Sample Electrical Safety Training Programme

ELECTRICAL SAFETY TRAINING For Engineers (2 day Programme)

Target participants: Engineers / Safety Engineers / Supervisors Sl. No.

Training Session Topic

Time Slot & Duration

Contents

Day 1 Inauguration: Comapny Top Executive 9.30 am 1.

2.

Pre-training quiz

Electrical Accident Overview

10.00 – 10.20 (20 minutes)

10.20 – 11.00 (20 minutes)

3.

4.

5.

Fundamentals of Electricity, Hazards & Control

11.00 – 12.00

Hazardous Area Classification, Selection of Electrical Equipment for Flammable Areas

12.00 –12.45

Film on ‘Hazardous Area Classification’

LUNCH BREAK 13.15 –14.15 6. Electrical Fires & Prevention Measures

7.

Earthing & Electrical Hazard Control

[email protected]

(45 minutes)

(40 minutes)

PGS

12.45 –13.15 (30 minutes)

14.15 – 14.45 (30 minutes)

14.45 –15.15 (30 minutes)

Quiz will contain 15 questions to assess the participants’ pre-training electrical safety awareness level Electrical fire & accident statistics; causes; Focus areas Definition of electricity; current, voltage, resistance, AC, DC; effects of shock; neutral; Flash Accidents; Various shock conditions; MCB, Fuses, ACB, VCB, RCCB (applications of 30, 100, 300 milli ampere sensitivity devices); Relays; Personal Protection Equipments (helmets, rubber gloves, arc flash suits); isolation transformer; Centre- Tapped Earth Supply; Extra-Low voltage 24V supply, etc. HAC concepts; Selection of various special equipment as per IS 5571 & 5572; Special design features of flameproof, increased safety, intrinsically safe equipment An informative video film that explains the concepts of Hazardous Area Classification, Special features of electrical equipment in flammable atmospheres Electrical fires, Causes, Portable Fire Extinguishers, Use of Linear Heat Sensing cables, Smoke detectors, Nitrogen blanketing system & Mulsifier systems for transformer fire protection, Fire Trace systems, etc. Why earthing, high earth resistance values & adverse consequences, earth pits (pipe & plate), fault current dissipation, requirement of single & double earthing depending on voltage classes, earth pit resistance measurement & periodicity, identification of earth pits, etc.

TEA BREAK

15.15 –15.30 8.

Electrical Preventive Maintenance

15.30– 16.45 (75 minutes)

Different maintenance practices- Break Down, Predictive & Preventive maintenance, various national & international standards, Reliability & Risk based maintenance practices, hotspot detection, Ultra sound detection, Thermographic inspections, Various equipment maintenance (transformers, cables, MCC, motors, etc).

Day 2 9.

Static Electricity – Hazards & Control Measures

9.30 –10.10 (40 minutes)

10 .

Statutes & Standards on Electrical Safety

10.00 – 10.40

11 .

Lightning & Surge Protection

10.40 – 11.40

12 .

Film

13 .

Recommended Electrical Systems, Procedures & Practices

(30 minutes)

(60 minutes)

11.40 – 12.00 (20 minutes)

12.00 – 13.00 (60 minutes)

Fundamentals of static electricity, hazards of Electro-Static Discharge (ESD) in flammable atmospheres, Minimum ignition energy required, Explosions due to ESD, control measures, Doping, Switch Loading, Bonding & earthing, etc. Indian Electricity Rules, Applicable Indian & international standards related to Electrical safety Lightning –Atmospheric physics, Kite experiment, various lightning damages, popular myths, lightning protection concepts for property LP, personal LP, Surge Protection Devices Explains the various electrical hazards & control measures. An effective film that will make participants appreciate the need to follow electrical safety measures at work places. Permit To Work (PTW); Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs); Various Power isolation Procedures, LOTO; Various IS 5216 practices & procedures, various common flaws, etc.

LUNCH BREAK 13.00 – 14.00 14 Case Studies . 15 .

Global Developments in Electrical Safety

14.00 – 14.30 (30 minutes)

14.30 – 15.00 (30 minutes)

Various electrical accident case studies (shock, flash burns, flaws in LOTO, welding deaths, etc.) Global developments in the area of electrical safety (AFCIs, GCDs, Electrical Safety week celebrations, LOTO-TO, etc.).

TEA BREAK 15.00 – 15.15 16 .

Spot Electrical Hazards –‘R&D Centre Electrical Safety Walk Through’

15.15 – 17.00

17 .

Post training quiz

17.00 – 17.15

18 .

Valediction & Closing

(1 ½ Hours)

(15 minutes)

[email protected]

17.30

Participants to identify various electrical hazards in the R&D premises, utility blocks, etc. and discuss identified hazards in the training hall. Post-training quiz will enable the participants to self-assess their learning from the training.