Course Summary
Any machine part, function or process that may cause injury must be safeguarded. Machine guarding is an essential element in your safety. Watch this course for tips on how to keep safe around machinery.
Who Should Attend?
• Health and Safety Officer • Health and Safety Representative • Risk Assessor • Employees using equipment • Workers and employers in high-hazard industries
Course Objectives
• Recognize the hazards of working with mechanical equipment, including where those hazards occur and the motions and actions that cause the hazards • Identify safeguarding device requirements, factors that influence safeguarding methods, and the types of safeguards used to protect you from mechanical hazards • Recognize your responsibilities to utilize machine safeguards properly
Course Modules
Any machine part, function or process that may cause injury must be safeguarded. Machine guarding is an essential element in your safety. Watch this course for tips on how to keep safe around machinery.
Benefits
• Identify mechanical hazards • Recognise types of guards • Recognise safety devises • Identify appropriate Personal Protective Equipment
Certification
• Certificate of competence • Certificate of attendance
Assessment
• If applicable, an assessment at the end of the course will be required. • A minimum of 60% is to be achieved to attain a Competence Certificate. • If you achieve lower than 60% but get between 40 – 59% a second attempt will become available. • If you get lower than 40% and fail the second attempt, you will need to re-purchase the course. • If applicable, an attendance certificate is awarded to you