Oxy-fuel Gas Systems Safety Inspection

• Introduction – Outline of workshop content and objectives.
• The need for personal protective equipment.
• The need to check equipment in line with current Legislation (PUWER).
• Design and function of single and multi-stage regulators.
• How flashbacks occur, the need for flashback arrestors.
• Torch design and correct nozzle selection.
• The need to maintain correct inspection records.
• Practical workshop session – The practical will cover:
  • Pre-use visual checks and correct fitting of regulators
  • Visual checks on flashback arrestors
  • Correct fitting of flashback arrestors
  • Visual and flexibility tests on hoses
  • Correct fitting of hoses
  • Correctly fitting a torch to the system
  • Nozzle selection and fitting
  • Opening cylinder valves safely
  • Functional tests on regulators
  • Setting correct working pressures in an ‘open’ system
  • Correct leak test procedures
  • Functional and leak test procedures on a ‘blanked-off’ torch
  • Functional tests on hose check valves
  • Reverse flow tests on flashback arrestors
  • Safe system depressurisation

Duration: 3½ hours

This training workshop gives staff the opportunity to practice hands-on how to correctly set-up and leak test a portable oxy-fuel gas system, plus be trained how to perform safety inspections for these systems. This workshop needs to be preceded by a safety awareness theory workshop which can be online or in-house.

The price is £1050.00 for up to 6 staff inclusive of certification and support documentation. Additional staff are £60.00 per head, up to a maximum of 8 staff. VAT is payable at the standard rate.