TC1-2008

Responsible Persons Course

• General understanding of relevant electrical engineering principles;
• Understanding and ability to read and assess related engineering documents;
• Practical understanding of explosion protection principles and techniques;
• Working knowledge and understanding of relevant standards in explosion protection;
• Basic knowledge of quality assurance, including the principles of auditing, documentation, traceability of measurement and instrument calibration.

Epsilon are Extronics chosen training and certification partner who specialise in Explosion Protection, they have over 300 years collective experience of hazardous areas and are a leading European Notified Body for ATEX and one of the UK’s leading DSEAR implementers.

Operating from the largest dedicated ATEX Centre in the UK on the outskirts of the historic city of Chester, Epsilon provides explosion protection services to manufacturers and plant operators such as Rolls Royce, MoD, GSK Total-Elf, BP, BASF, GE, BAe and BHP Billion.

Epsilon provided training in Hazardous Areas for more than 2000 delegates per year and are the largest ATEX Training Organisation in the UK. They have the largest dedicated in house ATEX and COMPEX Training Facility in the UK and are able to do both theory and practical training in all hazardous area fields.

New Training and Competence Requirements for ATEX/IEC.

If you are involved with ATEX, IEC or DSEAR Projects, it is likely that the new training and competence requirements will affect you.

The new Standard for Installation (Edition 4) specifies in some detail the requirements for people involved in the manufacture and installation of equipment or plant designed for use in hazardous (potentially explosive) atmospheres.

It should be noted that installation is equally applicable to many manufacturers who assemble certified ATEX or IEC/EN equipment to form an assembly, as it is to companies installing apparatus in to a plant. The Standard now identifies various roles that require training and the level of that training.

Management and Design functions now have specified training requirements.

Epsilon is an ATEX Notified Body, DSEAR implementation specialist and CompEx Training Centre. They have the largest ATEX/IEC Training facility in the UK and have satellite training facilities in the US and Scandinavia. Epsilon offer both open and bespoke training, and our unique management systems ensure that all staff are verified and attributed as competent and ‘remain’ competent through regular automated updates. Epsilon won the Queens Royal award for ATEX and DSEAR services in 2007 and is the fastest growing ATEX Service Provider in the UK.