Bachelor of Engineering Technology in Electrical Services Engineering  

This is a three-year part-time course designed to prepare students for careers as Electrical Services Engineers. The course has been designed in close consultation with the Electrical Services Industry. Students will develop expertise in the technical areas necessary to use software packages for electrical services design. The course will provide a wide knowledge base, which will enable the student to specialise in different areas of interest such as the following: lighting design; emergency services design; data cabling; standby power systems; building automation; electrical distribution design; project management; building services and environmental control.

The aims of the programme are to:

• Provide a deep seated learning environment for students
• Produce graduates who will exercise engineering skills in a scientific and reflective way, which will enable them to perform to a high level of expertise in modern industry.
• Enable graduates to be creative and to think critically
• Enable graduates to develop communication, managerial, personal and interpersonal skills
• Educate graduates on the environmental impact of energy use
• Give graduates the knowledge skills and competence to carry out energy efficient building designs and to operate plant and equipment in the most energy efficient way.
• Enable graduates to integrate renewable energy technologies in buildings
• Allow linkage and transfer to TU Dublin Electrical, Building Services and other engineering programmes within TU Dublin and further afield.

Having completed the course the students will be able to:

• Work as a member of a design team
• Design industrial and commercial electrical installations
  Use appropriate BIM software to produce and revise engineering drawings
  Design and operate automated systems for industrial plant
  Employ standard estimating and tendering techniques for electrical services applications
  Examine, compare and operate data transfer systems used for computer control
  Employ modern application software such as Excel, Amtech, Dialux, or equivalent software, etc.
  Make professional presentations and write technical reports using Power Point, Word etc.
  Develop a personal career portfolio
  Analyse the design and control of modern building environments
  Explain and use standard project management techniques
  Prepare safety management reports and carry out risk assessments
  Configure machine/human interfaces
  Demonstrate capability in problem solving, analysis, and decision making
  Provide engineering systems support for manufacturing industries
  Advise the building design team with regard to comfort, fire safety, green building design and construction.
  Describe and compare different renewable energy technologies suitable for integration in buildings
  Design a renewable energy system for a building
  Evaluate the environmental impact of energy use