Electrical Protective Equipment’s Course

Target Audience:

This program is targeting :

• Industrial, Commercial, Institutional
• Electrical Engineers Electrical Maintenance Tradespeople & Technicians
• Instrumentation And Control Engineers

 

Language: English/Arabic 

Electrical Protective Equipment’s Course Content

1: Introduction to Electrical Safety at Workplace

Electrical injury is a significant concern for workers and electricians, with dozens of injuries and fatalities occurring every year that were preventable. This brief, introductory module will review the critical importance of electrical safety as it relates to NFPA 70E and will provide detailed course objectives for each remaining course.

2: Electrical Hazard Analysis

• Explain the hazards related to shock
• Explain the hazards related to arc flash
• Explain the hazards related to arc blast
• Explain how time and current affect the magnitude of electrical hazards
• Explain how other injuries may result from shock, arc flash, and arc blast
• Explain the hazards related to mechanical and electrical energy in a fault

 

3: Electrical Safety Fundamentals

• Interpret the relationship between NFPA 70E and OSHA standards
• Identify the scope of NFPA 70E
• Explain essential NFPA 70E definitions and its application

4: Electrical Safety Program Components

• Identify the components of an electrical safety program
• Distinguish between electrical safety employer responsibilities and employee responsibilities
• Determine qualified person requirements for a given task and equipment
• Select and set up a test instrument for a given task and equipment.
• Electrical safety program principles, controls, and procedure.

5: Establishing an Electrically Safe Work Condition

This module is based primarily on NFPA 70E Article 120.

• Define the phrase “Electrically Safe Work Condition
• Describe the objective of an electrically safe work condition
• Determine the lockout/tagout program requirements
• Determine the lockout/tagout principles and responsibilities
• Identify lockout/tagout equipment requirements
• Describe lockout/tagout procedure requirements

6: Working While Exposed to Electrical Hazards

This module is based primarily on NFPA 70E Article 130.

• Identify the conditions under which work on energized electrical equipment is justified
• Describe the information that must be included in an energized electrical work permit
• Identify the requirements for working while exposed to electrical hazards
• Identify and define the approach boundaries for shock protection
• Identify shock and arc flash hazard risk assessment requirements
• Describe the arc flash boundary and the restrictions on qualified and unqualified personnel
• Identify the two methods used to determine arc flash personal protective equipment (PPE) requirements (Incident energy method or Table method)
• Identify equipment labelling requirements
• Determine overcurrent protective device clearing time requirements

7: Personal Protective Equipment

• Identify types of personal protective equipment (PPE), purpose, and limitations
• Explain the intent and limitations of PPE for protection from shock and arc flash hazards
• Identify the factors to be considered in selecting proper PPE
• Identify types of undergarments permitted and not permitted with arc rated PPE
• Describe proper care and maintenance requirements for PPE
• Describe how to select PPE based on type of equipment and applicable standards
• Identify the requirements for selecting tools for work on energized electrical equipment
• Identify the requirements for selecting other protective equipment
• Identify alerting techniques necessary for employee safety

8: Equipment Maintenance.

• Identify maintenance requirements for overcurrent protective devices
• Identify maintenance requirements for flexible electrical cord and cables
• Identify maintenance requirements for fuses and circuit breakers
• Identify maintenance requirements for electrical equipment in hazardous (classified) locations
• Identify maintenance requirements for portable electric tools and equipment
• Identify maintenance requirements for safety and protective equipment

9: Hazard Recognition for Special Equipment.

• Identify possible hazards and requirements for special personal protective equipment and other safety equipment that shall be available to battery room personnel
• Identify hazards to personnel working with power electronic equipment as defined by NFPA 70E

10: Layering of Protective Clothing and Total System Arc rating

• Layering of Protective clothing
• Layering Using Arc-Rated clothing over natural fiber clothing underlayers
• Total System Arc Rating

11: Industrial Procedures and Policies for Working Near Overhead Electrical Lines and Equipment

• Introduction to Overhead Power Line Policy (OPP)
• Look up and Live flags
• High risk tasks
• Heavy Mobile Equipment.
• Tree work
• Underground Electrical Lines and Equipments
• Emergency response

12: Safety-Related Design Requirements

• General Design Consideration
• Incident Energy reduction Methods
• Additional Safety-by Design Methods

13: Human Performance and Workplace Electrical Safety

• Introduction
• Principles of Human Performance
• Information Processing and attention
• Rule-based human performance mode
• Knowledge-based human performance mode
• Skill-based human performance mode
• Error-Precursors
• Human Performance Tools
• Human Performance Warnings Flags
• Workplace Culture

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