Details
1-day course
CPD Credit: 6.5 hours, C1
Course Overview
The subject matter covered focuses on how the requirements of the ATEX Directives are to be met in order to aid management, technicians and engineers in the understanding of the necessary organizational and technical measures taken to ensure safety.
Who should attend?
Anyone and everyone who encounters hazardous areas at any level, according to the ATEX Directives, requires at least a basic understanding of the risks and the management of those risks in order that they should not be compromised by the actions of these personnel. This course is aimed at providing a substantially non-technical introduction suitable for senior management right through to operators. This includes:
- Chemical engineers
- Control engineers
- Electrical engineers
- Electrical and instrument trades-persons
- Instrumentation engineers
- Process engineers
- Supervision and management staff
- Security and cleaning staff
- Technicians
- Trades-persons working in potentially explosive areas
Course Programme
Introduction
- Explosion consequences
- The fire triangle
- Risk assessment concepts applied and IEC60079 Standards and Codes of Practice
Understanding flammability combustion and explosion
- Ignition sources
- Properties of flammable gases, vapours, mists and dusts
Zones and definitions
- Definition of hazardous area terminology
- Classification of apparatus
- Equipment grouping and temperature rating
Principles of types of protection
- Electrical equipment protection IEC60079: Ex d, e, i, p, and n
- Others types: Ex m, o, q and s: use in combination
- Non-electrical equipment protection to EN13463: fr, d, g, c, b, p and k
Equipment certification
- Marking and identification
- Component certificates
- Equipment certificates
- Systems certification
- Plant owner/user of ex equipment
- Introduction to Codes of Practice
- Equipment selection procedure
- General requirements of Installation and Inspection
- Maintenance and permits to work
- Repairs
Atex directives
- Equipment category and grouping
- Essential safety and health requirements
- ATEX compliance marking
- Self certification and verifying conformity
- Workers cirective summary
Explosive atmospheres regulations
- Application of ATEX and Chemical Agents Directive in the Ireland
- Summary of employers responsibilities
Trainer’s Profile
Trevor Montgomery is a Director & EHS Consultant working for Montgomery EHS Ltd with over 25 years specialising in Wastewater and Odour / VOC Treatment. Trevor has completed third level courses in Dundalk IT, Sligo IT, UCC and UCD. Trevor has developed a range of biological scrubbers for Odour and VOC’s from a variety of Industries from Animal Slaughtering, Seaweed extraction, Fish Processing, Dairy Industry, etc. Trevor is employed by a number of companies as a retained consultancy for the design of wastewater treatment and odour management. Trevor has worked with an extensive list of companies such as Thermo Fisher, Bio-Marine Ingredients, College Group, Mega Group, Carton Bros, Aurivo Ingredients, Glanbia, Silver Hill Duck, Arrabawn, Tipperary Cooperative, Hydro International, Leprino Foods to name a few. Based in Limerick, Trevor has served on policy committees for local government and lectured at various universities. Trevor has delivered over 1000 training days on these topics (1 training day is when 1 person attends 1 course for 1 day).
Please contact the Team for further information on scheduled course dates and In-Company options. You can reach us by phone: 01 665 1305 or email cpdtraining@engineersireland.ie