Hey all i just got question for all the sparkys out there weather it be an apprentice or a fully flegded Grade A sparky... What id like to know is this: How much maths does a sparky use in a day-to-day basis besides the obvious equations like how much length of 3-core would you need to wire a up 2 dual-powerpoints in a room 4m X 6m in area... Also if you where trying to figure out current or a certain wireup and to check things like converting AC/DC into amperage etc etc are there any "pre-made" conversion calculations to simply do on a calculator The reason i ask this is beacuse i am learning the MOST i can about electrical work becuase in the next few years when im a bit more finacually able i will be undertaking an apprenticeship after i complete the pre-app so im basically trying to get a leg up as i am really **** at maths and i get all squirmy in my chair if i have to sit down with 5 pages of equasions that i have no ****ing idea how to do I plan to get professionally tutoured in the right field of mathematics for me to be able to confidently pass my schooling and obviously apply formula in the field so im not stressing, and over time like everything in life it becomes imprinted in ones brain and becomes 2nd nature but for now i just need to be pointed in the right direction so i can study to prepare myself for a carrer as a electrician

A quick google found this book of Mathematics for Electrical trade. Am guessing you should be able to pick it at your local TAFE bookshop and that it should cover most, if not all of what you are looking for. http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1167717 There is also a website based on Trade Related Mathematics that might help you out a bit. http://trademaths.com.au/index.html I'm not a domestic sparky so can't tell you what maths they use day to day. Am guessing it would be the occasional maximum demand calculations. Converting kw ratings into amps etc. There are formulas to cover some calaculations and some tables in the AS 3000 (Aust. Electrical Standards book) to cover most of what i'd expect for a domestic sparky. There will be things that you will get taught in the trade that you would rarely or probably never use like adding Vector's. http://www.wikihow.com/Add-or-Subtract-Vectors If you were to become an industrial sparky then the maths could be a fair bit more involved, depending upon the enviroment you work in. Electronics and PLC programming can introduce a whole new range of maths. There are other courses that can be done to cover it like Industrial Electronics, Electronics Certificates or even the Electrical Engineering. I've probably mised some things as it was a long time ago that i did the Electrical Trade and prior to starting it had already done Electronics for the HSC and a year of Electrical Engineering which i had completed as a third year apprentice before doing the Instumentation and Control trade. Corsa

ive done a pre app and the maths you have to do in it is ridiculously easy, i'd compare it to year 11 gen a, so if you've completed your vce you'll find it piss easy, if not you should be able to pick it up pretty easily

i failed maths in high skool and i have no problems at work . its the trade school that i struggle with but yes theres formulas and calculators its just remembering all the different formulas thats the hard part.