Hazardous Area Course EEHA Part 1

Course Overview

This course is aimed at the tradespersons or supervisors whose job function involves the installation and/or maintenance of electrical equipment for hazardous areas. The course offers the background pre-requisite training to successfully install and maintain electrical and instrumentation installations in hazardous areas. This course also offers competency to inspect hazardous area installation.

Course Objectives

To raise levels of competence for personnel carrying out installation, inspections, testing and maintenance of electrical apparatus in explosive gas and dust atmosphere to the nationally recognised standards AS/NZS 4761.

Competency Assessment

Hazardous area fundamentals, equipment marking, equipment certification, device interpretation, install and maintain, inspection and testing.

Course Content

• Safety in hazardous area
• EEHA competency
• Hazardous area classification principles
• Plant modification
• Hazardous area standard
• Protection techniques
• Equipment marking
• Equipment certification
• Verification and testing of certified equipment
• Selection of certified equipment
• Maintenance of certified equipment
• Inspection
• Installation testing
• Codes of practice
• Typical Inspection sheet
• Prioritise non conformities
• Formal inspection report
• Permit to work system and safe isolations
• Gas detection

National Units of Competency Offered

• UEE NEEM 001B: Report on the integrity of explosion-protected
  equipment in hazardous areas
• UEE NEEM 002B: Attend to breakdowns in hazardous area
• UEE NEEM 004B: Install explosion-protected equipment & wiring systems
• UEE NEEM 006B: Maintain equipment in hazardous areas
• UEE NEEM 009B: Test installations in hazardous areas
• UEE NEEM 010B: Conduct close inspection of existing hazardous areas installations
• UEE NEEM 011B: Conduct detailed inspection of hazardous areas installations

Cancellation Policy

• 14 days or more prior to commencement - 100% refund
• 7 - 13 days prior to course commencement 90% refund
• Less than 1 weeks prior notice to course commencement - No refund

Course Fee

• Eligible for funding $ 2000
• Ineligible for funding $ 4000
• Unemployed $ 1500

15% discount of CEPU for ETREC Members.

NOTE: Eligibility for the subsided fee is dependant on you being a resident of Australia.