Adequate Training

Past experience has shown that cryogenic fluids can be used safelv in industrial environments as well as in typical laboratories provided all facihties are properly designed and maintained, and personnel handling these fluids are adequately trained and supeiwised. There are many hazards associated with ciyogenic fluids. However, the principal... 

Employees should have adequate training ensuring that they understand their role and responsibilities in their assigned job. They should also understand the role and responsibility of their work group s function and how it relates to the overall business. 

All staff should be adequately trained, and written procedures provided. 

Appoint a Radiation Protection Adviser all staff involved with radioactive work should be adequately trained and instructed. 

The British Standard also uses the Assigned Protection Eactor, i.e. tlie level of respiratory protection that can realistically be expected to be achieved in the workplace by 95% of adequately trained and supervised workers, using a properly functioning and correctly fitted respiratory protective device (see Table 13.9)... 

Ensure that the driver has received adequate training and instructions about the hazards of LPG, emergency procedures, driver duties, etc. 

Process operators may take limited action in danger areas if they (1) have informed the incident command structure of the emergency. (2) have adequate PPE. (3) have adequate training in procedures they are to perform, and (4) employ the buddy system... 

OSHA makes it elear in the preamble that the existenee of the eertifieation will not preelude a eitation if OSHA determines that the employees have not been adequately trained. As a result, employers will need additional reeords to be able to demonstrate full eomplianee if there is a disagreement with OSHA. As in the Confined Spaee Standard, OSHA does not dietate the eontent or length of the training, or how the employee ean demonstrate understanding and eompetenee of the training. It should meet the intent of the standard. 

Rescue and medical duties for those who are to perform them. (These folks also require adequate training.)... 

Staff have received adequate training in continuous improvement methodologies. 

The standard does not stipulate which method should be used. In very small companies a lack of such documents defining responsibility and authority may not prove detrimental to quality provided people are made aware of their responsibilities and adequately trained. However, if you are going to rely on training, there has to be some written material which is used so that training is carried out to consistent standards. 

To develop a safe design, it is necessary to first design and specify all equipment and systems in accordance with applicable codes and standards. Once the system is designed, a process safety shutdown system is specified to assure that potential hazards that can be detected by measuring process upsets are detected, and that appropriate safety actions (normally an automatic shutdown) are initiated. A hazards analysis is then normally undertaken to identify and mitigate potential hazards that could lead to fire, explosion, pollution, or injury to personnel and that cannot be detected as process upsets. Finally, a system of safety management is implemented to assure the system is operated and maintained in a safe manner by personnel who have received adequate training. 

We then describe some accidents that occurred because employees were not adequately trained (mistakes). Sometimes they lacked basic knowledge sometimes they lacked sophisticated skills. 

It is essential that relevant staff receive adequate training for the start-up and shutdown of plant for which they are responsible. This will include emergency procedures. 

Planned maintenance can reduce the demand for highly experienced craftsmen in that, if the instructions issued in work docket and advice/guidance notes are adequate, a less-skilled person should be able to perform the work task correctly. It follows that adequate training must be provided to ensure that, irrespective of the degree of the operative s skills and experience, the work task given will be carried out to the required standard. 

The requirement for safety precautions when operating or working on all types of machinery cannot be overstressed, in that the likelihood of an accident occurring on moving machinery is invariably high. It is essential that all these who work on such machines are adequately trained as to the operation and the safeguards fitted. Regulations that must be complied with include ... 

The person working alone is adequately trained for the work that is to be carried out ... 

Employees must take most of the responsibility for protecting themselves from chemical hazards. However, adequate training and frequent reminders from the employer can help ensure that they take that responsibility. The following are some basic chemical-safety tips to incorporate in a worker-safety-training program or to post on the bulletin board ... 

By and large, the provision of adequate training and potential problem awareness is less of a problem in large WT utility, process, and cogeneration boiler plants. Here the supply of high-purity steam is a primary product —staff are trained accordingly and possess a better awareness of the process technologies involved. 

Good manufacturing practice (GMP) comprises that part of quality assurance which is aimed at ensuring that a product is consistently manufactured to a quality appropriate to its intended use. GMP requires that (i) the manufacturing process is fully defined before it is commenced and (ii) the necessary facilities are provided. In practice, this means that personnel must be adequately trained, suitable premises and equipment employed, correct materials used, approved procedures adopted, suitable storage and transport facilities available and appropriate records made. 

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