Class outline/description
8-Hour arc flash and electrical safety in the workplace course description
Electrical Shock Safety
- Electrical Safety Facts
- Effects of Electricity on the body
- Regulatory requirements
- Creating an Electrically Safe Condition
- Isolating sources
- Lock-out and Tag-out
- Training
- Planning
- Risk assessment
- PPE
- Live – Dead – Live Verification Technique
- Selecting and use and inspection of test equipment
- Shock Protection Boundaries
- Qualifications
- Energized Work Permits
- Safe use of portable tools and equipment
- GFCI use and testing
- Assured grounding program
- Care and use of Protective Equipment
- Selecting the proper insulating PPE
- Maintaining PPE
- Safety Related Work Practices
- Insulated Tools
- Removing of conductive articles
- Barriers and Barricades
- Job Briefs
- Shock assistance techniques
- Hands-on exercise
- Creating and electrically safe condition
Arc Flash Safety
- Arc Flash Safety Facts
- Definition of an arc flash
- Arcing fault
- Bolted short circuit
- Determine the cause of arc flash
- Equipment condition
- Human interaction
- Arc Flash Risk Assessment
- Recognizing a hazard
- Appropriate safety practices
- Arc Flash Boundary
- PPE requirements
- Understanding the arc flash label
- Incident energy
- Working distance
- PPE Requirements
- Labels
- Care and maintenance
- Levels
- Hands-on exercises
- Identifying arc flash hazards and taking appropriate actions in accordance with NFPA 70e® requirements.
- Written exam
