Control of Hazardous Energies
In this course you will learn to work around hazardous energies pose a high risk of injury to all workers working within the wind industry.
| Course Code: WECHE102 | Course: Control of Hazardous Energies |
| Duration of the Training | 16 Hours |
| Course Ratio | 8:1 |
| Compliance | ISO 11228-1,2,3 |
| Laws & Regulations |
EU Directive : 89/655/EEC |
| HSA – SAFETY, HEALTH AND WELFARE AT WORK ACT 2005 | |
| OSHA 1910 & 1926 – NFPA 70E | |
| CSA Z460-20 |
Working AT Height – Academy ™ are proud to introduce our control of hazardious energy course for your convenience.
Course Aim: In this course delegates work around hazardous energies pose a high risk of injury to all workers working within the wind industry. One of the reasons for this is that hazardous energies are found in various forms within the wind turbine environment and within the environment of a wind.
Learning Outcome
- Safety module is to enable the participants to act safely while working in the vicinity of hazardous energies in the wind industry and be able to perform assigned tasks safely.
- Electrical Safety training module is to enable the participants to support and care for themselves and others while working with, and in the vicinity of, electricity in the wind industry and to perform assigned electrical work tasks safely and efficiently. Upon successful completion of Electrical Safety Module, the participants will be able to perform electrical work safely within the wind industry using electrical PPE, precautionary techniques, and electrical safety safe working practices to reduce the associated risks to the electrical hazards
- Pressure safety module for Fluids will enable participants to manage the risks related to hazardous energies in the wind industry and act safely when in the vicinity of hazardous energies or when working on systems and equipment containing hazardous energies.
Course Outline
Unit 1 Safety
- Health and Safety Legislation
- Hazards
- Risk Assessment
- Personal safety & PPE
- Basic safety surrounding Hazardous Energies.
- Lockout Tagout (LOTO)
- Mechanical Safety
- Electrical Safety
- Pressure Fluid Safety
- Hazardous Energy Scenarios
Unit 2 Electrical
- Competent Person Roles & Responsibility’s
- Electrical PPE
- Electrical Safe Working Best Practices
- Safe Working around Hazardous electricity
- Testing and Isolation
- Stored Energy
- Emergency response to electrical emergency’s
- Hazard Electrical Safety Scenarios
- Review
Unit 3 Fluids under Pressure
- Competent Person Roles & Responsibility’s
- Pressure Fluids Hazards
- PPE
- Safe Working Practices
- Emergency response to pressure fluid emergency’s
- Hazardous pressure fluid Safety Scenarios
Evaluation
All Delegates will be evaluated in accordance with local legislation and Guidelines on the main objectives for sea survival training.
Working at Height limited practical training exercises are implemented under a “Skills Based Evolution Process” which the student experiences as a layering approach, where by a basic foundation is established and through reaffirmation and confirmation additional practical skills are applied to effectively demonstrate and apply through hands on experiences the complexities of work and rescue at height achieving success through confidence by all who participate.
Reaffirmation through testing is applied with the addition of correction to 100%. This unique philosophy in learning ensures all incorrectly answered test questions are tabled under whole group discussion to ensure maximum retention and understanding by all students.
All training in conducted in accordance with:
- Health & Safety Authority – Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 – Ireland
- European Agency for Safety & Health at Work – Framework Directive (89/391EEC) – European Union
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration USA
- Health and Safety Executive UK
- ISO 29990:2010 Learning Services for non-formal education and training – International
- ISO 45001 – Occupational Health and Safety Management
Course duration: This is a two-day course for experienced trainers with an existing training qualification.
Additional Information
Certified PPE is required for this course.
Course Participation Method
In-Person only
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for any person entering a Wind Turbine Generator as part of their day-to-day work. This course has the minimum basic skills that will enable them to work in a safe manner in Wind Turbine Generators.
Certification & Assessment
Delegates who successfully complete the course will receive a Working at Height Limited Certificate in Wind Turbine Generator Control of hazardous Energies.
Assessment Method
- 40 Multiple Choice Questions.
- Practical Skills Assessment
Isolation Regulations
The legislation in force is:
- International Standard EN ISO 14118 (2018-07) norm of Safety of machinery (is the successor to DIN EN 1037 2008-11) related to the equipment’s safety defines the measures regarding the energy isolation of machinery and the power dissipation to prevent hazardous equipment re-energising. It assures a safe and secure intervention within a risk-prone area.
European Countrys
- Directive 2009/104/EC (formerly directive 89/655/EEC of the Council from 30 November 1989) specify the minimum requirements for safety and health protection for workers using work equipment at work. Paragraph 2.14 lays down that “every piece of equipment must be fitted with clearly visible devices with which it can be separated from every energy source”. Paragraph 2.15. lays down that “Work equipment must bear the warnings and markings essential to ensure the safety of workers”.
- Ireland:
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Regulations 2007: All work equipment is fitted with clearly identifiable means to isolate it from all its energy sources, and the reconnecting of the work equipment to its energy sources poses no risk to the employees concerned.
