This training program will equip electrical and instrumentation inspectors with the knowledge and skills necessary to conduct ATEX inspections and ensure compliance with ATEX Directives and safety standards. The program will be divided into four modules.
Module 1: Introduction to ATEX and Hazardous Environments
In this module, participants will gain an understanding of ATEX Directives and their importance, ATEX-zoning and classification of areas with explosive atmospheres, and NEN EN IEC 60079 electrical equipment for areas wherein explosive atmospheres can occur.
Module 2: ATEX Inspection
This module will focus on the ATEX inspection process, including drafting an ATEX inspection plan and marking it out with a goal and acceptance criteria, insight into technical drawings and the skill required to read and assess them, performing a visual, accurate and detailed ATEX inspection, and performing measurements and reporting measurement results and deviations.
Module 3: ATEX Directives and Standards
In this module, participants will gain an in-depth understanding of ATEX Directives and safety standards, including ATEX Directive 153 and 114, NEN 1010 safety provisions for low voltage installations, and NEN EN IEC 60079-10, -14, -17 and -19.
Module 4: Maintenance and Testing of Explosion-Safe Installations, Equipment, and Materials
This module will focus on the maintenance and testing of Ex d, Ex e, Ex n and Ex i explosion-safe installations, equipment and materials, protection against danger of dust explosion (Ex t, Ex iaD, Ex ibD, Ex m and Ex pD), protection methods Ex-nA, nR, nC, nL and nP, glands for use in explosion-hazardous areas, and reading and interpreting rating plates, type plates, and markings.
By the end of this training program, participants will be able to conduct ATEX inspections, draft inspection plans, perform measurements, report measurement results and deviations, interpret technical drawings, and ensure compliance with ATEX Directives and safety standards.
- To participate in this ATEX training for E/I Inspectors, a CompEx certificate is highly recommended and a certificate for Inspector Low Voltage 1 is also highly recommended. List of tools/instruments required for the training: 1) M20 and M25 (20 pcs each) Cable gland HAWKE and CMP brand. 2) Armored cable (20 meters minimum) suitable for item 1 3) Complete Tool Kit for cable glanding installation including spanner suitable for item 1 (20 set) 4) Various size of certified JBs - Junction Boxes of Exd, Exe, Exi, etc 5) Various type Ex certified Exd, Exe, Exi, etc. instruments, such as Pressure transmitters, etc 6) Exi Barrier Zener barrier, and Galvanic Isolator
- Develop an ATEX inspection plan and create goals and acceptance criteria for inspections
- Evaluate and approve existing and new electrical or instrumentational installations
- Analyze technical drawings and effectively read and assess them
- Classify inspections as zero-inspection, periodical inspection, or sampling
- Conduct a detailed and precise visual ATEX inspection
- Explain ATEX-zoning and classify areas with explosive atmospheres
- Conduct measurements and accurately report measurement results and deviations
- Understand the requirements of ATEX Directive 153 (formerly known as ATEX 137) for employees operating in hazardous environments
- Understand the requirements of ATEX Directive 114 (formerly known as ATEX 95) for manufacturers of protection systems and equipment in areas with explosion hazards
- Understand the safety provisions outlined in NEN 1010 for low voltage installations
- Understand the electrical equipment requirements specified in NEN EN IEC 60079 for areas where explosive atmospheres may occur
- Understand the requirements specified in NEN EN IEC 60079-10, -14, -17, and -19
- Conduct maintenance and testing on Ex d, Ex e, Ex n, and Ex i explosion-safe installations, equipment, and materials
- Protect against the danger of dust explosion (Ex t, Ex iaD, Ex ibD, Ex m, and Ex pD)
- Understand the protection methods Ex-nA, nR, nC, nL, and nP
- Select appropriate glands for use in explosion-hazardous areas
- Read and interpret rating plates, type plates, and markings associated with ATEX inspections
- Explanation of ATEX Directives and their importance
- ATEX-zoning and classification of areas with explosive atmospheres
- NEN EN IEC 60079 electrical equipment for areas wherein explosive atmospheres can occur
- Drafting an ATEX inspection plan and marking it out with a goal and acceptance criteria
- Insight into technical drawings and the skill required to read and assess them
- Performing a visual, accurate and detailed ATEX inspection
- Performing measurements and reporting measurement results and deviations
- ATEX Directive 153, formerly known as ATEX 137 (1999/92/EC), for employees operating in a potentially hazardous environment
- ATEX Directive 114 (2014/34/EU), formerly known as ATEX 95 (94/9/EC), for manufacturers of protection systems and equipment in areas with an explosion hazard
- NEN 1010 safety provisions for low voltage installations
- NEN EN IEC 60079-10, -14, -17 and -19
- Maintenance and testing of Ex d, Ex e, Ex n and Ex i explosion-safe installations, equipment and materials
- Protection against danger of dust explosion (Ex t, Ex iaD, Ex ibD, Ex m and Ex pD)
- Protection methods Ex-nA, nR, nC, nL and nP
- Glands for use in explosion-hazardous areas
- Reading and interpreting rating plates, type plates, and markings
Training can take place in 4 formats:
- Self-paced
- Blended learning
- Instructor-led online (webinar)
- Instructor-led offline (classroom)
Description of training formats:
- Self-paced learning or e-Learning means you can learn in your own time and control the amount of material to consume. There is no need to complete the assignments and take the courses at the same time as other learners.
- Blended learning or "hybrid learning" means you can combine Self-paced learning or e-Learning with traditional instructor-led classroom or webinar activities. This approach requires physical presence of both teacher and student in physical or virtual (webinars) classrooms or workshops. Webinar is a seminar or presentation that takes place on the internet, allowing participants in different locations to see and hear the presenter, ask questions, and sometimes answer polls.
- Instructor-led training, or ILT, means that the learning can be delivered in a lecture or classroom format, as an interactive workshop, as a demonstration under the supervision and control of qualified trainer or instructor with the opportunity for learners to practice, or even virtually, using video-conferencing tools.
When forming groups of students, special attention is paid to important criteria - the same level of knowledge and interests among all students of the course, in order to maintain stable group dynamics during training.
Group dynamics is the development of a group in time, which is caused by the interaction of participants with each other and external influence on the group. In other words, these are the stages that the training group goes through in the process of communicating with the coach and among themselves.
The optimal group size for different types of training:
- Self-paced / E-learning: 1
- Instructor-led off-line (classroom): 6 – 12
- Instructor-led on-line (webinar): 6 – 12
- Blended learning: 6 – 12
- Workshop: 6 – 12
- On-the-job: 2 – 4
- Simulator: 1 – 2
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- Focused on the needs of the user
- Instant feedback
- Independent decision making and choice of actions
- Better assimilation and memorization of the material
- Adaptive pace of learning tailored to the individual needs of the student
- Better transfer of skills learned in a learning situation to real conditions
Basic principles of training:
- A gradual increase in the level of difficulty in the game;
- Using a simplified version of a problem situation;
- Action in a variable gaming environment;
- The right choice is made through experimentation.
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- Low degree of physical risk and liability
- Motivation to learn while receiving positive emotions from the process;
- Practice - mirroring the real situation
- Timely feedback
- Choice of different playing roles
- Learning in collaboration
- Developing your own behavior strategy
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- Mathematical modeling to clarify the physical characteristics, chemical content of the investigated object or phenomenon.