Course Duration
40 Minutes
Price
Take this course, and 100+ others, with our membership for $4.00 per user, per month.
Course Summary
There are many hazards present when working with compressed gas. This includes toxic gas exposure, oxygen displacement, fires, and explosions. It is important for workers to know how to prevent hazards and protect themselves when working with compressed gas.
Compressed gas training covers best practices in handling, use, and storage to control these hazards. General and construction industries, shipyard work, and marine terminals are some of the worksites covered.
Course Outline
Working with a compressed gas overview
- Importance of safety with compressed gas
- Industries
- Types of gases
- Handling considerations
- Storage considerations
Recognizing hazards
- General best practices in recognizing hazards
- Potential asphyxiation hazard
- Hazards
- What to know
- Minimizing hazards
- Warning signs
Evaluating and controlling hazards
- General best practices in evaluating and controlling hazards
- Storage
- Labels
- Temps
- Emergencies
Best practices
- Valves, connectors
- Safety devices
- Substitution
- Ventilation
- Personal cleanliness
- Empty cylinders
- General precautions
- PPE
- Skin/eyes
- Inhalation
- Storage
- Labels
- Temps
- Proper ventilation
- Storing
- Receiving cylinders
- Transporting cylinders
- Storage areas, temperatures, general precautions
- Safe handling and use
- Associated equipment
- Oxidizing Gases
- Confined Spaces
- Empty cylinders
- Housekeeping rules
Guidelines and standards
- Guidelines and standards
- CSA
- CFR
- Safety guide
- Examples
- Best practices
Who Needs Compressed Gas Training?
Individuals working at a site using compressed gas and their supervisors.
Continuing Education Credits
HRPA has approved this course for CPD. Please contact us at 800.815.9980 to find out more.