Industrial Gases

Our Industrial Gases Safety Awareness Workshop is an instructor-led training session for up to 20 delegates. It provides all the essential safety awareness information that users of industrial gases require.

The half-day (3½ hour) workshop is designed for:

• Anyone using, handling or storing industrial gases
• Production and other Managers with operational responsibilites for safety
• Managers, Supervisors and staff from all functions who are responsible for the safe use of gases
• Anyone responsible for Health & Safety

Industrial Gases Safety Awareness Workshop Overview

• Why do accidents occur?
• What's in the air?
• Inert gases and oxygen deficiency
• Oxygen enrichment
• Hazards posed by oils and greases
• Hazards of flammability
• The need for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• Safe operation of gas cylinders
• Gas control equipment - regulators etc
• Safe handling of gas cylinders
• Safe storage of gas cylinders
• What happens when it all goes wrong

What You Will Learn

The workshop will enable participants to:

• Correctly identify gas cylinders
• Recognise how gas cylinders operate
• Be aware of the hazards of asphyxia
• Recognise the hazards posed by oxygen enrichment
• Identify flammability hazards
• Select the correct gas control equipment
• Recognise the hazards of using incorrect manual handling techniques
• Re-assess current storage procedures in line with the relevant Guidance Note
• Introduce safe working practices into your workplace

Workshop Price

The workshop is priced at £980 for up to 8 delegates, additional delegates at £95 per head. VAT is payable at the standard rate.

A maximum of 20 delegates may attend. Certificates of attendance and delegate workbooks will be issued.

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This workshop can be run in isolation, or it can form the foundation for either of its two related practical workshops; Oxy-fuel Gas Systems Set-up & Pre-use Check or Oxy-fuel Gas Systems Maintenance Inspection.