Course Description:

Working in power plants requires highly efficient training courses in safety precaution to avoid many field hazards that includes the potential of electric shock, fire, and burns. It is essential for all employees, including supplemental labor, to be aware of the hazards associated with electrical work and use appropriate protective methods to minimize the risk of an injury or accident.

This course covers all aspect of safety working in power plants and goes around energized electrical equipment Topics include safety policies, general safety rule mechanical safety, Electrical safety, chemical safety, fire safety and emergency procedures. Effective investigation techniques, industrial hazards & risks, and Safety Program Auditing will also be covered. The course is designed to enhance safety awareness and ensure safe operations of power utility plants.

Course Goal:

This course will advance participants’ knowledge, skills, safety performance, and will give good concepts on safety managements and emergency response planning in power generation plants.

Course Objectives:

By the end of the course, participant will be able to:

1. Understand the basic concepts safety managements and emergency response planning in power generation plants
2. Apply knowledge of hazards types and methods for control
3. Apply knowledge of electrical safety and the dangers of improper operation of electrical equipment.
4. Prevent, Report and investigate the various types of Accident.
5. Apply knowledge of protective equipment requirements

Course Outline:

• Concept of Safety & Industrial Hazards

• 1. Introduction to safety
  2. Classification of Hazards areas.
  3. Hazards recognition and methods of control.
  4. Hazards types (environmental, engineering, chemical and biological hazards

• Hazards of Air

• 1. The Chemistry of Fire
  2. Oxygen
  3. Fuel
  4. Flammability limits
  5. Ignition Sources.
  6. Detonation.
  7. Techniques of expel air from vessels

• HAZARDS of Steam

• 1. Steam, Properties and Uses in industry
  2. Purging and blanketing with Steam
  3. Hazards from Condensing Steam
  4. Water from steam.
  5. Thermal Expansion
  6. Stresses in Equipment.
  7. Static Charge
  8. Steam Bums.
  9. Miscellaneous Hazards

• Electrical Safety

• 1. Sparks, Arcs and Ignition Energy
  2. Safe application of explosion-proof devices Hazardous
  3. Hazards of Static Electricity, Lightning and Stray Current
  4. Bonding and Grounding.
  5. What causes shocks?.
  6. Electrical safety devices.
  7. Explosion Hazards of Electrical Equipment
  8. Safe rules for use of electrical equipment.
  9. Safeguards for Electrical Equipment
  10. Safe work practices.

• Investigation Procedures of Accidents

• 1. Accident Categories, Types, Causes, Prevention and Reporting.
  2. Accident investigation.

• Personal Protective Equipment Requirements

• 1. Introduction to PPE.
  2. General principles
  3. Head Protection
  4. Occupational Noise (Hearing Protection).
  5. Eye and Face Protection
  6. Hand Protection.
  7. Foot and Leg Protection
  8. Body protection
  9. Respiratory Protection
  10. Special Clothing

Who Can Benefit?

All engineers and technicians involved in the power sectors and power station operation, planning, and maintenance, and also in the factories, and enterprises, especially in power station electrical systems and any other hazardous area.