Electrical Safety Training

With an increase in reported injuries and deaths associated with the use of electricity, electrical safety is becoming a more prominent health and safety topic in industry. Canada’s newest electrical standard, the CSA Z462, outlines the requirement for safeguarding workers from electrical hazards. Accordingly, this online course provides a well-rounded approach to the basics of electrical safety and helps increase understanding of the dangers of electricity from both a shock protection and arc flash protection point of view.

Energy Flow and Barriers

• Insulation factors
• Safety basics
• Barriers
• Grounding and bonding

Induction

• What is induction?
• Effects of electrostatic induction
• Effects of electromagnetic induction
• Testing procedures for induction
• Electrostatic discharge (ESD)
• Effects of ESD
• Principles of static electricity control

Step and Touch Potential

• Effects of step and touch potentials
• Effects of a ground fault
• Best protection against step and touch potentials
• How shocks can be received from step and touch potentials
• Types of ground mats and their uses

Electricity and the Human Body

• Five primary hazards associated with electricity and its use
• Major factors which contribute to the effects of electricity on the human body
• Delayed effects associated with electricity on the human body

Electrical Shock and Arc Flash Hazards

• Two types of boundary limitations for electrically operated equipment
• Qualified and unqualified personnel
• Limited approach boundary
• Restricted approach boundary
• Prohibited approach boundary
• Flash protection boundary
• Shock hazard analysis
• Purpose of flash hazard analysis
• Equipment labels and the content of the label
• Example of a generic label
• Examples of labels in use

Safety Training for the Qualified Worker

• Importance of recognizing when you are qualified or not qualified to perform a task
• “Limited approach boundary” for unqualified personnel and the “prohibited approach boundary” for qualified workers
• Use of voltage-related electrical gloves
• Protective clothing and equipment that qualified workers must wear and use
• Procedures for de-energizing equipment and verifying a zero energy state

Personal Protective Equipment

• Recognizing when PPE is required
• Types of PPE necessary under certain circumstances
• PPE limitations
• Proper care and maintenance of PPE

Safe Work Procedures

• Safe work procedures or special precautionary techniques
• Operating procedures necessary to operate specific equipment
• Special precautionary techniques necessary to operate equipment
• Hazard assessment and risk evaluation process

Corded Electrical Equipment, Extensions Cords, Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters, and Circuit Protection Devices

• Hazards associated with the use of power tools
• Care and proper use of power tools
• Selection of extension cords and Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters (GFCI)
• Safe use of extension cords
• Circuit protection devices