Site Electrical Duty Holder
It is the responsibility of every employer to ensure that appropriate procedures are in place for serious and imminent danger in the workplace with respect to electricity. A competent person shall be nominated to implement the electrical procedures, that person is the 'Electrical Duty Holder'.
Description
The Programme Will Cover:
- Outline of Health & Safety Legislation
- Health & Safety at Work - HASAWA
- Electricity at Work Regulations - EAWR
- The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations - PUWER
- Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulation - MHSWR
- Explanation of the relevance of BS 7671:2018
Responsibilities of Duty Holders
- Safe working systems
- Training and supervision of staff
- Producing maintenance, inspection and testing programmes
- Ensuring electrical equipment is fit for purpose
- Ensuring adequate working space access and lighting levels
- Provision of information necessary to avoid dangers
- Supervision of contractors and sub-contractors
PUWER
- Information and instructions
MHSWR
- Employee’s duties
Contractors
- Duty holder’s responsibilities to contractors
- Contractors - safe working practice
Electricity at Work Regulations
- Employer and employee duties
- System construction maintenance, work activity and protective equipment
- Strength and capability
- Adverse / hazardous environment
- Shock protection
- Connections
- Overcurrent protection
- Isolation
- Work on equipment made dead
- Work on live equipment
- Workspace access and lighting
- Competence
BS7671:2018 Significance
- Fixed wiring
- Additions and alterations
- Initial verification
- Periodic inspection
Prerequisites
None