COURSE OBJECTIVES
To enhance knowledge and skills in the following areas.
- Know all about NFPA 70E: Standard for Electrical Fire and Safety at Workplace
- Understand – Fundamentals of electricity.
- Know what are Electricity and its danger – Fire, Machineries damage and Human life
- Understanding electric fires, shocks and electric burns.
- Knowing the electrical safety model.
- Know ways to recognize hazards.
- Understand how to do fire risk evaluation.
- Knowing safe working environment.
- Working on live electrical circuits.
- Know voltages and its danger – Safe working voltages
- Low, Medium and High Voltages
- Importance of Electrical grounding
- Lightning arresters
- Fire Safe – Work practices.
- 3 phase – Industrial application
- Know 3 phase power supply and the danger
- Power distribution panel
- Electrical wirings
- Electrical safety devices.
- Firefighting Equipment and Tools
- Emergency Responses – First Aid, Firefighting, Chemical spills
- Power distribution panel – Block schematics diagram reading
- Electrical Wirings – Block and Circuit schematics diagram reading
- Trouble shooting electrical circuits – Engineering drawings
- Electrical test equipment – Application, measures and utilization
- Understanding of electricalsafety practices and procedures.
- Scheduled Maintenance– Power room and Electrical installations
- Know all about PPEs for electrical fires and electrical safety
- Inspection, testing and servicing of equipment should be done on a regular basis — at least once every three years and more often for critical components.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Project leaders, Supervisors, Engineers, Technicians and Others
METHODOLOGY
The training will comprise 70% theory and 30% group discussions with Q&A session.
COURSE CONTENT
Day 1: Training Topics
Pre Test: Knowledge Assessment
Part 1: Malaysia Electrical Standard and Competency.
- NFPA 70E: Standard for Electrical Fire and Safety at Workplace
- Electricity Supply Act 1990 [Act 447]
- Electricity Regulations Amendments 2014
- Occupational Safety and Health (Amendment) Act 2022
- Section 27A of the Fire Services Act in 2018 – Jabatan Bomba
- Fire Safety Organization – Fire Certificate application and renewal.
- Safety Officer / Coordinator
Part 2: Installation
- Registration of Installation
- License for Installation – Certificate of Business (CF)
- Supervision and Test of Installation
- Material, Equipment and Method of Installation
- Apparatus, conductor, accessory, etc.
- Switch, switch fuse, fuse switch, circuit breaker, contractor, fuse, etc
- Generator, motor, transformer, etc.
- Means of isolation.
- Installation of Switchboard
- Arrangement of switchboard in general.
- Working on a switchboard.
- Switchboard operating at high or extra high voltage.
- Fire safety considerations
- Underground Supply Line – Single and Three phases
- Installation of Electric Signs – Visual management
- Electric sign.
- Fireman’s switch, notice and transformer.
- Steps to be taken by owner or management.
- Earthing of Installation
- Earthing of metallic part, neutral point, etc.
- Method of earthing.
- Protection against earth leakage current.
- General Requirements of Installation
- Room for switchboard or equipment.
- Notice signs.
- Instructions for treatment of electric shock.
- Fire extinguishers.
Part 3: Operation
- Competent Person – Handling electrical installations
- Competent person.
- Competent person on each shift.
- Competent person to connect switchboard, equipment, etc.
- Competent persons to submit plans, drawings and specifications.
- Regular Inspection by Competent Person
- Installation to be visited and inspected by competent person.
- Competent person and frequency of visit and inspection.
- Duty of Engineer or Supervisor to inspect and report.
- Duty to inform and to make good defects.
- Registration of Electrical Services Contractor
- Registration of Electrical Contractor
- Registration of Electrical Repair Contractor
- Registration of Switchboard Manufacturer
- Approval of Equipment
- Certificate of Approval of equipment.
- Marking or labeling of approved equipment.
- Test and modification before approval.
- Renewal, Transfer, Cancellation, Removal and Reinstatement
Part 4: Maintenance
- Maintenance of Installations
- Inspection and test for the purpose of maintenance of installation.
- Competent person to undertake maintenance work.
- Adequate safety precautions to be taken during work.
- Competent person to issue written instruction.
- Electrical Equipment safety requirement- ELCB, MCB, RCCB
- Safety features
- Common failures
- Inspection and Defect confirmation
- Troubleshoot
- Electrical equipment efficiency
- Load
- Power factor.
- Electrical efficiency cost.
- Energy efficiency
- Utilities
- Power output
- Total electrical power consumed
- Efficiency: Measurement
Part 5: Electricity and Its Danger
- Electrical Terminologies: Power distribution panel, 115/230/415, ELCB, Fuse, Overload, Trip, Circuit breaker, EMF, Short, Open, High R, Burnt, Broken, Grounding, Earth,
- Leakage I, Surge I, Impedance, Resistance, Power bump,
- MCB and RCCB functions and common failures.
- Trouble shooting appraoch
- Demonstrate Electrical Safety: Personal and Equipment safety
- What causes an electrical shock?
