Product Overview: Electrical Safety Training for Non-Electrical Personnel
Electrical Safety Training for Non-Electrical Personnel
Course Highlights
- Review of electrical hazards, their causes and the potential for injuries and fatalities, and how to avoid them
- Common situations that can increase workers’ risk
- Understand OSHA’s definition of an affected worker, how it applies and its limitations
- OSHA’s electrical safety-related work practices regulation as it applies to non-electrical workers
- Understand electrical Lockout/Tagout and the Safe Work Zone
- Proper identification, application, wear and care of PPE
- Understand applicable OSHA regulations for non-electrical employees
- Understand and apply NFPA 70E requirements for “unqualified persons”
- Understand the safe approach distances for arc flash and shock
Course Objective
Workers can be either affected or qualified. This training is for affected employees, often referred to as “unqualified” or “non-electrical” workers. An affected employee as defined by OSHA is one “…whose job requires him/her to operate or use a machine or equipment on which servicing or maintenance is being performed under lockout or tagout, or whose job requires him/her to work in an area in which such servicing or maintenance is being performed.”
This is not training for qualified employees who are trained to work on electrical devices. This training will not teach someone how to work on electrical equipment or become an electrician.
Safe working practices are just as important for affected employees as they are for qualified employees because in the performance of their duties, they may still be exposed to the dangers of electricity. The objective of this training is learning to recognize these hazards, how best to avoid them and to work safely around electrical parts and equipment that are or may become energized.
Applicable Personnel
Building service technicians, plant operators, non- electrical skilled workers such as fitters, painters, carpenters, laborers, utility operators, equipment operators, janitors, waste handlers and warehouse workers, and other workers who may use or interact with electrical equipment and devices. Others may include Industrial plant managers and supervisors, occupational health and safety coordinators; federal, provincial and municipal government building owners, managers and operators; and private, commercial and institutional building owners, managers and operators.
Specifications
Course Length:
One day. The schedule is 8 am – 4:30 pm
Prerequisites
None
The course content meets the applicable NFPA 70E and OSHA training requirements for unqualified personnel.
Read the full course description here: Electrical Safety Training for Non-Electrical Personnel
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