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Our competence based course, accredited by City & Guilds, is designed to give an understanding in hazardous area concepts for the use of electrical equipment. The course explains the protection methods from manufacture to installation, inspection and maintenance as per the requirements of the relevant IEC standards for electrical equipment.
Course Content
- Area classification
- Ignition properties
- Definitions and terms
- EN/IEC standards for electrical and instrumentation
- Ingress protection
- Flameproof
- Increased safety
- ‘n’ types of protection
- Pressurisation
- Intrinsic safety systems
- Hybrid protection
- ATEX & IECEx certification, documentation, labelling
- Cable types, glanding, earthing
- Inspections, maintenance for electrical and instrumentation
- Additional international standards
- References to NEC 500, NEC 505 zoning
- Written assessment
Target Audience
Personnel with electrical, instrument or mechanical background within industry who require an understanding in the selection of equipment for hazardous areas and an overview of ATEX, IECEx, NEC 500 & NEC 505.
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