who participate will not receive reimbursement for their time and the completion of this trial assessment cannot be used as evidence in a licence application for this licence class.

The assessment will include questions from the Standards and Regulations listed below and the Standards will be provided, so volunteers are advised to bring a calculator.

– AS/NZS 3000:2018 Wiring Rules

– AS/NZS 3008.1.1:2017 Electrical installations – Selection of cables

– AS/NZS 3010:2017 Electrical installations – Generating sets

– AS/NZS 4836:2023 Safe working on or near low voltage electrical installations and equipment

– AS/NZS 4777.1:2016 Electrical installations – Grid connection of energy systems via inverters Part 1: Installation requirements

– AS/NZS 5033:2014 Installation and safety requirements for photovoltaic (PV) arrays

– AS/NZS 5139:2019 Electrical installations – Safety of battery systems for use with power conversion equipment

– AS/NZS 4509.1:2009 Stand-alone power systems, Part 1: Safety and installation

– AS/NZS 1170.2:2021 Structural design actions, Part 2: Wind actions

– Electricity Safety (General) Regulations 2019

– Voltage Rise calculation

– PV Module maximum voltage calculations (3 methods)

– String current calculation

Those interested in volunteering are asked to contact Future Energy Skills operations manager Michael Cullen at mcullen@futureenergyskills.com.au