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Protect your business and your staff with our certified ATEX training: Learn how to manage explosion risks safely!

Protect your business and staff with our certified ATEX training

The objective of ATEX training is to give companies theknowledge and skills necessary to protect their personnel and their facilityagainst explosion risks. Participants will learn to identify potential hazards, assess risks and implement effective prevention measures in accordance with ATEX regulations. As a result, businesses can reduce the risk of accidents, improve workplace safety, and avoid financial losses from property damage and production downtime. Additionally, by providing this training to their staff, businesses can strengthen their regulatory compliance and security reputation.

In ATEX zone, the safety of employees and the protection of industrial equipment is a major concern. Preventing explosions is a company obligation, provided for by Directive 1999/92/EC and the Labor Code. Making everyone involved aware of the risks in an ATEX zone is therefore essential. Responders must have specific authorization before working in explosive atmospheres.

Our ATEX Training

ATEX LEVEL 0 TRAINING

ATEX: acquire basic knowledge for personnel working or circulating in ATEX zones (ATEX level 0 authorization notice)</ span>

Objectives: Understand the risks and challenges of an ATEX. Know the requirements aimed at improving the safety and health protection of workers exposed to ATEX risks. Know how to identify the mechanisms of the explosion during interventions. Be able to adapt your behavior to the ATEX environment

Duration: 0.5 days

Public concerned:Any person required to be in an ATEX zone and likely to intervene or enter a dangerous zone, but not working on equipment (administrative staff, operator, etc.)

Teaching methods: active in person or remotely

Monitoring methods: Certificate of completion of training . Assessment or Passage of the PCIE

1. ATEX - What is ATEX?

  • Understanding the risks and challenges of an ATEX
  • When can we be present of an ATEX
  • How can an ATEX explode?
  • What are the most dangerous flammable substances?

2 . Prevention and protection

  • Protective measures to take
  • Be able to adapt one's behavior to the ATEX environment -
  • Be able to evolve and intervene in ATEX risk areas while respecting safety rules

3. Evaluation

  • At the end of the training, an evaluation test must be taken and validated by the learner

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ATEX LEVEL 1 TRAINING

ATEX: carried out operations in zone (ATEX level 1 authorization notice)

Objectives: Identify the mechanisms of the explosion during interventions. Adapting its behavior to the ATEX environment

Duration: 2 days

Target audience:

  • Employee of the company or external companies carrying out troubleshooting, maintenance of installations, etc. .
  • Temporary worker
  • Any person called upon to carry out maintenance operations and work in an ATEX zone

Prerequisites:

  • Know how to communicate in French (read, write, speak)
  • Hold a diploma level V

Teaching methods: active in person

Monitoring methods: Certificate of completion of training. Evaluation or Passage of the PCIE

Trainer profile: Trainer-expert in ATEX certification


Program:

1. General information on explosive atmospheres

  • What is an ATEX?
  • How does one Can ATEX explode (gases, liquids, dust)?
  • The fire triangle and the explosion hexagon
  • Statistics on accidents and the effects of an explosion

2. Definition of ATEX zones and regulations

  • Labor Code: Art R232-12-28, article L. 4121-1 and R 4321-4 (employer obligations)
  • Directives 2014/34/EU and 1999/92CE transposed into the labor code (R4216-31 to R4227-54) circular of 08/09/85
  • Classification of ATEX Zones (gases, vapors, mists and dusts) zones 0-20, 1-21 and 2-22

3. Organizational measures

  • ATEX intervention rules
  • Training of categories of head personnel works or operations, temporary workers, subcontractors
  • Authorization to work in ATEX zone, fire permit and employee liability
  • Personal protective equipment
  • Rules for signage of zones and markings of ATEX installations and explosives (readability, etc.)

4. Technical protection measures

  • Design of premises (compartmentalization) and explosion events
  • Devices resistant to explosion overpressure
  • Explosimeters
  • Inert state
  • Standardized electrical protection mode
  • Production rules and maintenance of electrical or non-electrical installations in the Atex Zone
  • Rules for carrying out work with materials or products at risk of explosion

5. Devices usable in ATEX zones and marking

  • Choice of materials (categories and levels of protection according to gas, vapor, liquid or dust)
  • Requirements, privileges between categories, zones and mode of protection

6. Evaluations of acquired knowledge and practical applications (according to possibilities)

  • At the end of the training, a test of assessment must be passed and validated by the learner
  • Issuance of an ATEX level 1 authorization notice

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ATEX LEVEL 2 TRAINING

ATEX:Supervise personnel in ATEX zones (ATEX level 2 authorization notice)</span >

Objectives:

      • Identify your responsibilities and its supervisory role
      • Analyze the risks linked to interventions on equipment in ATEX zones
      • Define the means and conditions for intervention by level 1 personnel

