Electrical Design Engineering: Loads, Cables, Breakers and Distribution

An electrical design engineer works out on paper how a building or plant will be powered: the loads, the distribution boards, the protective devices and the cables, before anything is bought or installed. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics describes electrical engineers as people who design, develop and test electrical equipment and systems, and reports their median annual wage as $120,630 in May 2025. This course follows that design sequence: load schedules, single-line diagrams, breaker selection, cable sizing, earthing and backup supplies.

Outside North America, the main reference is the IEC 60364 series on low-voltage electrical installations. The IEC states that IEC 60364-1 defines the scope and objective of the series and specifies the fundamental safety requirements for an electrical installation; its sixth edition was published in September 2025. In the United States the equivalent is the National Electrical Code, which is why this course uses IEC by default and notes NEC and IEEE factors where the lectures use them.

IEC by default, with NEC and IEEE factors where the lectures reference them; the method is the same under Indian practice.

No. This is the design that comes before the panel: loads, protection and cables. The panel course builds what this course specifies.

No. A spreadsheet is enough; the ETAP and AutoCAD Electrical courses follow on from here.

Yes. Every module, practice task and assessment. You create an account so your progress is saved and the assessments can be marked. The certificate is the only paid item, and only if you want it.

An EDWartens Certificate of Completion, issued when you pass the final assessment, with a verification code anyone can check. It is not a vendor credential and is never described as one.

The creators named in the Credits block at the foot of this page, on their own YouTube channels. EDWartens did not make the videos and the creators are not affiliated with EDWartens. What EDWartens wrote is the study plan, the notes, the practice tasks and the assessments.

Plan on about 17 hours in all, including the video lessons, notes and practice tasks. It is self-paced, so you work through the ten modules at your own speed.

Yes. Learning costs ₹0 in India: every module, the written notes, the practice tasks and the final assessment, with no card and no trial period. The only paid item is the optional EDWartens Certificate of Completion, ₹499 including GST for this beginner course, paid in rupees through Razorpay, and only if you want it after passing the final assessment.