ATEX Safety training course - Health and Welfare at Work Training

The ATEX 137 Directive 1999/92/EC was transposed into Irish law as the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations in 2007 Part 8 Explosive atmospheres at places of work. It requires employers to classify workplaces where explosive atmospheres may occur into either hazardous or non-hazardous places. Those places identified as hazardous must be classified into zones, and specific prevention measures detailed in the Regulations must be applied.

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Overview of Directive and the Safety, Health & Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007, Part 8.
Organisational and training requirements
Documentation and permit to work requirements
Flammable materials and flammability data
Area and zone classification
Sources of ignition
Explosion prevention and protection
Explosion protection documents (EPD)

This course uses practical exercises to highlight gaps in ATEX compliance and to allow participants initiate the risk assessment process.

Personnel responsible for process safety in the workplace, Engineering Managers, Production Managers, EH&S Managers.

Participants achieve the following learning outcomes from the programme;

Understand requirements of the ATEX Directive and Part 8 of the General Application Regulations
Identify what procedures and permits to work are required
Know the steps need to be taken to achieve compliance
Know what flammability data is required
Identify hazardous areas
Identify potential ignition sources
Understand how to mitigate explosion hazards
Understand the content of an Explosion Protection Document

Finbarr Stapleton

Finbarr Stapleton, Antaris, has a B.Sc. in Industrial Chemistry...

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Nick Smyth

Nick Smyth graduated from the University of Limerick in 1981 wi...

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