NFPA 70e Training is about learning how to reduce your personal risk of injury and how companies can protect their employees from accident, injury and death.
Our NFPA 70e Training focuses on the NFPA 70e arc flash electrical safety standard that addresses arc flash electrical safety requirements for employee workplaces that are necessary for the practical safeguarding of employees in their pursuit of gainful employment.
NFPA published its seventh edition of the “70e Standard for Electrical Safety Requirements for Employee Workplaces” in February 2004.
NFPA 70e contains an introduction, four chapters, 13 annexes and has many significant changes from the sixth edition.
NFPA 70e covers the full range of electrical safety issues, including safety related work practices, maintenance, special equipment requirements and installation. It focuses on protecting people and identifies requirements that are considered necessary to provide a workplace that is free of electrical hazards. OSHA bases its electrical safety mandates, found in Subpart S part 1910 and Subpart K part 1926, on the comprehensive information found in the standard. NFPA 70e is recognized as the tool that illustrates how an employer might comply with these OSHA standards. The relationship between the OSHA regulations and NFPA 70e can be described as OSHA is the “shall” and the “how.”
Our 2009 NFPA 70e Training courses will focus on the existing NFPA 70e Arc Flash Stadard as well as the development and introduction of Canadian Standards Association's upcoming "CSA Z462" and legislation that will be released in 2009. Leading industry experts on Arc Flash Protection and Mitigation will present new content NOT covered in our previous arc flash training courses.
From our NFPA 70e Training tutorial you will:
- Learn how to define short circuits and electrical arcs.
- Understand electrical safety parameters.
- Determine energy released during a short circuit and why you need to be protected.
- Learn techniques for reducing potential explosive energy.
- Learn how to protect yourself and those around you from electrical hazards.
- Learn how to select proper personal protective equipment (PPE) for the right environment.
Dangers such as shock, electrocution, and arc blast will always be present on the job, but proper NFPA 70e training and safety strategies can minimize the likelihood of injuries and fatalities. NFPA 70E - Electrical Safety in the Workplace - covers the full range of electrical safety issues from work practices to maintenance, special equipment requirements, and installation. In fact, OSHA in the United States already bases its electrical safety mandates on the comprehensive information in this important Standard.
OSHA 29 CFR 1910.331 - 335 defines "Safety Related Work Practices" for both qualified and unqualified workers. These regulations cover the scope, content, and requirements for training and define qualified and unqualified employees. Safety related work practices covered include: understanding and and recognizing energized and deenergized parts, lockout and tagging, and minimum approach distances. The Use of Equipment Section sets forth the regulations for handling, inspecting and utilizing electrical equipment.
Our NFPA 70e/OSHA Electrical Safety Training Course Covers:
OVERVIEW
- Electrical Hazards
- Existing and Proposed Standards
- Preparing to Work Safely
- Determining Safe Approach Distance
- Determining Arc Hazard Category
- Fault Current Calculations
- Determination of Arcing Fault Clearing Time
- Boundary Calculations
- Determining Arc Flash Hazard Risk Category
- Incident Energy Exposure Calculations
- Hazard Analysis
INCIDENT CAUSES
- Unsafe Switching Acts
- Not following Operating Procedure
- Unsafe Working Conditions
- Not following Maintenance procedures
ELECTRICAL HAZARDS
- 5 Main Factors in Electrical Accidents
- Electrical Shock
- Arc Flash Defined
- Incident Energy Defined
- Arc Flash Burn Injuries
- Arc Blast Pressure
- Inhalation Injuries
EXISTING AND PROPOSED STANDARDS AND IMPORTANT DATE
- OSHA 1910.269
- NFPA 70E-2004 and 2009 editions
- NESC Rule 410A3
DEFINITIONS
- Essential to the application of this standard
PREPARING TO WORK SAFELY (Dead Work)
- Safety Training
- Emergency Procedures
- Detailed Description of a "Job Briefing"
- Use of Equipment
- Establishing an electrically safe work condition
- Lockout / Tagout
- Isolation and Grounding
SHOCK HAZARD PROTECTION (LIVE WORK)
- Understanding and Applying NFPA 70E Tables
- Shock Protection Boundaries
- Limits of Approach
- Energized Work Permit
- Limited Approach Boundary
- Restricted Approach Boundary
- Prohibited Approach Boundary
DETERMINING ARC HAZARD RISK CATEGORY (LIVE WORK)
- Using NFPA 70E Table 130.7
FAULT CURRENT CALCULATIONS
- Power System Short Circuits
- Bolted Faults
- Calculating Prospective Short-Circuit Current
- Calculating Bolted Faults
- Arcing Faults
- Calculating Arcing Fault Current
DETERMINATION OF ARCING FAULT CLEARING TIME
- Time Current Curves
- Coordination studies
BOUNDARY CALCULATIONS
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