4. For Electrical Services Engineer, works also
include testing and calibration of relays and
electrical protection equipment.
Pre-requisites for sitting for EC Services Engineer
and Competent Engineer Examination
1. Malaysian citizen.
2. Degree in Electrical Engineering from a
recognised university.
3. A Professional Engineer Certificate (PE)
issued by Board of Engineers Malaysia
(BEM) according to Registration of
Engineers Act 1967.
4. Not less than five years of experience in
handling electrical equipment, including
experience in handling live equipment.
5. Able to converse and write in the National
Language.
6. Knowledge of modern electrical engineering
practice, including principles of operation
for generation, transmission, distribution,
use, protection, metering, and installation
of electrical equipment and the efficient
use of electrical power.
7. Sufficient knowledge in First Aid, including
revival of breathing and treatment of
electric shock.
8. Sufficient knowledge of the Electricity
Supply Act 1990 and all the supporting
regulations.
Additional for Services Engineer only
9. In possession of Competent Engineer
certificate issued by EC.
10. Experience in maintenance and repairs,
including servicing, calibration, testing, and
locating of cable faults.
New Applications for Competent Engineer
Competent Engineers should have not less than
five years of experience in handling electrical
equipment and able to understand the basic
principles of operating live equipment at the
voltage level requested (11kV to 33kV, 33kV to
132kV and more than 132kV).
For applications to upgrade to higher voltage
levels, a minimum one-year experience at the
existing voltage with a certificate issued by EC at
the existing voltage.
Curriculum
Paper 1 – Answer to Questions from EC
Topics covered include:
1. Issues Covered
● Electricity Supply Act 1990 and Energy
Commission Act 2001
● Electricity Regulations 1994 and the
amendments
● MS IEC 60364: 2003 – Electrical
Installations of Buildings
● MS IEC 1979: 2007 – Electrical
Installations of Buildings – Code of
Practice
● MS 1936: 2006 – Electrical Installations
of Building – Guide to MS IEC 60364
● General Principles of Electrical
Engineering
● Safety Regulations
● First Aid
● Principles of Modern Electrical
Engineering and Applications
2. Electrical Equipment
Basic knowledge, technical safety
requirements, operations and maintenance
● Electrical equipment, interrupters,
fuses and isolators, rotating machines
and starters, power, voltage, current,
earthing, transformers, capacitors,
resistances, rectifiers and converters,
conductors, cables, meters, indicators
and protection equipment, lightning
arrestors and other related electrical
equipment.
3. Electrical Installation
Basic knowledge of circuits, capacity of
short circuits, minimum requirements for
distances between conductors, operations
and maintenance.
● Generators and Distribution Boards,
motors, initiators and fuses, main
circuits, main incoming and distribution
substations, distribution boards, feeder
pillars, overhead lines, maintenance,
underground cables, concealed wiring,
street lighting and compound lighting.
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