Member price: £625 + VAT
Non-member price: £700 + VAT

Duration: 3 days

Course Information

This 3-day course aims to extend the competence for craft persons who prepare, install, maintain, and inspect electrical equipment for use in Explosive Dust Atmospheres. The modules meet the competency requirements of IEC 60079 – 14 for Operatives (selection and erection) and IEC 60079 – 17 for Operatives (inspection and maintenance).

The course includes instruction on how to read hazardous area certification, labelling and documentation relating to dust factors that need to be considered when managing dust clouds and layers. It also covers the main protection concepts, categories and levels that are applied to certified Ex electrical equipment.

Who Should Take this Course?

CompEx Dust is an intense course which is intended for electrotechnical personnel who work on the physical installation and assembly of new ‘Ex’ equipment and perform preventive maintenance and inspections on previously installed equipment in hazardous dust atmospheres. Delegates are required to bring photographic identification and suitable evidence to prove their competence. This ideally will be certification/letter from your employer or a JIB Gold card.

Course Content

• Directives, Legislation and Standards
• Characteristics of Dusts
• Area Classification BSEN 60079-10-2
• Concept of Dust Ignition Protection
• Concepts of Protection for use in Dust Atmospheres
• Selection & Installation of Equipment (Non-IS & IS)
• General Requirement for Zones 20, 21 and 22
• Wiring Systems and Glanding (Non-IS & IS)
• Inspection, & Testing of Electrical Equipment (Non-IS & IS)