Upon successful completion of this course, the delegates will be able to:

• Update knowledge on modern concepts of machinery and work equipment safety Standards and Directives
• Develop a clear understanding of machinery and work equipment risk assessment techniques
• Assist project engineers in selecting criteria for integrating health and safety specifications for machinery and work equipment
• Develop experience in the application of reliability technology for the selection of appropriate Safety Integrity Levels ‘SIL’s for protective and safety systems
• Ensure consistent optimization of resource allocation for production, maintenance, and safety, based on risk and cost-benefit analysis
• Provide HSE practitioners with a route for gaining NEBOSH Part II- Diploma qualifications in safety technology
• Develop an understanding of engineering noise control principles and options.
• Emphasis throughout the course will be placed on the practical application of reliability and risk assessment techniques to new projects and existing machinery/systems

Day 1

Machinery Safety

• Causes and methods of preventing machinery accidents
• The EU Machinery Directive
• Duties of designers/suppliers of machinery
• CE Marking and Declarations of Conformity/Incorporation
• The EU and International Machinery Safety Standards
• Types of Machinery Safeguards and Safety Devices

Day 2

Machinery Risk Assessment

• Fluid power machinery: hydraulic and pneumatic systems
• Components of hydraulic and pneumatic systems
• Hydraulic and pneumatic circuit diagrams
• Machinery/work equipment hazards identification
• International risk assessment Standards for machinery safety
• Case studies and group exercises on machinery risk assessment

Day 3

Introduction to Reliability Technology

• Introduction to Reliability Technology
• Reliability calculation
• Types of failures: the bathtub curve
• Types of inspection and maintenance
• Weibull Distribution and reliability parameters- BS 5760
• Types of systems: series/parallel and non-series/non-parallel
• Bayes theorem and systems reliability calculations

Day 4

Protective Systems Design and Reliability (IEC 61508)

• Elements of control and protective systems
• Reliability of control systems
• The concept of fractional dead time and protective systems
• High Integrity Protective Systems ‘HIPS’
• Hazardous Area Classification: the EU ATEX Directive
• Active fire/explosion protection systems
• EN 954-1: Control Systems with safety-related functions
• IEC 61508: E, E, and PES in safety-related applications

Day 5

Noise and vibration control

• Noise and occupational deafness
• Sources and pathways of noise
• Engineering noise control options
• Vibration isolation
• Vibration damping
• Sound absorption
• Soundproof enclosures
• Personal action plans, program review, and the way ahead

• Technical personnel involved in project work
• Mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, maintenance, design and HSE technical personnel.