The Single Phase Electrical Installation and Maintenance industries are multi-million industries which involving various sectors such as oil and gas, construction, transportation, services, consultations and energy. Most of this industry has huge potential and impacts for significant growth as Malaysia is actively moving towards achieving Industrial Revolution 4.0 (IR 4.0).

The Level 2 Single Phase Electrical Installation and Maintenance personnel are responsible for the continuous operation of electrical systems. They conducted site visit, monitoring electrical systems condition, performed maintenance and test electrical installation. Their invaluable experience and expertise are a huge advantage when an electrical system is to be established in any premises.

This is a revision of NOSS namely EE-320-2:2012 Single Phase Electrical Installation & Maintenance. The process of revision inclusive of mapping the NOSS to compare and identify competencies relevant to the current industry needs.

As the demand for Single Phase Electrical Installation and Maintenance continue to grow in Malaysia, there will be a need for highly skilled and competent workforce. The development of highly skilled and competent workers in the industry is vital to ensure that the need of the sectors that the electrical services industry supports is met. Future workforce must be trained and equipped with the necessary industry specific skills that can be achieved through competency training programmes. Hence, the reviewed of NOSS for Single Phase Electrical Installation and Maintenance is very timely and even indispensable as the standard will provides a basis for formal and systematic training as well as for certifying experienced personnel.

Consensus regarding job analysis and job matrix were obtained from the panellists where thorough discussion and debates were conducted during several reviewing session. Among of the outcomes from the activities are a few competencies have been re-aligned to match and meet the current demand by the industries. This includes competencies on earthing systems, relevant software’s and many more. The reviewed sessions also found out that those redundant and repeated CU which doesn’t reflect to the level’s definition by the Department of Skills Development (DSD) is amended and in fact obsolete or irrelevant competencies such as electrical appliances have been stroked out.

In brief, this NOSS has taken into account several crucial and important points such as the introduction of future emerging competencies, the inculcation of “green” aspects, the incorporation of health and safety measures, the fulfilment of competent person attributes and as well as the compliance with relevant authorities and regulatory bodies. All of this consideration is believed to have a pivotal role towards the successfulness of this NOSS

The Occupational Structure and Occupational Area Structure for Single Phase Electrical Installation and Maintenance are illustrated in Figure 1 and Figure 2 respectively. Electrical installation components can be categorised into mechanical, electrical, and electronic and instrumentation sub-groups. Single Phase Electrical Installation and Maintenance operations include servicing of all these three sub-groups of components. This NOSS covers the servicing of all these three categories of components. Level 2 comprises both technical competencies to perform Single Phase Electrical Installation and Maintenance operations and functions. The NOSS title for Level 2 Single Phase Electrical Installation and Maintenance is as highlighted.