ENERGY CONTROL

Description
This course provides a blueprint of basic requirements and key elements to help you establish a plant-wide energy control policy. This energy control policy aims to protecting people from injury due to accidental exposure to power sources, equipment, power lines, starting/moving of machines/equipment, and helps to ensure each worker has control of all applicable energy sources, controls or isolating devices.

Learning Outcomes
At the conclusion of this class, you will:

• Understand why "Energy Control" is important
• Understand employer responsibilities
• Be able to identify energy sources such as; water, steam, gas, electrical, hydraulic, air, gravity, tension and pneumatic
• Understand types of energy, kinetic and Potential
• Be able to get started in drafting your local energy control requirements

Outline

• Regulations
• Employer responsibilities
• Establishing policies and practices
• Hazardous energy
• Energy sources
• Machinery and equipment requirements
• Types of energy control
• Employee training
• Records
• Audit

Duration
4 hours (half day)

Audience
All

Course Material
Each participant will receive their own class binder with all reference material and exercises, so that these can be repeated later.

Hands-On Exercises
Each participant will have the opportunity to participate in group case studies.