- Electricity: Accidents and Injuries
- Exercise 2: Electrical First Aid Kit
- Electrical Shock
- Severity of electrical shocks
- Effects of Electrical Current on the Body
- First Aid
- Handling CPR and electrical burns
- Exercise 3: Removing a person from point of electrical contact and shock to safety.
- Electrical Burns
- Common injuries?
- Arc Blast Hazards
- Electrical fires
- Dos and Don’ts…?
- First aids
- Exercise 4: Why the electrical hazards happen?
- The Electrical Safety Model
- Prevention – To Be Safe?
- Recognizing hazards
- Risks and Evaluating Risks
- Control hazards
- Exercise 5: Discuss the best fit electrical model for your workplace
- Recognizing Hazards
- How do you recognize hazards?
- 5S at workplace
- Wiring: Ducts and Conduits, Dressing, Adequacy, Stress, Colour codes
- Exposed electrical parts: Safety
- Electrical Boundaries
- Power lines
- Insulations
- Grounding
- Overloads
- Wet and dry conditions
- Exercise 6: Plant tour. Observe and take note on electrical danger and hazards in your workplace. Plot a SPC chart or graph.
- Evaluate Risk
- How Do You Evaluate Electrical Risk? Prepare a checklist
- Conditions that point to electrical hazards: Risks analysis
- Safe Working Environments
- How Do You Control Electrical Hazards?
- How Do You Create a Safe Work Environment?
- Lock Out and Tag Out Circuits and Equipment
- Control Inadequate Wiring Hazards
- Control Hazards of Fixed Wiring
- Control Hazards of Flexible Wiring
- Use the Right Extension Cord
- Control Hazards of Exposed Live Electrical Parts
- Control hazards of shocking currents
- Control Overload Current Hazards
- Lightning and Lightning arresters
- Exercise 1: Safe working environment – “Safety has no compromise”, discus.
Day 2: Training Topics
Part 6: Emergency Response – First Aids, Fire Fighting and Chemical Spills
- Building Fire Safety – Internal and External
- Fire Fighting Equipment
- Master Fire Alarm System
- Emergency exit and Escape routes – Plans
- Visual management – Signs
- Fire hydrants
- Fire hose reel
- Standby water tank
- Smoke detectors
- Water sprinklers
- Fire Extinguishers
- Maintenance
- Training
- Fire Evacuation Drill
- Evacuation zones
- Roster and attendance
- PPE (Personal Protective Equipment)
- Electrical equipment and testers
- Circuit diagrams / Engineering drawings
- Safety man: First Aid knowledge and skills
- Exercise 1: How to use AVO Meter to measure A/V/O
- Working on live circuits.
- When You Must Work on or Near Live Circuits
- Safe Work Practices
- Low Voltages
- High Voltages
- Electrical grounding
- Earth stick
- Lightning arresters
- Exercise 2: Explain how a short circuit event takes place in a live electrical circuit?
Part 7: Electrical Preventive Maintenance
- Machineries / Equipment in operation
- What is PM? Types of PM? Why PM?
- Inspection, testing and servicing of equipment
- Power distribution panel and Electrical wiring
- Power distribution and protection: Circuit breakers and Fuses
- ELCBs and Fuse ratings
- Equipment Types: 3 Phase Power Stations, Power Distribution Panel, Generators, No break supply, Battery banks
- Preventive Maintenance /Predictive Maintenance/Productive Maintenance
- Planned and Unplanned Maintenance
- Schedule Preventive Maintenance
- SOP: Standard Operating Procedures
- Use and Maintain Tools Properly
- Essential Tools: Shadow boards
- Safety: Lock Out Tag Out – LOTO working principles
- Essential spares
- Warranty claims
- Spare parts inventory management
- Importance of a Safety man
- Workplace ethics and Moral duties
- Exercise 3: Plan a preventive maintenance for your workplace electrical equipment or a machine in operation.
Part 8: Troubleshooting and Repair – Electrical Power System and Switch Board
- Power Supply 3 Phase – TNB Supply
- Electrical Power Room
- Power Distribution Panels
- Block and Circuit diagrams reading and interpreting.
- Power Supply 3 Phase: Electrical block and circuit schematics diagram reading
- Power distribution: Sub-station to plant
- Electrical wiring diagram: Plant power distribution
- Standby supply: Generator: Circuit schematics diagram reading
- Standby supply: Battery banks:
- Trouble shooting electrical circuits: Low Voltage (LV) and Medium Voltage (MV)
- Electrical test equipment measures and utilization
- Problems and Faults Diagnosis in Electrical circuits
- Fire Safety Measures
- LOTO practices
- I and V measurements
- Resistance meters
- SPC Control Charts and Graphs
- Reports and Documentation
- Exercise 4: Discuss all aspects of safe work practices and the risks involved if not followed.
Part 9: Conclusion
- Take away project
- Training summary
- Post Test
- Training evaluation
- Q&A
