Machinery Safety-Syllabus

• Machinery risk assessment
• Codes of practice
• Identification of machinery hazards
• Typical hazards
• Elimination or reduction of hazards
• Assessment of residual risk
• Design & selection of safeguarding measures
• Types of guards
• Types of interlocks
• Guard construction
• PUWER 98

• Role & application of European standards
• relating to machinery
• Explanation of type A, B1, B2 and C standards
• BS EN ISO 12100 – Basic safety concepts, good principles for design
• BS EN ISO 14121 – Safety of machinery – Principles of risk assessment
• Programmable electronic systems
• Types of system
• Robots
• CNC machines
• Safety in programming, operation & maintenance of robots