Course Overview
This course provides electrical and instrument training and assessment for staff who work on electrical apparatus in potentially explosive gas atmospheres.
Course Content
The course covers the following key topics:
- Hazardous area legislation, standards and responsibilities
- Principles of explosion protection
- Gas groups, temperature classes and ignition sources
- Hazardous area classification (Zones 0, 1 and 2)
- Equipment selection and protection concepts (Ex d, Ex e, Ex i, Ex n, Ex p etc.)
- Marking, certification and documentation for Ex equipment
- Installation requirements for electrical equipment in hazardous areas
- Cable types, glands, sealing and termination methods
- Inspection, testing and maintenance requirements
- Fault finding and defect identification in hazardous area installations
- Practical installation and inspection exercises
- Competence validation assessment (theory and practical)
Certification
· CompEx Certificate of Core Competence (valid for 5 years from the date of issue and must be refreshed before expiry) and JTL ID Card.
Documentation Requirements
CompEx Awarding Organisation requirements state that the following documents are required upon booking or at the very latest, 10 days prior to course commencement:
- CompEx Candidate Registration Form – completed in full, signed, dated etc.
- Qualification/Certification – one of the following: NVQ III/Apprenticeship Deeds/ JIB Card or similar
- Digital Photograph – Head and Shoulders
Course Teaching Materials
Once the Registration Form is returned and an email address is provided, delegates will be invited to Google Classroom (via netatraining9@gmail.com) to view teaching materials. Clicking ‘Join’ will give access to details of what will be covered in the CompEx course. This is not required to attend but provides useful guidance on what to expect.
Competence Validation Assessment
- Knowledge Test: Individual Unit Multiple Choice
- Practical Test: Individual Unit Practical Assessment
Please note: In the event of failing any part of the competence validation tests, a failure letter will be issued, and a resit must be booked. Please note that all results are issued by JTL and are not available to NETA. Certification and results times depend on JTL workloads.
Course information
- A recognised Electrical or Instrument background with practical experience of flammable atmosphere installations
If you are unsure whether you meet the prerequisites, please check with the sales team before booking. By booking, you confirm that you meet them. If it is later found that you do not, your certificate will include the following statement: “This person has not had their electrical craftsperson status or certification verified and completion of these units does not infer electrical competence”
