Small groups working on real Ex equipment — enclosures, motors, glands, switchgear — not slides. Taught by an SQA-qualified Assessor A2 with 25+ years on the tools.
courses, from glands to switchgear
depending on depth
or on-site — we travel to your facility
operators in 17 countries
| Course | What it covers | Length |
|---|
| The core Ex patheach builds on the one before |
Ex Gland Installation & SafetyGN01G→if you fit cable glands- Gland types and where each one belongs
- Selection for the enclosure, cable and protection concept
- Installation, sealing, earthing and bonding
- The faults that most often fail an inspection
| - Gland types and where each one belongs
- Selection for the enclosure, cable and protection concept
- Installation, sealing, earthing and bonding
- The faults that most often fail an inspection
| 1 dayday |
|---|
Ex Equipment — Selection & InstallationGN02TH→if you select and install Ex equipment- Area classification, zones and gas groups
- Protection concepts and what each one relies on
- Reading an Ex marking, to IEC, ATEX, IECEx, BS and UL
- Selecting and installing for the zone you are working in
| - Area classification, zones and gas groups
- Protection concepts and what each one relies on
- Reading an Ex marking, to IEC, ATEX, IECEx, BS and UL
- Selecting and installing for the zone you are working in
| 2 daysdays |
|---|
Ex Equipment — Selection, Installation, Inspection & MaintenanceGN03THincludes GN02TH→if you also inspect and maintain it- Everything in the 2-day course
- Initial, periodic and sample inspection
- Grades of inspection: visual, close and detailed
- Maintenance that keeps the protection intact, and the records that prove it
| - Everything in the 2-day course
- Initial, periodic and sample inspection
- Grades of inspection: visual, close and detailed
- Maintenance that keeps the protection intact, and the records that prove it
| 3 daysdays |
|---|
Ex Equipment — Selection, Installation, Inspection & Maintenance with Practical AssessmentGN04PRincludes GN03TH→if that competence has to be assessed, not stated- Everything in the 3-day course
- Two further days on real equipment: enclosures, glands, motors and luminaires
- Finding the faults that fail an inspection, on kit that has them
- Completing inspection records and reports that are marked
| - Everything in the 3-day course
- Two further days on real equipment: enclosures, glands, motors and luminaires
- Finding the faults that fail an inspection, on kit that has them
- Completing inspection records and reports that are marked
| 5 daysdays |
|---|
| Specialist coursestaken on their own |
HV–LV Switchgear Operation & Protection RelayGN05HLV→if you operate switchgear and protection relays- HV and LV switchgear construction and operation
- Protection relay principles, characteristics and settings
- Testing and commissioning of protection
- Safe isolation, switching discipline and permit to work
| - HV and LV switchgear construction and operation
- Protection relay principles, characteristics and settings
- Testing and commissioning of protection
- Safe isolation, switching discipline and permit to work
| 5 daysdays |
|---|
Every course works on real equipment and ends in a written paper. The 5-day course goes one step further: the practical work is examined too, and its certificate records competence assessed on the day rather than the days attended — each course page sets out how it is assessed.
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