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Machinery series: Introduction to safeguarding and safety-related control systems
Key Information
Duration: 1 day
Available as: face-to-face, live online and in-house training
Price: £580 per person
Course dates
Overview
Machinery often incorporates safeguards to protect users from hazards. Those responsible for the safety of machinery need to understand the basics of how these safeguards and their associated control systems operate. This course builds on our PUWER, machinery risk assessment essentials and UK machinery regulations courses and provides delegates with a wider understanding of what safeguards are available, how they are applied and how they work in conjunction with a control system.
Learning outcomes
Delegates will be provided with information that will help them to:
- Understand the applicable legislation, with reference to applicable guidance material
- Know the types and the principles of operation of guards and protective devices such as light curtains and laser scanners
- Understand the principles of operation of control system components such as relays, safety relays and programmable devices
- Know the basic principles associated with control system safety
What the course will cover
This course will provide a basic overview to the design of safeguarding and safety-related control systems. The training will include an introduction to different safeguarding types, and their suitability for particular applications. It will also include control system logic, and specification of safety-related control systems to achieve risk reduction. Delegates will gain practical experience of various elements of the training, during interactive group sessions.
Who should attend?
This course is aimed at delegates with limited knowledge of safeguarding and safety-related control systems; roles may include machinery users, mechanically biased maintenance engineers, project engineers and safety professions who may be responsible for purchasing machinery, assessing the effectiveness of safeguards on machinery, or considering making modifications to existing machinery safeguards.
Book your place(s)
Course fees include all resources and a certificate of attendance (please note that all courses must be paid for via credit card at the time of booking).
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In-house training
This course can also be delivered to larger groups at a suitable, agreed location anywhere in the UK or internationally, online, or at the HSE Science and Research Centre. Content can also be tailored to meet organisations' own needs. Please get in touch to find out more.