Duration: 2 days
Public and prerequisites: Site manager and level 1 supervisory staff carrying out work operations in ATEX zone< br />Educational methods: active face-to-face
Monitoring methods: Certificate of end of training. Evaluation or Passage of the PCIE

1. ATEX

      • What is an ATEX?
      • How can an ATEX Does it explode (gases, liquids, dust)?
      • The fire triangle and the explosion hexagon
      • Statistics on accidents and the effects of an explosion

2. Regulation

      • Labor Code: Art R232-12-28, article L. 4121-1 and R 4321-4 (employer's obligations)
      • Directives 2014/34/EU and 1999/92CE transposed into the labor code (R4216-31 to R4227-54) circular of 08/09/85
      • Classification of ATEX Zones (gases, vapors, mists and dusts) zones 0-20, 1-21 and 2-22

3 . Reminder on equipment usable in ATEX zone

      • Equipment recall
      • Marking of equipment, tools and usable equipment

4. Supervise personnel in ATEX zones (ATEX level 2 authorization notice)

      • Definition of ATEX zones
      • Reminder on equipment that can be used in ATEX zones
      • Intervention rules to be respected in ATEX zones
      • Analysis of risks prior to interventions
      • Organization of interventions

5. Evaluations of acquired knowledge and practical applications (according to possibilities)

      • At the end of the training, an evaluation test must be taken and validated by the learner
      • Delivery of ATEX level 2 authorization notice

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Who is our ATEX training for?

ATEX training (Explosive Atmospheres) is mainly aimed at professionals who work in potentially explosive or flammable industries, such as such as the petrochemical industry, gas production, powder production, pharmaceutical industry, paint and varnish production, as well as mining industries.

These professionals may include engineers, technicians, safety supervisors, site inspectors, >operators and maintenance managers. People who work in these industries must understand the risks associated with explosive atmospheres and know how to manage them safely to avoid accidents and serious incidents.

ATEX training can help these professionals acquire the knowledge and skills needed to work safely in potentially explosive environments, teaching them the basic principles of safety , rules and regulations regarding explosive atmospheres, as well asmethods for preventing explosions and fires.

The Labor Code (art. R4227-49) also provides for obligations relating to the security of employees in ATEX zones and the site in general. The operator must implement adequate measures (zoning, marking, surveillance, etc.) and the necessary technical means on its site. The drafting of a DRPCE (document relating to protection against explosions) is also required. To enable its employees to work in complete safety, the employer must train them and make them aware of protection against explosive risks.

Intervenors in ATEX zones must have followed a specific training. This allows them to identify ATEX zones, assess the risks and react effectively in the event of danger. ATEX training is intended for anyone working in a risk zone. It is aimed at all sectors of activity, whatever the size of the company, as long as they involve the storage or handling of flammable products (gas, dust, vapors, etc.). Different organizations offer training adapted to the nature of the dangers of the activity and the needs of each company. After the training, an authorization is issued to the workers.

Why choose A2S?

A2S Expertise in critical environments

A2S designs, manufactures and supplies ATEX and industrial protection solutions.

A2S is commited

A2S is committed to working with you to meet your most stringent security requirements.Are you facing a major challenge and looking for the most appropriate solution for your application?We are here to listen to you and can offer you personalized support adapted to your project, whatever your challenge.

Why choose A2S for your ATEX training?

A2S is a leading company specializing in protection against explosions and industrial hazards. For several years, A2S has been a major player in the field of industrial safety and offers a wide range of products and services intended to protect companies and their employees against the risks of explosion. 

Our company has a great experience in the field of ATEX regulations and is recognized for the quality of its services. We are able to provide complete solutions to meet our customers' requirements, from risk assessment to the implementation of prevention measures.

Our teams are made up of highly qualified experts, who have the skills and knowledge necessary to support our customers throughout their process of protection against explosion risks .

En choosing A2S for your ATEX training, you can be assured of working with competent and experienced professionals, who will bring their expertise and know-how to you help reduce the risk of explosions in your business.

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What authorizations are required to work in an ATEX zone?

People working in an ATEX zone are required to hold authorization. This depends on the area of ​​intervention and the level of danger. To obtain this authorization, each worker must undergo ATEX training.

What is an ATEX accreditation?

An ATEX accreditation is a certificate issued by a certification body. approved training. It certifies a worker's ability to carry out work related to an ATEX zone to standards and in complete safety. The worker can be trained level 0, 1 or 2. At the end of his training, he will obtain the authorization corresponding to the level he has chosen. This certificate is valid for three years. The worker will have to complete refresher training to renew their authorization.

Each level of dangerousness corresponds to an authorization. But in general, the training teaches workers the fundamentals of ATEX regulations. At the end of the training, they know the requirements related to securing people and equipment in an ATEX zone. They will also have to adopt the right actions and detect a risk of explosion, depending on the level of the chosen zone.

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