Quarries & Mines

The harsh envirnoment present in quarries and mines means that equipment is used in difficult conditions. This can lead to accellerated wear rates and damage.

Our Gas Safety Training for Quarries Workshop is an instructor-led training session for up to 12 delegates. It contains both theory and practical elements and provides all the essential safety awareness information that users of industrial gases in a quarry or mine require.

The full-day training workshop is designed for:

• Anyone using, handling or storing industrial gas cylinders and associated equipment
• Site Managers with operational responsibilites for safety
• Managers, Supervisors and staff from all functions who are responsible for the safe use of industrial gases
• Anyone responsible for Health & Safety

Gas Safety Training for Quarries Workshop Overview

• Why do accidents occur with industrial gases?
• Composition of the atmosphere
• Properties of oxygen
• Hazards posed by fuel gases
• Hazards posed by pressure
• Cylinder design and operation
• Safe operation of cylinders
• Correct selection of gas control equipment
  
• Safe handling of gascylinders
• Safe storage of gascylinders
• Safe transportation of gas cylinders in service vehicles (if required)
• Visual checks of gas control equipment prior to use
• Correct and safe set-up an oxy-fuel workstation
• Setting appropriate working pressures
• Effective leak tesing
• Safe shut-down of gas systems

What You Will Learn

The workshop will enable participants to:

• Correctly identify gas cylinders
• Recognise how gas cylinders operate
• Be aware of the hazards of asphyxia
• Recognise the hazards posed by oxygen enrichment
• Identify flammability hazards
• Identify functional differences between regulator types
• Undertake a pre-use visual check on gas regulators
• Select and fit the correct flashback arrestors
• Identify the correct hoses to be fitted
• Select the correct cutting torch and nozzle
• Undertake functional tests on gas regulators
• Set the correct pressures for the nozzle being used
• Correctly set up an oxy-fuel gas workstation
• Correctly leak test an oxy-fuel gas workstation
• Recognise the need for safe shut-down procedures
• Recognise the hazards of using incorrect manual handling techniques
• Re-assess current storage facilities in line with relevant Guidance Notes
  
• Introduce safe working practices into their workplace

Workshop Price

The workshop is priced at £1200 for up to 8 delegates, additional delegates at £150 per head. VAT is payable at the standard rate.

A maximum of 12 delegates may attend. Certificates of attendance and delegate workbooks will be issued.

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