Authorized Gas testing Hotwork Assessor

Introduction toGas Testing
✓ Definition of term PPM, LEL and MEL
✓ Confined space criteria
✓ Emergency Procedures – Rescue and Resuscitation Equipment, Raising the Alarm and Rescue, Safeguarding the Rescuers, Fire Safety, Control of Plant, First
Aid, Public Emergency Services
✓ Risk Assessment- Confined Space Hazards
✓ The hazards of operating within an oxygen deficient, toxic or flammable environment
✓ Risk assessment(TBRA) or (KBRA)
✓ Using safe systems of work
✓ Interpreting operationalrequirements
✓ Selecting and using PPE and RPE
✓ Gas detecting at Workplace – Pre-start checks, Calibrating the instruments used in atmospheric testing, how to set up relevant detectors for each gas
testing application, the range and frequency of tests, acceptable levels of flammable and toxic gases, performing gas tests in sequence, obtaining a
representative atmosphere sample atmosphere sample
✓ Monitoring and retesting
✓ Flammable Gases – Hot work and the production of flammable and toxic gases, The principles of hot work gas testing, The hazards and properties of
flammable gases, The strengths, and weaknesses of flammable and toxic gas detection equipment
✓ Detectors used for flammable product
✓ Interpreting and documenting the results
✓ The importance of regular communicatio