Electrical Safety
Aims:
The electrical safety at work training course ensures that persons using electrical equipment are able to identify potential hazards caused by careless use and to detect common faults which would render electrical equipment unsafe. Basic fist aid for victims of electrocution is also covered.
Who will benefit from this course:
All employees who use electrically powered equipment and tools at work
Course Modules:
- What is electricity
- Introduces the terms “electrical current, electromotive force and electrical power.”
- Dangers of Electricity
- Considers the risks people take when using electricity at work.
- Safe use of Electrical Equipment
- Explains the methods used to control electricity and reduce the risk to users.
- Electric Shock and First Aid
- Looks at the effects of an electric shock to the body, and shows some basic first aid principles.
- Self Test
Results are stored for later retrieval by training supervisors
Average course completion time:
1 hour
Online Training Course List
Select from our range of courses below:
- Asbestos in the Workplace
- Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER)
- Chemical Safety
- Management of Health and Safety at Work
- Confined Space Awareness
- Noise at Work
- Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2002 (DSEAR)
- Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 98 (PUWER)
- Working with Display Screen Equipment
- Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR)
- Electrical Safety
- Risk Assessment
- Electricity at Work Regulations
- Safe Manual Handling
- Environmental Management
- Safe Working at Heights
- Fire Safety
- Safety Matters
- Heat Stress at Work
- Safety Signs Awareness
- Introduction to Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)
- Safety Signs and Signals Regulations
- Introduction to PPE
- Welding Safety
- Legionnaires Disease
- Working Safely with Flammable Liquids and Powders