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Train your employees in ATEX risk prevention
In an ATEX area, the safety of employees and the protection of industrial equipment is a major concern. Preventing explosions is an obligation of companies, provided by Directive 1999/92/EC and the Labour Code. Making each stakeholder aware of the risks in an ATEX zone becomes essential. The workers must have a specific authorisation before working on this type of site.
Our ATEX Trainings
Objectives: Understand the risks and challenges of an ATEX. Know the requirements to improve the safety and health protection of workers exposed to ATEX risks. Know how to identify the mechanisms of explosion during interventions. Be able to adapt its behavior to the ATEX environment
Duration: 3.5 hours
Audience and prerequisites: being able to work
Teaching methods: active in person or in distance
Follow-up procedures: Certificate of completion of training. Evaluation or passage of the FOCI
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1. ATEX - What is an ATEX?
-Understanding the risks and challenges of an ATEX
-When can ATEX be present
-How can an ATEX explode?
-What are the most dangerous flammable substances?
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2. Prevention and Protection
-Protective measures to be taken
-Be able to adapt its behavior to the ATEX environment
-Be able to evolve and intervene in ATEX risk zones in compliance with safety rules
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3. Evaluation
-At the end of the training, an evaluation quiz must be passed and validated by the learner
Objectives: Identify the mechanisms of explosion during interventions. Adapt its behavior to the ATEX environment
Duration: -
Public and prerequisites: to be able to work in ATEX zone
Teaching methods: active in face-to-face
Follow-up procedures: Certificate of completion of training. Evaluation or passage of the FOCI
1. ATEX
"What is an ATEX?"
How can an ATEX explode (gases, liquids, dust)?
The triangle of fire and the hexagon of explosion
Statistics on accidents and effects of an explosion
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2. The Regulations
-Labour Code: Art R232-12-28, Article L. 4121-1 and R 4321-4 (employer’s obligations)
-Directives 2014/34/EU and 1999/92EC transposed into the Labour Code (R4216-31 to R4227-54) Circular of 09/08/85
-Classification of ATEX zones (gases, vapours, mists and dust) zones 0-20, 1-21 and 2-22
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3. Organizational measures
-The intervention rules in ATEX
-Training of categories of personnel in charge of works or operations, temporary workers, subcontractors
-The ATEX work permit, fire permit and employee liability
-Personal protective equipment
-Rules for signalling zones and markings of ATEX installations and explosives (legibility, etc.)
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4. Technical protective measures
-Space design (compartmentalization) and explosion events
- Devices resistant to explosion overpressure
-Explosimeters
-Inert state
-Standard electrical protection mode
-Rules for the implementation and maintenance of electrical and non-electric installations in the Atex zone
-Rules for carrying out work on materials or products liable to explosion
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5. Devices for use in ATEX and marking areas
-Choice of equipment (categories and protection levels according to gas, vapour, liquid or dust)
-Requirements, privileges between categories, zones and mode of protection
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6. Prior learning assessments and practice (as appropriate)
Objectives: Identify the mechanisms of explosion during interventions. Adapt its behavior to the ATEX environment
Duration: -
Public and prerequisites: to be able to work in ATEX zone
Teaching methods: active in face-to-face
Follow-up procedures: Certificate of completion of training. Evaluation or passage of the FOCI
1. ATEX
"What is an ATEX?"
How can an ATEX explode (gases, liquids, dust)?
The triangle of fire and the hexagon of explosion
Statistics on accidents and effects of an explosion
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2. The Regulations
-Labour Code: Art R232-12-28, Article L. 4121-1 and R 4321-4 (employer’s obligations)
-Directives 2014/34/EU and 1999/92EC transposed into the Labour Code (R4216-31 to R4227-54) Circular of 09/08/85
-Classification of ATEX zones (gases, vapours, mists and dust) zones 0-20, 1-21 and 2-22
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3. Reminder on ATEX equipment
- Recall of equipment
- Marking of useable equipment, tools and equipment
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4. The rules of intervention to be observed in the Atex zone
- Drafting a work procedure
- Writing a work authorization
- Risk analysis prior to interventions
- The organization of interventions
Who are our ATEX trainings for?
The Labour Code (Art. R4227-49) also provides for obligations relating to the security of employees in the ATEX zone and the site in general. It must implement the appropriate measures (zoning, marking, monitoring, etc.) and the necessary technical means on its site. The drafting of a DRPCE (document on explosion protection) is also mandatory. To enable employees to practise safely, the employer must train and educate them in the protection against explosive hazards.
Workers in ATEX areas must have taken specific training. This allows them to identify ATEX zones, assess their risks and react effectively in case of danger. ATEX training is intended for anyone working in a risk area. It is aimed at all sectors of activity, regardless of the size of the company, as long as they involve the storage or handling of flammable products (gases, dusts, vapours...). Different organisations offer training adapted to the nature of the hazards of the activity and the needs of each company. After the training, an authorisation is issued to the workers.
Authorisations necessary to work in ATEX area
Persons working in an ATEX zone are required to hold a clearance. This depends on the area of intervention and the level of danger. To obtain this authorisation, each worker must undergo ATEX training.
What is an ATEX clearance ?
ATEX clearance is a certificate issued by an approved training organisation. It certifies a worker’s ability to perform work related to an ATEX zone in a safe and standard manner. The worker has the choice of training to intervene in zone 0, zone 1 or zone 2. At the end of his training, he will obtain the corresponding clearance at the level he has chosen. This certificate is valid for three years. The worker will need to complete a refresher training to renew his or her clearance.
Each level of danger corresponds to a clearance. In general, however, training enables workers to learn the basics of ATEX regulations. They know, at the end of the training, the requirements related to securing people and equipment on an ATEX area. They will also have to adopt the right gestures and detect a risk of explosion, depending on the level of the chosen area.