Workshop Information

Register: To be posted. Contact Melanie A. Sutton at msutton@uwf.edu or (850) 474-2650 for additional information.

Facilitator(s): Paul A. Zoubek CSP, CIH, Manager, Health and Safety Programs for Occupational Services, Inc.

Approved Contact Hours: This is a SAHLS co-sponsored short course, in cooperation with: American Society of Safety Engineers

Lead Information Contact: Melanie A. Sutton, PhD; msutton@uwf.edu; (850) 474-2650

Date/Time: TBA

Location: Sacred Heart Hospital

More Information

The Division of Life and Health Sciences of the University of West Florida is pleased to welcome and co-sponsor with the American Society of Safety Engineers, Paul A. Zoubek CSP, CIH and Manager of Health and Safety Programs for Occupational Services, Inc., to Pensacola to present this full-day short course on basic electrical safety.

Worker injuries resulting from lacking or inadequate electrical safety controls can be debilitating and even fatal. It is the responsibility of the health and safety professional to recognize electrical hazards and suggest methods of control. "Basic Electrical Safety" is an introductory course for the safety professional. It provides the professional with how-to issues as well as a unique, direct focus and explanation of principles and visual skills. The course's content covers the basic principles to comply with OSHA and NEC standards. Objectives provide a chronological sequence for implementation of electrical hazard control and management.

Objectives

This course introduces the health and safety professional to the engineering design principles for controlling electrical hazards. Also covered are the management principles for an effective electrical safety program. The course is focuses on the requirements of NFPA 70E. Upon completion, the participant will be able to:

• Gain a fundamental understanding of engineering design principles and management principles of electrical safety, including the application of OSHA's newly adopted NFPA 70E electrical safety requirements
• Understand the basic principles of electricity, including current and electrical circuits
• Realize the hazards of electricity to the human body
• Implement engineering control principles of electrical hazards, including hazardous locations, wiring protection and design, grounding, workspace, electrical equipment, temporary wiring, and cord and plug equipment
• Explain the requirements when working on or near energized equipment when utilizing PPE, insulating equipment and barriers, approach boundaries, and energy control procedures
• Implement the training requirements for qualified persons
• Execute a company electrical safety program
• Demonstrate the skills learned in this course through hands-on laboratory sessions on basic principles, energy control and reverse polarity

Outline

• Principles of electricity
• Hazards of electricity
• Hazardous locations
• Wiring protection
• Grounding
• Workspace
• Electrical equipment/temporary wiring
• Electrical Safety Program
• Cord and plug equipment
• Lab #1: Basic principles
• Lab #2: Reverse Polarity
• Lab #3: Energy Control
• Personnel protection, including personal protective equipment
• Training
• Questions, wrap up

Continuing Education Credits

Introductory | 1.0 Safety CM Point (ABIH Approval #04-2731)/0.625 COC point

Course Hours

8 am to 5 pm

Learning Aids

An arithmetic / scientific calculator with square root function required.

Comments from Former Attendees

This course was presented at the American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition 2002, 2003 and 2004 and ranked in the top ten PDC’s in 2005. The course was also presented at the 2005 ASSE PDC in New Orleans. Quotes from American Industrial Hygiene Conference & Exposition evaluations 2002-05:

• "Workshops are very instructive, they really make a difference"
• "I felt this was an excellent program. The course was interesting and helped me meet my personal goals. I liked the labs and demos"
• "Just what I wanted. A very basic course in electrical safety. Good Adult learning concept use."
• "Instructor involved attendees with hands-on exercises. Nice job!"
• "Coverage of NFPA 70E was excellent. Table top work greatly enhanced understanding. Very good class!"
• "If your job responsibilities include electrical safety, this is the course you need!"

Speaker Biography

Paul A. Zoubek, CSP, CIH is Manager of Health and Safety Programs for Occupational Services, Inc. in San Diego, CA. He is primary consultant for the firm’s electrical safety consultations for management and engineering control of electrical hazards in client facilities. He advises companies in the areas of electrical hazard control, written program development, and qualified person training. He has a Bachelor of Science Degree in environmental health and safety from Illinois State University and has worked in the field of occupational health and safety for sixteen years.