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At school we had the NEN 1010 book as part of our study in electrics (sp?).
That one covers standard AC voltage systems. There’s additional certificates for low voltage and high voltage circuitry and installations. No mechanical aspects, except knowing what kind of cable to use when you need to bury it in the ground .. but that bit is very obvious.

Google tells me that all you need is an exam/certification for that one standard to do work in official capacity. An additional certifcation covers environment, health and safety aspects.

And as with any standard there’s yearly updates as laws and regulations get updated. I’m pretty sure that my pre-2000 copy of those regulations (if I still have it) would be out-of-date. Not sure by how much though. I think we still had literal fuses back then and those are now electromechanical variants (or whatever magic they use).

Core principles will be the same though as I doubt they’ve changed to colour coding of the wires.

HVAC is likely requiring additional certification regarding all the toxic chemicals that are in those systems and the potential hazards those can cause. Definitely something that is not DIY friendly at all.

Which reminds me … that when/if I need to dig in my garden I need to be aware of the one cable running from my house to the shed. If they’ve done that to code there shouldn’t be anything to worry about as you can’t cut it with a shovel.