Electrical Safety Interactive
Course Overview
Introduction
Electricity is something we take for granted; until things go wrong. Not recognising the dangers associated with electricity can be fatal. This course reveals electrical hazards in the workplace, who is most vulnerable and how to successfully
assess and reduce the risks.
Course Overview
At the end of the course, trainees will be able to:
- Define electricity
- Recognise the main electrical risks and hazards
- Recognise what accidents and injuries can occur from electricity
- Assess and reduce the risks of electrical work
- Understand the general rules when working with electricity
- Understand what PAT testing is
Course chapters
- 1. What is electricity
- Determine key electrical terminology, where electricity may be used in the workplace and what the regulations are.
- 2. General safety
- Learn about both portable and fixed electrical equipment, plugs and sockets as well as cable, safety, and PAT testing.
- 3. Hazards and injuries
- Develop awareness of electrical hazards and injuries that may occur in the workplace plus relevant first aid.
- 4. Assessing and reducing the risk
- Understand how to assess and reduce different electrical risks.
Who will it benefit?
All staff who work in an environment that use any form of electrical equipment.
How it works?
Electrical Safety is delivered online as an interactive course to each trainee on their computers, or portable device at any internet enabled location. The interactive course is engaging, informative and exciting to use. Using up-to-date,
modern graphical images, users will be faced with a selection of interactive elements and mini quizzes to test their knowledge.
Users will receive informative advice and guidance and will be tested on their understanding of the subject at the end of the course by completing the compulsory self-test.
This course also features a risk checklist which asks the user a series of questions relating to their current working environment.
Running Time: 25-30 minutes
Technical Information
- Internet Access:
- Users will need a computer or apple device with a web browser and an internet connection to access Knight Learning e-Learning Solutions.
- Minimum Recommended Bandwidth:
- 2Mbs
- Software:
- One of the following web-browsers, latest versions as maintained and supported by the manufacturer:
- Windows:
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- Internet Explorer
- Edge
- Google Chrome
- Firefox
- OS X:
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- Google Chrome
- Safari
- Firefox
- IOS:
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- Safari
- Google Chrome
- Android:
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- Latest versions as maintained and supported by the manufacturer
- Google Chrome
- Additional Software:
- Adobe Reader or Reader DC (for viewing of PDF documents downloadable from the solution where applicable)
- Plug-ins:
- Flash player: Version as recommended by Adobe
- Settings:
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- Enable JavaScript
- Allow cookies
- Hardware:
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- Processor: 600MHz
- Minimum Hard Disk Space Required: 1GB
- RAM: OS Dependent
- Audio:
- The courses contain audio, system requirements for running the courses are browser dependent. Where no enabled audio device is detected and the browser defines that this is required the user will be informed via an error message window
upon launching the course.
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