HAZARDOUS AREA TRAINING – EEHA TRAINING

What is Electrical Equipment in Hazardous Areas (EEHA)?

Electrical Equipment in Hazardous Areas, aka EEHA, refers to electricals installed in locations that are susceptible to fire, explosion or other hazards. These locations or areas may contain gases, vapours, or flammable material or be vulnerable to combustion. All electrical equipment in hazardous areas needs to be made foolproof. Quality equipment, reliable installation, and testing are required to ensure personnel safety and meet stringent norms to avoid disasters. This will also help create a safe working environment and mitigate risks for the establishments. All electrical equipment installed in such places is specially designed and tested to meet a wide range of requirements that ensure personnel’s safety and avoid potentially dangerous future events resulting from the equipment’s reaction to its surroundings.

Conditions that involve the processes of production, transformation, delivery and stocking of flammable materials commonly produce potentially explosive environments, immaterial of the application be chemical and petrochemical plants, mining, oil and gas or food processing and grain handling, when these flammable elements come into contact with the oxygen in the air, they can create an explosive atmosphere. If this ignites, the explosion can cause serious damage to people and the environment.

What are common Hazardous Locations?

Some of the most common locations with hazardous areas are:

1. Oil Refineries

2. Chemical Plants

3. LNG Plants

4. Paint Manufacturing Facilities

5. Sewage Treatment Plants

6. Distilling Plants

7. Offshore Drilling Rigs.

8. Any Facility with Combustible or Flammable Materials & Equipment

These locations may have facilities that emit hazardous gas vapours. The prevalence of dust is one of the most underestimated causes of an area labelled as hazardous. Places such as food and beverage manufacturing facilities, plastics factories, flour mills, recycling plant operations, and grain handling and storage facilities must also ensure that any potentially hazardous areas are classified correctly and that well-trained personnel are deployed on-site.

Do you need to do training to work in Hazardous Areas?

Hazardous Area Training

A person wishing to work in hazardous areas must be professionally trained and possess essential knowledge to safeguard lives and property. An individual involved in the design, installation, and maintenance must demonstrate competency to ensure that the utmost safety measures are followed.

As standards, rules, regulations, and electrical technologies advance, students must continue to educate themselves to maintain their competency levels through continuous refresher training. After gaining competency and experience, one can also professionally engage in the field of EEHA Inspection.

AUSINET offers EEHA Training with Nationally Recognised Courses. These hazardous areas courses provide competencies in selecting, supervising, installing, commissioning, maintaining and testing explosion-protected electrical equipment and systems for effective control and monitoring of plants and processes. These qualifications also provide competencies in using explosion protection techniques and their application to mining, gas and dust atmospheres.

AUSINET Offers various Hazardous Areas Training options, including Hazardous Areas Refresher Training for those looking to keep their knowledge current and the comprehensive Certificate IV in Hazardous Areas Electrical. Please get in touch with us and get advice on which course would suit you best.