COREN Electrical case studies
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The COREN Professional Examination is the assessment route by which engineering graduates in Nigeria move toward registration with the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), the statutory body empowered to regulate engineering practice in the country. COREN was established by Decree 55 of 1970, amended by Decree 27 of 1992, and now operates under the Engineers (Registration, etc.) Act CAP E 11, 2004, further amended by Act No 3, 2018. The COREN Electrical case studies are 5 cases and about 3,608 words.
1Accreditation Under Pressure at a Private University
A three-member COREN accreditation panel is evaluating the B.Eng Electrical/Electronic Engineering programme at a private university in Nasarawa State. The programme is five years old and is seeking full accreditation.
736 words, about 4 min2The Expired Seal on a 33 kV Substation Design
has been a COREN-registered engineer since 2019 and works for a consulting firm in Lagos. His annual practising licence expired 14 months ago.
699 words, about 3 min3The Six-Week “COREN-Certified” Technician Course
A private training centre in Port Harcourt advertises a six-week “COREN-Certified Electrical Installation Technician” course. The brochure promises that graduates will be “registered by COREN” and “licensed to wire any building up to 11 kV”.
726 words, about 4 min4The Portfolio That Was Not His
is a mentor and uncle of a candidate applying for COREN professional registration. The candidate has a B.Eng from an accredited university, has completed NYSC, and claims five years of experience with a contractor.
719 words, about 4 min5Enforcement at the Market Redevelopment Site
A COREN monitoring team inspects a two-storey, 24-shop market redevelopment in Ibadan after a complaint. Findings: the electrical installation is being done by a crew with no registered electrician; the main distribution board has no earth bar or earth electrode; 2.5 mm² conductors are protected by 32 A breakers on final circuits; cables are unmarked and undersized; there are no approved electrical drawings on site; and the contractor’s “supervising engineer” holds a COREN registration certificate but his practising licence expired eight months ago.
728 words, about 4 min