Engineering and Maintenance
Electrical Safety Management Training
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Electrical Safety Management Training Course
Introduction:
Course Objectives:
On completion of this Electrical Safety Management Training course, participants will learn:
- how to apply the IET Code of Practice
- how the code of practice impacts on policies, procedures and people
- how competence should be verified
- the control measures that may need to be employed against the hazards of electricity
- how to conduct a self-assessment of a company’s electrical safety system
- how to interpret results and gather information to provide continuous improvement.
Who Should Attend?
Electrical Safety Management Training course is aimed at:
- Anyone responsible for electrical safety in any facility in any country.
- Managers and engineers from these industries & more, have found the training invaluable:
- Construction – Education- Energy – Local Government – Manufacturing – Power- Rail- and Water.
Course Outlines:
INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRICAL SAFETY
- A few statistics
- Types of accident and injury
- Causes of accidents and injuries
- Why is electrical safety training important?
- The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
- The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989
- Employee responsibilities.
RISK ASSESSMENT
- What is a risk assessment?
- Identifying the electrical hazards
- The fire triangle
- Deciding who might be harmed and how
- Who is most at risk?
- Evaluating the risks
- Recording your findings
- Reviewing and updating the assessment
CONTROLLING HAZARDS
- Safe installations
- PAT
- Voltage
- Residual current devices
- Hand-held equipment
- Warning signs
- Fire safety
- Maintenance
WORKING SAFELY WITH ELECTRICITY
- Working near electricity
- Overhead power lines
- Underground cables
- Working near wiring
- Work on equipment, machinery or installations
- Explosive atmospheres
- Safe methods of working – training, PPE and first aid
SAFE ELECTRICITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
- Visual Inspection
- Danger Signs
- Faulty Equipment
- Fuses
- Electrical Load
- Multi-point Adaptors
- What to do if an appliance catches fire
- Electrical First Aid Response
- Electrical Injuries
- Electrical Accidents