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Eim Student Performance Impacted by Electrical Installation and Maintenance Risks and Dangers

Electrical installation and maintenance risks and dangers can impact the performance of electrical installation and maintenance (EIM) students. Electricity is essential but also dangerous if not handled properly, as it can lead to electrical shocks or fires. Proper circuit protection, grounding, and following safety procedures are important for reducing risks from electricity.

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Eim Student Performance Impacted by Electrical Installation and Maintenance Risks and Dangers

Electrical installation and maintenance risks and dangers can impact the performance of electrical installation and maintenance (EIM) students. Electricity is essential but also dangerous if not handled properly, as it can lead to electrical shocks or fires. Proper circuit protection, grounding, and following safety procedures are important for reducing risks from electricity.

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“Electrical installation and maintenance risks and dangers have

an impact on EIM student performance.”

INTRODUCTION

Background of the Study

Electricity is used in many ways such as lighting, cooling, heating and it isuse to power or drive
electrical equipment and machines. Electricity helps tofacilitate economic development and it is a well-
known fact that electricity isessential to everyday life, without it life will be boring both at home and at
thework place. Electricity passes more easily through some materials than others.Some substances
such as metals generally offer very low resistance to the flowof electric current and such materials are
called “conductors.” Another conductor which is usually overlooked is the surface or subsurface of the
earth. Whileinsulator materials offer high resistance to the flow of electric current among theexamples
are rubber, dry wood, plastic and clothing (Bakshi, and Bakshi, 2009).

Electricity normally travels in closed circuits, through a conductor, but sometimes a person’s body
which is an efficient conductor of electricity mistakenly becomes part of the electric circuit. This can
lead to an electrical shock. Electric shocks occur when a person’s body completes the current path
having both wires of an electric circuit, one wire of an energized circuit, theground and a metal part that
accidentally becomes energized due to a break inits insulation or another “conductor” that is carrying a
current (Floyd, Rogers, and Uzoka, 2008). Circuit protection is very important in any electrical
installation as itprevent fire hazards. Circuit protection limit or stop the passage of currentautomatically
in the event of an overload, ground fault, or short circuit in the wiring system. Grounding in an electrical
system means intentionally providing alow-resistance path that connects to the earth. This prevents
the accumulation ofvoltages that could cause an electrical accident in an installation. Grounding
isnormally a secondary protective measure to protect against electric shock and itdoes not completely
guarantee the person from a shock or be injured or killed byan electrical current (Seip, 2000).

Despite the important of electricity in day to day life, Electricity is often referred to as a “silent killer”
because it cannot be tasted, seen, heard, or smelled. It is essentially invisible. It is a destroyer of
properties if not handle withrespect. Electricity is invisible in nature and it is long recognized as a
serioushazard at residential, commercial areas, institutions of learning and other places.Cadick,
Capelli-Schellpferffer and Neitzel (2006) said that in the late 1800s,hotels had to place signs assuring
their guests that electricity is harmless, but bylate 1900s, signs had to be hung to remind people that
electricity is a hazard.MacKinnon, (2010) said that the presence of electricity is increasing in
modernlive and we ought to know that more electricity usage means more potentialelectrical hazards

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