Ghana’s technical regulator for electricity, Energy Commission, has graduated 206 electricians in Greater Accra where they were trained and certified as Electrical Wiring Professionals.
This brings to a total of 13,266 people trained nationwide as Electrical Wiring Professionals since the implementation of the Electrical Wiring Regulations, 2011 (L.I.2008).
The graduation ceremony followed a successful examination organised by the Commission for the electrical wiring practitioners.
A total of 1,029 sat for the various categories of the Electrical Wiring Certification Examination in May this year.
Out of the figure, 89.30 per cent of the candidates who sat for the Domestic category passed while 70.16 per cent and 67.44 per cent of those who sat for commercial and industrial categories respectively were successful. 43.55 per cent were successful in the Inspector category.
In total, about eight hundred (800) candidates were successful; representing a pass rate of 78.52 per cent.
Addressing the graduates, the Director in charge of Electricity Regulation and Natural Gas Regulations, Ing Anthony C. Bleboo noted that despite the successes chalked since the implementation of the programme, the continuous practice by uncertified electricians is causing harm to the innocent public.
He said these uncertified electricians offer their services at ostensibly cheaper prices relative to that of their certified counterparts.
Ing. Anthony Bleboo again raised concern about the non-compliance of owners of commercial facilities to mandatory inspections and texting as stipulated by the regulations.
The regulation requires that owners of buildings that have been wired for ten years and above should engage the services of certified inspectors to inspect and test the electrical wiring to identify defects developed during the period and have them corrected.
The President of Certified Electrical Wiring Professionals, Samuel Nii Tachie commended the Energy Commission for implementing the electrical wiring regulations.
He observed that the training and certification of electricians have helped to minimise the occurrence of fire outbreaks which were a result of poor wiring in homes.
Source: https://energynewsafrica.com