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Learning path · 4 courses

Building services engineer

The MEP consultant's toolkit: electrical design for the loads, Revit MEP for the BIM model, DIALux evo for the lighting and a BMS course for how the building is controlled once built.

In order

The courses

Take them in this order. Each one is free and stands on its own.

  1. 1Electrical Design Engineering: Loads, Cables, Breakers and DistributionElectrical · Beginner · 17 hours
  2. 2Revit MEP: Electrical BIM, HVAC, Plumbing and DocumentationCAD · Beginner · 37 hours
  3. 3DIALux evo Lighting Design: Interior, Daylight and DocumentationElectrical CAD · Beginner · 21 hours
  4. 4Building Management Systems (BMS): HVAC Control, BACnet and Building AutomationBuilding automation · Beginner · 20 hours

Then

Practise the job and find one

Questions

Building services engineer: common questions

Is the Building services engineer path free?
Yes. All 4 courses are free: every lesson, quiz and final exam costs nothing. A verifiable certificate for a course is optional, at £19 including VAT once you pass its final exam. It is a certificate of completion, not a regulated qualification.
How long does it take?
About 95 hours of video across 4 courses, plus quizzes. At five hours a week that is roughly 19 weeks, and you can start or stop any course whenever you like.
Do I need hardware or paid software?
No PLC hardware is needed. Each course page lists the software it uses; most run in free or trial versions, and many have practice in the browser-based EDWartens Lab.
What can it lead to?
Practise the job itself with the free Building Services Multi-skilled Engineer job simulation (the first five days are free, no card), then browse live UK Building automation jobs. Neither is a promise of a job.