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Electrician preparation — Construction (CCQ)
This path applies electrical-system fundamentals to construction tasks: plan the installation, select conductors and protection, check the service and connect building systems.
Construction Electrician Training — CCQ Journeyperson Preparation
- Planning, drawings and installation methods
- Services, distribution and load calculations
- Building circuits, lighting, heating, motors and transformers
- Connections, checks and commissioning preparation
For electricians preparing for the CCQ journeyperson competency certificate. The course shares the non-construction CÉ / Licence C systems foundation and applies it to installation and commissioning on construction sites. The Québec Electrical Code 2018 is the primary installation reference; construction safety and utility requirements are identified separately.
Course programme
Review the chapters, objectives and topics before purchasing.
Electrical fundamentals and calculations
Objectives
- Identify voltage, current, resistance, power and energy.
- Solve a simple resistive circuit with stated assumptions.
- Calculate current or energy using consistent units.
- Check a result and distinguish physical calculation from regulatory selection.
Chapter sections
- 1.1 — References and working method
- 1.2 — Quantities, units and resistive networks
- 1.3 — Power and single-/three-phase systems
- 1.4 — Machines, circuit laws and resistance
- 1.5 — Energy and cost
- 1.6 — Use measuring instruments
- 1.7 — RMS and peak values
- 1.8 — Practice and justification
Code navigation
Objectives
- Describe the situation using Code terminology.
- Locate the rule and cross-references for the system.
- Check precedence, conditions and Quebec amendments.
- Justify a technical answer with a precise reference.
Chapter sections
- 2.1 — References and working method
- 2.2 — Structure, precedence and Québec amendments
- 2.3 — Definitions, requirements and exceptions
- 2.4 — Searches, tables and appendices
- 2.5 — Prepare efficient examination searches
- 2.6 — Practice and justification
Safety, lockout and measurements
Objectives
- Define the work boundary and identify every source.
- Prepare energy control under the construction safety framework.
- Select a measuring assembly suited to the location.
- Interpret readings with limitations and prepare special access.
Chapter sections
- 3.1 — References and working method
- 3.2 — Control energy before intervention
- 3.3 — Select instruments and interpret readings
- 3.4 — Prepare a confined-space intervention
- 3.5 — Choose safe access for work at height
- 3.6 — Plan an outage during renovation
- 3.7 — Practice and justification
Low-voltage distribution — 31 to 750 V
Objectives
- Trace feeder and branch circuit on a single-line diagram.
- Determine voltage applied to each device.
- Calculate balanced current and assess circuit capacity.
- Justify decisions by separating load, protection and interrupting capacity.
Chapter sections
- 4.1 — Trace the supply on a single-line diagram
- 4.2 — Select the correct voltage for each load
- 4.3 — Distinguish neutral and equipment bonding
- 4.4 — Check component limits before adding a load
- 4.5 — Calculate current and interpret phase balance
- 4.6 — Maintain access and identify outgoing circuits
- 4.7 — Resolve a workshop case before return to service
- 4.8 — From distribution drawing to building circuits
- 4.9 — Practice and justification
Conductors and wiring methods
Objectives
- Select conductor, cable or cord suited to the location and use.
- Apply corrections from actual installation and termination conditions.
- Check fill, boxes, pulling and mechanical protection.
- Justify connections, tightening and circuit identification.
Chapter sections
- 5.1 — Check the circuit before selecting wiring
- 5.2 — Select the conductor and temperature column
- 5.3 — Count conductors and correct ampacity
- 5.4 — Check continuous loading and the neutral
- 5.5 — Check installation and mechanical protection
- 5.6 — Calculate occupied raceway space
- 5.7 — Count box contents and select usable volume
- 5.8 — Provide pulling space and bends
- 5.9 — Prepare terminals and control tightening
- 5.10 — Select and size a flexible cord
- 5.11 — Recognize portable power cable calculations
- 5.12 — Identify industrial plugs and receptacles
- 5.13 — Distinguish moisture, corrosion and explosive atmospheres
- 5.14 — Workshop: check the cable, pull box and tightening
- 5.15 — Practice and justification
Disconnecting and protective devices
Objectives
- Distinguish overload, short circuit, disconnection and control.
- Check device current, voltage and interrupting ratings.
- Justify smaller-conductor connections using every condition.
- Calculate voltage drop usingD3 and interpret its limits.
Chapter sections
- 6.1 — Match each device to its function
- 6.2 — Select current, voltage and interrupting ratings
- 6.3 — Check tap conductors and protective devices
- 6.4 — Calculate voltage drop using Table D3
- 6.5 — Combine ampacity and voltage-drop checks
- 6.6 — Practice and justification
Grounding and bonding
Objectives
- Distinguish neutral, grounding and bonding.
- Trace fault return and locate permitted connections.
- Select sizing inputs according to function.
- Verify continuity, connections and mechanical protection before closing work.
