TRAINING OBJECTIVES

• Intervene safely: Understand the nature of explosion risks to avoid a dangerous situation or an explosion from occurring. 
  Adopt the right behaviour and use the appropriate PPE and tools to ensure your own safety and that of your colleagues .
• Understanding Ex marking: Know the difference between the types of ATEX zones and relate it to the marking to check that equipment is suitable. 
  Identify the protection mode of the equipment to maintain it correctly.
• Ken de regels voor installatie en onderhoud: Ken de onderhouds- en installatievoorschriften voor de verschillende types ATEX-apparatuur om in te grijpen zonder beschermingswijze te beïnvloeden. Een persoon van niveau 1 kan werken onder toezicht van een persoon van niveau 2.

CONTENT OF THE TRAINING
The phenomena of gas and dust explosions

• Characteristics of flammable substances
• Specific case of dusts
• Examples of explosions and explanation of the causes of accidents
• Classification of ATEX zones (gas and dust)
• Marking of equipment
• Intervention rules in ATEX zones
• Possible ignition sources and how to avoid them
• Protection modes for electrical and mechanical

General rules for installation & maintenance ATEX equipment (cable glands, equipotential bonding, types of cables distance between equipment and between terminals, types of bearings, belts, tightening of screws, seals, IP ingress protection, etc.).

ISM-ATEX level 1-E or level 1-M certificate for participants who succeeded the evaluation at the end of the training.
Certificate of participation issued for all participants present during the complete training.