Safe isolation within the BMS Industry
This course has been created to teach trainees how to test circuits, and panels, safely, to identify if they are energised, or safe to work on.
Electrical experience
not essential
Every year, people working on construction sites and on refurbishment and maintenance activities suffer electric shock and burn injuries some of which, tragically, are fatal.
Electrical contractors should be aware that many of these accidents are a direct consequence of electricians not implementing safe isolation procedures on low voltage installations (that is, those operating at up to 1000 V a.c. or 1500 V d.c.).
Understanding and implementing safe isolation procedures will reduce risk when carrying out electrical repairs or installation work and this course will provide you with the necessary skills to help achieve this.
There are no formal entry requirements to attend this workshop, however, it is designed for people working on, or near electrical equipment and systems, it can also refresh practicing electrician’s knowledge and understanding of the procedure.
- The Electricity at Work Regulations
- Voltage testing
- Equipment types and compliance
- Safe isolation procedure explained and demonstrated
- Practical safe isolation techniques explained and demonstrated
The course is part classroom base and part workshop based
Trainees will be taught –
- The dangers of electricity
- The effects of current on the body
- The Law – Electricity at Work regulations, pertinent to Safe Isolation
- Requirements of GS38 test equipment
- The correct, and safe procedure for testing circuits and panels, to
identify if they are energised
Trainees will be taught –
Trainees will then be taken into the workshop and have the opportunity to test circuits and panels, to prove them to be isolated/energised. They will be taught how to isolate and lock off circuits to ensure they are safe to work.
In our workshop, which is fitted out as a fully working plant room, we have the luxury of being able to simulate site conditions to aid our training. We will walk trainees through how to locally isolate a piece of plant, and prove it is safe to work on. We also have the ability, with the aid of our fully working BMS panel, to explain to trainees how to test if the panel is energised, and explain that some circuits remain energised, even when the panel isolator is switched off
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Course Details
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Course length 1 Day
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Days Thursday or Friday
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Times 08:45 – 15:00
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Maximum class size 10
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Refreshments/Lunch Lunch not provided, but refreshments are