Machines Safety and hazardous energy

The purpose of this module is to prepare learners for working with or on production equipment, to be aware of hazardous energies, identify and evaluate associated risks, understand the requirement for guarding, isolating and interlocking devices used to control the hazardous energies and apply that knowledge when carrying out maintenance activities.

At the end of this learners will be able to:

• Describe the relevant requirements of current national, European, and international legislation and directives that govern machine safety and control of hazardous energies.
• Evaluate a broad range of typical hazards and risks when working with industrial automated machines.
• Describe the main categories and properties of hazardous and stored energies, and identify the risks associated with each category.
• Explain the operating principles of enabling devices used in the control of hazardous energies.
• Demonstrate the selection of appropriate devices or control systems to mitigate the risk associated with the control of hazardous energies.
• Demonstrate the functional operation of machine guarding and safety control systems used within machine safety.
• Demonstrate the application, in a compliant manner of LOTO in accordance with safe systems of work standards.
• Differentiate between risk assessments, safe systems of work and work permits.
• Evaluate risk assessments to identify hazards and the precautions associated with each task or activity.

Prices may vary depending on funding eligibility and availability. .This is a core module (15 ECTS) on the full Level 6 in Industrial Automation Technology (full QQi Award - 120 credits)