Online Electrical Safety Management

Electrical Safety Management

Course Overview

Electrical safety in organisations is often the responsibility of non-electrically qualified staff, such as facilities managers, risk managers or health & safety officers who have not had systematic training in how to prevent electrical hazards in the workplace. This situation results in a number of deaths in the workplace being caused by electrical incidents.

This course provides a comprehensive overview of the fundamentals of electrical safety and a systematic set of principles for assessing and managing electrical safety in any business and across all sectors of industry and the public sector: the subject is universally applicable, across industries and countries. The course is applicable to the buildings, facilities, equipment and environments associated with a wide range of organisations, irrespective of size, which includes the industrial, commercial and the public sectors.

The course provides practical guidance to enable individuals and their organisations to have a level of knowledge and understanding to manage the risks associated with an electrical system. It will focus on providing a specific procedure for managing electrical safety.

The course follows the structure of the IET’s Code of Practice for Electrical Safety Management.

The aim of the Code of Practice for Electrical Safety Management is to provide good practice guidance to enable individuals and their organisations to have a level of knowledge and understanding to manage the risks associated with an electrical system. There are many technical publications that provide guidance on certain aspects of electrical safety but not in a way that provides a process for managing electrical safety.

Course Learning Objectives

After undertaking this course you will be able to:

  • Understand practical guidance in the form of a self-assessment in order to follow a systematic approach to understand the management of various aspects of an electrical system for your organisation.
  • Be able to create and implement an effective electrical safety management system where nothing is currently in place or to enhance an existing system.
  • Consider policy, procedure and people aspects of the electrical system.
  • Learn how to audit your building’s risk.
  • Gain confidence in your own expertise to actively reduce the risk of workplace accidents.
  • Possess expertise in the application of the Code of Practice for Electrical Safety Management and its self-assessment tool.

In this Unit we will cover:

  • Electrical safety management.
  • The principle of self-assessment
  • Policy Aspects
  • Procedural Aspects
  • People Aspects
  • ‘Other’ Specific Issues
  • How they are used in developing electrical safety management systems
    An appreciation of the basic elements for successful electrical safety management

In this Unit we will cover:

  • What electricity is and what it does.
  • The basics of voltage, current, resistance and power.
  • Electric circuits and their protection.
  • Generation, transmission, distribution and utilisation of electricity.

In this Unit we will cover:

  • Risks associated with electricity in the work environment.
  • The injuries caused in electrical incidents.
  • The basic electrical faults and incidents.
  • Why it is necessary to manage electrical risks.

In this Unit we will cover:

  • Managing electrical safety.
  • What managers do.
  • The costs of electrical faults and incidents.
  • Why it is necessary to manage electrical risks.

In this Unit we will cover:

  • The process of creating, changing or removing elements of the electrical system.
  • How to keep policy up to date.
  • Leadership and how it demonstrates commitment and support on electrical safety matters.
  • Why standards cover both the expected culture and behaviour at the organisation, and the technical policy adopted.

In this Unit we will cover:

  • The difference between hazard and risk.
  • The basic requirements for risk assessment.
  • Dynamic Risk Assessment for changing circumstances.
  • Working practices and working precautions for safety in the workplace.

In this Unit you will:

  • Learn about what an electrical procedure is.
  • Understand the basic requirements for procedures for electrical safety.
  • Find out about key procedures.
  • Gain an appreciation of using procedures to manage electrical risks.

In this Unit we will:

  • Learn about the electrical system lifecycle.
  • Understand the basic requirements for design and project management.
  • Understand the basic requirements for operation and maintenance for electrical safety.
  • Finding out about inspection and testing.
    • Gaining an appreciation of what can go wrong.

In this Unit we will cover:

  • What managers do and how they do it.
  • The importance of co-operation and communication.
  • Requirements for information and documentation.
  • Measuring performance.

In this Unit you will:

  • Understand the need for appointments, roles and responsibilities to be clear.
  • Find out about the basic requirements for training of electrical safety.
  • Find out more about competence.
  • Gain an appreciation of what can go wrong and resulting consequences.

In this Unit we will cover:

  • Audits
  • More about what managers do and how they do it.
  • The basic requirements for questions about electrical safety.
  • Incident investigation.
  • What can go wrong and resulting consequences

In this Unit we will cover:

  • What live work is.
  • The basic requirements for assessment and justification of live work.
  • The safety measures available and there is a hierarchy for their use.
  • An appreciation of site work and testing, what can go wrong and resulting consequences.

In this Unit you will:

  • Learn about what machinery is.
  • Understand the basic requirements for risk assessment and analysis for electrical machinery.
  • Find out about machinery safeguarding and operation.
  • Gain an appreciation of what can go wrong and lessons learnt.

In this Unit we will cover:

  • The dangers associated with flammable gases, vapours and dusts.
  • The basic requirements for planning and specifying electrical equipment for use in potentially explosive atmospheres.
  • The properties of gases, vapours and dusts, and how they are used in developing electrical installations.
  • The basic elements for successful operation and maintenance in potentially explosive atmospheres.

In this Unit we will cover:

  • What electrical systems are.
  • The elements of an electrical network.
  • The basic requirements for planning, operating and maintaining for electrical networks.

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