TC2-2008

Hazardous Area Designers course

• Detailed knowledge of the general principles of explosion protection;
• Detailed knowledge of the general principles of types of protection and marking;
• Detailed knowledge of those aspects of equipment design which affect the protection concept;
• Detailed knowledge of content of certificates and relevant parts of 60079-14;
• Understanding of practical skills for the preparation and installation of relevant concepts of protection;
• Detailed knowledge of the additional importance of Permit to Work systems and safe isolation in relation to Explosion Protection;
• Detailed knowledge of the particular techniques to be employed in the selection and erection of equipment referred to in IEC/EN 60079-14;
• A general understanding of Inspection and Maintenance requirements of IEC/EN 60079-17;
• Production of documentation;
• Production of Designers certificates to the user;
• Practical skills necessary for the preparation and compilation of relevant design details for the concepts of protection and systems involved;
• Update and production of installation records as specified in 60079-14

The requirements for personnel involved in the process of designing plant or equipment for use in potentially explosive atmospheres (including equipment that may be located in the safe area but have functionality involved in the safe explosion prevention or mitigation).

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.

All of the people Epsilon train from 2008 will be automatically sent updates on the course we provided for a period of three years at no additional charge. This will ensure that competence is maintained by a verifiably competent company.