Chapter sections
- 7.1 — References and working method
- 7.2 — Understand paths and bonding connections
- 7.3 — Size and install grounding
- 7.4 — Check connections and particular cases
- 7.5 — Select the inputs before sizing a connection
- 7.6 — Practice and justification
Lighting and luminaires
Objectives
- Identify luminaire type, input voltage and total current.
- Select protection category and check circuit loading.
- Coordinate support, connections, insulation and access.
- Check controls, emergency circuits and compatibility.
Chapter sections
- 8.1 — References and working method
- 8.2 — Calculate and protect lighting circuits
- 8.3 — Install, disconnect and replace luminaires
- 8.4 — Identify a compatible fluorescent system
- 8.5 — Store and recover used lamps
- 8.6 — Distribute several luminaires among circuits
- 8.7 — Control lighting from two locations
- 8.8 — Size remote emergency-lamp wiring
- 8.9 — Coordinate luminaires, ceilings and circuits
- 8.10 — Practice and justification
Transformers
Objectives
- Identify voltages, connections and nameplate values.
- Calculate single-phase and balanced three-phase currents.
- Distinguish rated-current calculation, conductor sizing and protection.
- Check installation, grounding and special-configuration conditions.
Chapter sections
- 9.1 — References and working method
- 9.2 — Understand connections and currents
- 9.3 — Size conductors and protection
- 9.4 — Install, verify and ground
- 9.5 — Open delta: available capacity and limits
- 9.6 — Terminals, voltages and parallel compatibility
- 9.7 — Practice and justification
Direct-current machines
Objectives
- Identify armature, field and circuits on the nameplate and drawing.
- Calculate current, power and losses under model assumptions.
- Select conductor and protection provisions by duty.
- Justify diagnosis and commissioning conditions.
Chapter sections
- 10.1 — References and working method
- 10.2 — Identify the machine and read its nameplate
- 10.3 — Recognize the excitation arrangement
- 10.4 — Calculate power, losses and speed
- 10.5 — Size conductors for the stated duty
- 10.6 — Separate circuit protection from motor protection
- 10.7 — Interpret rotation and speed control
- 10.8 — Organize diagnosis and return to service
- 10.9 — Practice and justification
Alternating-current motors
Objectives
- Read motor rating, duty, voltage and current.
- Calculate conductor requirements for one motor or a group.
- Distinguish branch, feeder and overload protection.
- Check starting, disconnection and acceptance conditions.
Chapter sections
- 11.1 — References and working method
- 11.2 — Read nameplates and size conductors
- 11.3 — Select protection, feeder and overload
- 11.4 — Check controls, ambient conditions and particular cases
- 11.5 — Use motor tables without replacing nameplate data
- 11.6 — Single-phase motor: dual voltage and reversal
- 11.7 — Star-delta starting: verify the motor and protection
- 11.8 — Enclosure, insulation class and entry leads
- 11.9 — Periodic duty: select the correct time rating
- 11.10 — Workshop: three motors, three branches and one feeder
- 11.11 — Diagnosis: compare nameplate and measurements
- 11.12 — Practice and justification
Controls and electrical diagrams
Objectives
- Read contacts, holding, timing and expected states.
- Identify inputs, outputs and control sources.
- Classify the circuit from all source characteristics.
- Check separation and explain a diagnostic conclusion.
Chapter sections
- 12.1 — Trace an industrial control circuit
- 12.2 — Read contacts and seal-in
- 12.3 — Classify the source and install the circuit
- 12.4 — Read logic and confirm the fault
- 12.5 — Read symbols and timing
- 12.6 — Classify PLC inputs and outputs
- 12.7 — Recognize electronic components
- 12.8 — Practice and justification
Drive systems
Objectives
- Identify drive input, output, motor and controls.
- Check requirements specific to each segment.
- Interpret frequency, speed and command under stated assumptions.
- Distinguish functional stop, safety functions and electrical isolation.
Chapter sections
- 13.1 — Select and check a drive system
- 13.2 — Choose the starting method
- 13.3 — Separate input, output and control
- 13.4 — Preserve the specified protection
- 13.5 — Calculate frequency, speed and reference
- 13.6 — Check electrical isolation
- 13.7 — Connect the fault to the evidence
- 13.8 — Practice and justification
Electric heating and controllers
Objectives
- Distinguish thermal output and electrical load.
- Calculate current and check controls and disconnection.
- Convert an analogue signal using its endpoints.
- Relate sensor, controller and actuator during acceptance.
Chapter sections
- 14.1 — Identify heating and its control
- 14.2 — Calculate load and branch requirements
- 14.3 — Control and disconnect heating
- 14.4 — Convert an analogue signal
- 14.5 — Check the complete control loop
- 14.6 — Match the temperature sensor to its input
- 14.7 — Interpret voltages in a faulty heater
- 14.8 — Practice and justification
Standby supplies
Objectives
- Identify normal, emergency and standby sources and transfer paths.
- Calculate input power while separating efficiency and power factor.
- Estimate runtime with assumptions and limits.
