Last edit: 17/07/2025
Training objective
TARGET GROUP: Health and Safety Officers
SCOPE: The objective of the training is to present “the language” used in the ATEX field, both in terms of defining the areas at risk and defining the suitability of the products.
DURATION: 8 hours
Content
Among the topics covered:
- The Gas Triangle and the Dust Pentagon
- The Characteristics of Gases
- The Characteristics of Dusts
- The Sources of Ignition
- IEC 60079-0: Introduction
- Explosion Hazard Reduction
- Rules for Inerting CEN TR 15281
- The Reference Laws in Europe
- The Classification of Areas in North America
- The Reference Laws and Body Need
- Scope of 2014/34/EU
- The Marking of Equipment
- Component, Equipment and Simple Apparatus
- The Assemblies (IEC TS 60079-46)
- Examples of Equipment Marking
- The IECEx Certification
- The Certification in U
Instructor
GT Engineering is a member of the following Technical Committees and Working Groups related to Explosion Hazard:
- TC 31J Classification of hazardous areas and installation requirements. It is the IEC technical committee that writes the standards for the classification of ATEX areas (IEC 60079-10)
- CEI working group that is preparing the revision of the GAS and Dust guides used in Italy for the classification of ATEX areas (CEI 31-35 and CEI 31-56)
- CEN TC 305 Potentially explosive atmospheres – Explosion prevention and protection. It is the CEN technical committee that writes the standards for explosion risk analysis (e.g. EN 1127-1)
- IEC 60079-46 for risk analysis and marking of ATEX assemblies. Member IEC/TC 31/MT 60079-46 ‘Equipment assemblies’.
- IEC 60079-42 for use of ‘SIL’ components for explosion risk reduction. Member IEC/TC 31/WG 42 ‘Safety Devices Related to Explosion Risk’.