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ATEX LEVEL 1 TRAINING
EXECUTE ACTIONS IN ATEX ZONE
ATEX level 1 training: essential for working safely in potentially explosive environments
ATEX level 1 training is aimed at technical professionals called upon to work on electrical or non-electrical installations which must operate in potentially explosive environments and which require the use of suitable protection systems. This training allows them to understand the risks associated with these environments and to put in place the necessary measures to guarantee the safety of workers and installations.
LEVEL 1
THE EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES OF LEVEL 1 TRAINING
- Assess the impact of regulations on your organization: It is important to understand the regulatory requirements for safety in explosive environments, as well as the legal obligations that your organization must comply with conform. It is also important to measure the impact of these regulations on your organization and to ensure that the processes, procedures and equipment used comply with these requirements.
- Identify the risks in the different Explosion Hazardous Areas: To work safely in potentially explosive environments, it is essential to understand the risks associated with each area. It is therefore necessary to identify the explosion risk zones and to describe the specific risks linked to each zone.
- Prepare the interventions of the various stakeholders in the explosion risk zone: workers called upon to intervene in explosive environments must be properly trained and equipped to minimize the risk of explosion. It is therefore important to prepare the interventions of the various stakeholders by providing the necessary personal protective equipment and giving them the appropriate safety instructions.
- Enforce the safety instructions and procedures specific to the regarding explosion risks:to minimize explosion risks, it is essential to strictly enforce the safety instructions and specific procedures associated with each explosion risk zone. It is also important to constantly monitor the environment to detect any changes that could result in a risk of explosion.
- Adapt your behavior and professional practices to the ATEX environment: to work safely in potentially explosive environments, it is essential to understand and comply with safety rules. This involves adapting one's behavior and professional practices to the ATEX environment and respecting safety instructions at all times.
THE STAGES OF TRAINING
WHAT IS AN ATEX
What are the most dangerous flammable substances? Understand the risks and challenges of an ATEX. When can we be in the presence of an ATEX? How can an ATEX explode?
REGULATIONS
Labor Code: Obligation of the employer. Classification of ATEX Zones (gases, vapors, mists and dusts) zones 0-20, 1-21 and 2-22
ORGANIZATIONAL MEASURES
ATEX intervention rules.Training of categories of personnel responsible for works or operations, temporary workers, subcontractors.Authorization to work in ATEX zone, fire permit and employee responsibility.Personal protective equipment.Rules for signaling zones and markings for ATEX installations and explosives (readability, etc.)
DEVICES USABLE IN ATEX ZONES
Choice of materials (categories and levels of protection according to gas, vapor, liquid or dust)Requirements, privileges between categories, zones and mode of protection
PROTECTION MEASURES, TECHNIQUES
Design of premises (compartmentalization) and explosion events.Devices resistant to explosion overpressure.Placed in an inert state.Standardized electrical protection mode.Rules for the construction 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.
