Electrical safety will be high on the agenda at the UK’s first Authorising Engineer Forum next month. The event, hosted by leading training and consultancy specialist Develop Training Ltd (DTL) is designed to provide one clear voice for Authorising Engineers and Authorised Persons working in high voltage environments and a platform for sharing best practice.
The conference will be hosted by Develop Training Ltd (DTL), the UK’s leading training and consultancy specialist, at The Hawkhills in Easingwold, near York, on 9 December 2016.
This free-to-attend, all-day forum will bring together Authorising Engineers from across the country in order to discuss key issues, regulatory developments and best practice. The event is intended to play a significant part in shaping the way that electrical training is delivered in future.
The Forum includes key note presentations from several leading industry experts, including Bill Bates of Foxgloves Electrical Safety Management who, prior to his recent retirement, was a Principal Electrical Inspector for the HSE. Bill will be delivering a keynote speech explaining how to recognise electrical risks and managing them through a structured approach to prevent serious consequences.
Daniel Murphy, Area MEICA Lead/Authorising Engineer at eight2O will be discussing the MEICA management challenges presented by working in the eight-strong water infrastructure alliance delivering billions of pounds worth of essential work for Thames Water.
The highly publicised Crossrail project will be discussed by Lee Bateson, M&E Manager for Costain Group Engineering Services, while Phil Bourne and Scott Tonkin will present produce showcases for Lucy Electric and ROOTS respectively.
For DTL, Senior Lecturer and Authorising Engineer Al Katib will be presenting on the NFPA 70E advice and guidance associated with arc flashes in electrical environments, while Delivery Manager will be talking about skills compliance in low voltage environments.
The safety day will conclude with Senior Lecturer Stuart Gilby leading a practical case study exercise with those attending split into groups to discuss how best to approach a specific scenario before each groups’ findings are reported back.
DTL believes that effective training can play a major part in reducing unsafe working practices. Many accidents are caused by inadvertent contact with energised and exposed live conductors and faulty equipment. The resulting shocks or arc flashes can lead to falls, burns, fire and explosion and result in severe or fatal injuries.
Authorised Persons play a vital role
Steve Braund, Marketing Manager of DTL, explains: “Authorising Engineers and Authorised Persons play a vital role in ensuring the safe and compliant approaches to working with electricity across a wide number of industries. We’ve created this dedicated Forum to facilitate the sharing of knowledge and best practice to strengthen this, and have produced an informative and interactive agenda we feel should be of interest to AEs up and down the country.”
To find out more about this event and to register your attendance, please visit:
http://www.developtraining.co.uk/news/full-agenda-confirmed-for-authorising-engineer-forum
