RalphChristie
Electrical
- Jun 25, 2002
- 648
It is my responsibility to declare people authorized to do work in substations on our mine. Normally it is not a problem, the persons working in the substations is qualified electrical artisans, they do get some training on the safety, the relevant procedures, the operating principles, the equipment, etc. After a year's training with other authorized personnel, they need to write a type of exam that includes the following:
Application of the Regulations prescribed by the Mine Health and Safety Act.
Applications of prescribed corporative and section safety regulations according to electrical work.
Knowledge of the current Electrical Distribution Network in the mine
Protection principles on the Electrical Equipment used.
Practical tests regarding the type of work they are going to do, like for instance electrical switching.
My problem is to authorize personnel with no electrical experience/knowledge to do certain work in the substations, like servicing air-conditioning units. It is a waste to send a qualified electrical person every 3rd day to do babysitting, while we can utilize him/her better.
My initial thought was:
Let these persons write an exam regarding safety in substations.
They still need to inform the relevant supervisor if they are going to do work in substations.
They still need to do a proper risk-assessment on the job they are going to do.
In their appointment letter I will clearly state that they are only allowed to do for instance servicing work on air-conditioning units, and are not allowed to work on any thing else, like electrical panels.
What do you think? Yes or No?
Any other thoughts?
Regards
Ralph
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Application of the Regulations prescribed by the Mine Health and Safety Act.
Applications of prescribed corporative and section safety regulations according to electrical work.
Knowledge of the current Electrical Distribution Network in the mine
Protection principles on the Electrical Equipment used.
Practical tests regarding the type of work they are going to do, like for instance electrical switching.
My problem is to authorize personnel with no electrical experience/knowledge to do certain work in the substations, like servicing air-conditioning units. It is a waste to send a qualified electrical person every 3rd day to do babysitting, while we can utilize him/her better.
My initial thought was:
Let these persons write an exam regarding safety in substations.
They still need to inform the relevant supervisor if they are going to do work in substations.
They still need to do a proper risk-assessment on the job they are going to do.
In their appointment letter I will clearly state that they are only allowed to do for instance servicing work on air-conditioning units, and are not allowed to work on any thing else, like electrical panels.
What do you think? Yes or No?
Any other thoughts?
Regards
Ralph
[red]Failure seldom stops us, it is the fear for failure that stops us - Jack Lemmon[/red]
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