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Presentation
  • Session
  • Tuesday, 17 May 2016
  • 11:17 - 11:17
  • Duration: 29 mins
  • Publication date: 16 Jun 2016
  • Location: NA, IET, Stevenage, United Kingdom
  • Part of event Wiring Regulations update seminar

About the session

* Background

* Part 1 scope and fundamental principles

* Part 2 definitions

* Part 3 Assessment of general characteristics

Mark Coles, Technical Regulations Manager, Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and Secretary, JPEL/64 Panel D – External Influences

IET Wiring Regulations 17th Edition (BS 7671:2008) - Requirements for Electrical Installations - is the British Standard which is updated on a continuous cycle through National (JPEL/64), European (CENELEC) and International (IEC - International Electrotechnical) committees.

Keywords:
  • 17th Edition
  • BS7671
  • RCD
  • health & safety
  • standards
  • wiring matters
  • wiring regulations

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Wiring Matters

Wiring Matters

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    Mark Coles

    IET, Knowledge Services, Technical Regulations Manager

    Mark Coles is the Technical Regulations Manager with the IET in the Standards and Compliance department – and might be a familiar face as he has appeared in many videos and TV programmes on behalf of the IET (the most recent being Fake Britain, to discuss the counterfeit IET books).Mark served his apprenticeship as an electrician with the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. He has worked on many projects including the decommissioning of Windscale Piles 1 & 2, decommissioning of the Advanced Gas Reactor (AGR), Cement Encapsulation Plant, commissioning of THORP (Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant) and the Auto-Sampling pneumatic transfer system at Sellafield, Cumbria.He studied Electrical & Electronic Engineering at London South Bank University, and subsequently worked as Contracts and Project Manager in electrical contracting and then held the post of Operations Engineer with the NICEIC.Currently, Mark is an appointed UK expert on protection against electric shock to international committee IEC TC 64 MT 9, IEC TC 64 JWG 32 and CENELEC TC 64 WG 9 and is Secretary to JPEL/64D, UK sub-committee dealing with external influences.
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