Course Overview
The Electric Fencing course at Highbury College is a two-day, code-driven boot-camp that equips electricians, security installers and farmers with the skills to design, install, test and legally sign off electric fence systems in South Africa. Mapped to SANS 10222-3 and the latest IEC 60335-2-76 safety standard, the programme balances classroom code navigation with hands-on labs using UL-approved energizers, high-tensile wire and modern fault-finding instruments. Graduates leave able to issue a Certificate of Compliance (CoC) for agricultural or security electric fences and register as an accredited Electric Fence System Installer (EFSI) with the Department of Labour.
What you’ll learn
- Scope & legal status of SANS 10222-3, OHS Act and local municipal by-laws
- Energizer selection: joule rating, pulse shape, battery vs. solar vs. mains 230 V
- Earth-system design: ground-rod spacing, impedance testing and soil-resistivity checks
- Conductor choice: 12.5 HT steel, poly-rope, tape and alloy wires; corrosion & UV rating
- Insulator & strainer installation on steel, wooden and composite posts
- Zone switching, cut-out switches and lightning-arrester placement
- Live-dead-live testing with digital fence voltmeter and fault finder
- Warning-signage spacing, height restrictions and setback from power lines
- Completing the Electric Fence Certificate of Compliance (EFCOC) and hand-over pack
- Practical assessment: build, energise and test a 100 m multi-zone fence under 2 h window