- AUSTRIA
- AschG – ArbeitnehmerInnenschutzgesetz – Federal Act on Occupational Health and Safety
- AM-VO – Arbeitsmittelverordnung (Ordinance on Work Equipment and Tools) – Regulation of the Federal Ministry of Commerce and Labour on protection of employees while using work equipment paragraph 1, §17 (1).
- FRANCE
- UTE C18-510 (electrical applications): Lockout of apparatus for service and maintenance to lockout equipment is to carry out the necessary procedures to ensure that the equipment is placed and maintained in a safe position; to prevent its activation and label that the isolated equipment must not be operated. The employer must ensure that all safety procedures are strictly implemented and regularly reviewed by appropriate means. Employees must use all necessary tools to carry out maintenance.
Best practice document developed by INRS (Institut National de Recherche et de Sécurité) in November 2011: ED 6109
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- Décret 2010-1016 refers to the obligations of the employers for temporary or permanent electrical installations usage
- Labour code (article R4215-10) refers to the identification of the conductors
- Décret 2010-1018 refers to the prevention of electrical risks in work environment, décret 2010- 2118 refers to the operations done on electrical installations.
- Labour code (article R 4544-5): the part of the installation on which work (de-energised) is done must be identified and locked.
- Arrêté of April 26, 2012: Every operation on electrical equipment must follow the new norm NF C 18-510. Article 1 says that this norm is now included into the French Code of Labour.
- GERMANY
- BetrSichV 2015 (Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Health) Ordinance concerning the protection of safety and health in the provision of work equipment and its use at work and maintenance processes. Extract from BetrSichV 2015
- § 8 Protective measures in case of hazards caused by energies, start-up and stoppage
- Paragraph 3: “Command devices which have an influence on the safe use of the means of work shall in particular be secured against unintended or unauthorised operation. Paragraph 4: “Work equipment may only be intentionally put into operation. If necessary, the startup process must be safely prevented.
- § 10 Maintenance and modification of work equipment
- Paragraph 3: The employer must take all necessary measures to ensure that maintenance work can be carried out safely. (3) to secure the working area during the maintenance work (6) to avoid hazards caused by moving raised work equipment or parts thereof, as well as by hazardous energies or substances. (9) Provide necessary warnings and dangers messages referring to maintenance work on the work equipment Paragraph 4: Where, in the case of maintenance activities … are carried out under the threat of energy, the safety of workers shall be ensured during the duration of this work by means of other appropriate measures.
- ITALY
The Italian legislation (Direttiva 2001/45/CE del Parlamento europeo e del Consiglio del 27 giugno 2001 che modifica la direttiva 2009/104/EC) concerns the minimum safety and health requirements for the use of work equipment by workers at work.
- SWITZERLAND
- UVG – Federal Law on Accident Insurance
- VUV – Regulation on the Prevention of Accidents and Occupational Diseases title 1, chapter 2, paragraph 1, art. 3; title 1, chapter 3, paragraph 2, art. 30, 31 paragraph 3, art. 37; paragraph 4, art. 43
- EKAS Guideline no. 6512 – Work Equipment
These regulations clearly stipulate that during maintenance, adjusting or cleaning of the equipment, it has to be in non-operative state and appropriate devices have to be used to ensure that, for example, a machine is not accidentally switched on.
- SPAIN
- The Spanish directive (REAL DECRETO 1215/1997, de 18 de julio por el que se establecen las disposiciones mínimas de seguridad y salud para la utilización por los trabajadores de los equipos de trabajo. BOE nº 188 07-08-1997) states the minimum safety and health for workers’ use of work equipment.
Non-EU Countrys.
- UK Only: BS7671:2008
- In the UK the Provision of Work Equipment Regulations – Regulation 19 – Isolation from Sources of Energy states: “Every employer shall ensure, that where appropriate, work equipment is provided with suitable means to isolate it from all its sources of energy. Every employer shall take appropriate measures to ensure that reconnection of any energy source to work equipment does not expose any person using the equipment to any risk to his health or safety.
- United States of America
- (OSHA – OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH ADMINISTRATION: OSHA regulation The Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout / Tagout) 1910.147 states that it “requires employers to establish a program and utilise procedures for affixing appropriate lockout devices or tagout devices to energy isolating devices and to otherwise disable machines or equipment to prevent unexpected energisation, start up or release of stored energy in order to prevent injury to employees.
- Canada
- CCOSH – Canadian Center for Ocupational Safety Health: Hazardous energy is defined: “any electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, chemical, nuclear, thermal, gravitational, or other energy that can harm personnel” (CSA Z460-20 “Control of Hazardous Energy – Lockout and Other Methods”). Some energy sources are obvious, such as electricity, heat in a furnace, or something that might fall. Others may be hidden hazards such as air pressure in a system or a tightly wound spring.
IMS Ref: 5.9.TC.7.7.7