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Electrical Safety in the Workplace In Depth Outline

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    Electrical Safety in the Workplace, NFPA 70E
    Arc Flash / Shock Awareness Training

    A. Course Agenda Overview

                1. Hazards with Electricity
                2. Consequences of not following safe work practices
                3. Know the difference between a shock hazard and arc flash
                4. Know how to determine the required PPE for shock hazard protection
                5. Know how to determine the required PPE for arc flash protection
                6. Knowledge of policies and practices for electrical safety

               

    B. Personal Electrical Safety desired outcome of this session and learning objectives

                1. Understand the hazards of electricity
                2. Grasp the function of the electrical safety program and its basic function
                3. Know the difference between an electrically safe work condition and work on  energized ciruits or parts.
                4. Be familiar with the concept of qualified and unqualified person
                5. Understand the content of and the need for an Energized Work Permit Prohibited  Approach.
                6. Know the various hazard analysis, why they are done and what they tell employees
                7. Know the Importance of PPE in preventing electrical injuries and how the correct equipment is selected
                8. Be able to describe common safe work practices.
                9. Be able to describe unsafe work practices.
                10. Electrically safe work practices TAKE two.

    C. Class Outline

                1. Introduction,
                2. NFPA 70, NFPA 70E and OSHA overview
                3. Pretest  25 multiple-choice questions
                4. Training safety process  five steps  Actual arc flash recorded on security cameras
                5. Movie  Take Electricity Seriously
                6. Definitions
                7. Mike Holts candid view  Take Electricity Seriously
                8. Safe Wiring practices overview
                9. More definitions
                10. Electrical safety and Arc Flash Awareness overview  six points
                11. Electrical safety for the qualified worker  movie and discussion
                12. Why TAKE time
                13. Why do we need electrical safety?
                14. NFPA statistics electrocution, severe burns, disabling and non-disabling incidents
      15. Approach distance...flash protection boundary, limit approach boundary, prohibited approach boundary, and restricted approach               boundary
                16. Shock Hazard Issues, Fatal Shock the movie and ten true false questions
                17. Shock discussion Sear's tech
                18. Electrical Arc Flash Awareness for Maintenance (Power plant movie)
                19. Arc Flash Awareness discussion, Arc Flash movie and ten true false questions
                20. Hazard Risk Analysis Flow Chart
                21. Four Questions to ask before performing any task
                22. How equipment works
                23.  PPE key points
                24. Arc Flash Analysis labels
                25. Tie Switch vs. TPDT
                26. Wrap up  take two minutes