ICT 418
Design and Installation of Electrical & ICT Equipment
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Course Description
At the end of this course, students should be able to:
1. describe health and safety standards in electrical installations;
2. explain NCC and FCC codes of practice and standards in Nigeria;
3. implement telecommunication design and installation;
4. configure computer networks; and
5. design and install telephony equipment.
Course Outline
Electrical Installation. Introduction to Health and safety at Work Act in Nigeria. Electrical
safety. First aid. Electricity supply regulations. Lighting and Illumination: Luminous intensity
and flux. Maintenance factor. Coefficient of utilisation. Types of light sources. Calculation of
lighting requirements. Glare. Stroboscopic effect. Installation Materials, cables, junction box,
terminations, joints. Conduits and conduiting. Trunks and trunking. Electrical Installation
design in domestic, commercial, and industry. Alarm and emergency systems. Earthling and
Protection. Purposes of earthing. Faraday cage. Rod electrodes. Earth electrode resistance.
Earthing system. Earth fault loop impedance. ICT services: NCC and FCC codes of practice
and standards. Telecommunication design and installation: Satellite, VSAT, etc. Telephone
design and installation. Computer networking design and installation. Wireless LAN design and
installation. Preparation of Bill of Engineering Measurement Evaluation. Contract bidding.
Consultancy.
Lab Work: Demonstration of simple electrical installations using electrical materials including
conduits and trunks. Illustration of ICT installations including wired and wireless computer
networks. Demonstration of telecommunications installations