- Check interfaces and test records without assuming universal duration.
Chapter sections
- 15.1 — Distinguish emergency and standby supply
- 15.2 — Identify sources and transfer
- 15.3 — Calculate power and runtime
- 15.4 — Check tests and records
- 15.5 — Maintain batteries according to their chemistry
- 15.6 — Trace energy paths through a UPS
- 15.7 — Practice and justification
Verification, diagnosis and commissioning
Objectives
- Define symptom, boundaries and expected state.
- Interpret supplied readings using the diagram.
- Distinguish hypothesis from confirmed fault.
- Document correction, testing, identification and return to service.
Chapter sections
- 16.1 — Prepare verification and commissioning
- 16.2 — Define the problem and sources
- 16.3 — Connect measurements to a conclusion
- 16.4 — Check the motor and its protection
- 16.5 — Check transformer and heating
- 16.6 — Preserve isolation and bonding
- 16.7 — Verify return to service
- 16.8 — Check approval and the roles of those involved
- 16.9 — Coordinate sealed access and remove a circuit from service
- 16.10 — Distinguish observation, hypothesis and confirmed fault
- 16.11 — Practice and justification
Services, building distribution and metering
Objectives
- Identify service, feeder, panel and metering.
- Check location, routing, reserve and clearances.
- Coordinate supplied demand with conductors and equipment.
- Justify metering needs and outstanding inputs.
Chapter sections
- 17.1 — Identifying circuit boundaries
- 17.2 — Checking the number of services
- 17.3 — Selecting the service-box location
- 17.4 — Checking the route before sizing
- 17.5 — Coordinating load, conductors, protection and panel
- 17.6 — Installing a dwelling panel
- 17.7 — Providing spaces and reserve
- 17.8 — Maintaining access, lighting and identification
- 17.9 — Checking neutral and bonding
- 17.10 — Checking overhead clearances and spans
- 17.11 — Justifying reduced conductor sizes
- 17.12 — Preparing metering and the final check
- 17.13 — Applied calculation workshop
- 17.14 — Practice and justification
Building load calculations
Objectives
- Classify occupancy and load items.
- Apply factors with their conditions and Quebec amendments.
- Calculate demand and compare relevant minima.
- Return results to sizing without confusing demand and capacity.
Chapter sections
- 18.1 — Preparing a checkable calculation
- 18.2 — Calculating single-dwelling area and basic load
- 18.3 — Classifying ranges and other appliances
- 18.4 — Handling heating, cooling and simultaneous operation
- 18.5 — Adding EV charging under Quebec conditions
- 18.6 — Calculating an individual apartment supply
- 18.7 — Applying dwelling diversity
- 18.8 — Calculating schools, health-care facilities and hotels
- 18.9 — Reading the correct column for other buildings
- 18.10 — Adding load and checking capacity
- 18.11 — Applied calculation workshop
- 18.12 — Practice and justification
Building receptacles, circuits and special locations
Objectives
- Locate outlets and allocate circuits by use.
- Check protection requirements and exceptions separately.
- Classify a special environment and find its conditions.
- Justify equipment selection without generalizing a permission.
Chapter sections
- 19.1 — Start with room use
- 19.2 — Locate wall receptacles
- 19.3 — Prepare kitchen branch circuits
- 19.4 — Separate receptacle protections
- 19.5 — Apply arc-fault protection
- 19.6 — Handle garages and dedicated equipment
- 19.7 — Select equipment for a gas atmosphere
- 19.8 — Install in a combustible-dust location
- 19.9 — Match wiring to moisture and corrosion
- 19.10 — Install near pools
- 19.11 — Distinguish hydromassage bathtubs and hot tubs
- 19.12 — Equip RV park sites
- 19.13 — Recognize high-voltage checks
- 19.14 — Practice and justification
Planning, acceptance and specialized systems
Objectives
- Prepare quantities and materials from current drawings.
- Check ratings, identification and approval evidence.
- Calculate a supply budget with consistent units.
- Justify interface, charging and temporary-installation tests.
Chapter sections
- 20.1 — Prepare work from drawings
- 20.2 — Check the network and interrupting capacity
- 20.3 — Check and document acceptance
- 20.4 — Establish signalling-circuit characteristics
- 20.5 — Connect alarms and interfaces
- 20.6 — Check control and video power budgets
- 20.7 — Prepare and connect EV charging
- 20.8 — Distribute temporary site power
- 20.9 — Practice and justification
Code électrique du Québec 2018 / C22.10-18 / C22.1-15
Check the edition required for your exam or project and the requirements of the authority having jurisdiction.
This private training is developed and offered by Rasvolt Énergie Inc. It is intended to improve your preparation and does not guarantee that you will pass an examination. It is not official training or an official examination. Rasvolt Énergie Inc. is not affiliated with any government, CMEQ, CCQ, the Régie du bâtiment du Québec, the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec, or any qualification or examination body. Names and abbreviations are used only to identify the topics and examinations being prepared for.