Engineer-Led Safety Control Training
Posted by Clarion Safety Systems | 2nd Feb 2023
Are
you looking for training for you or your team on machine safety and risk
assessment processes, including the latest best practices and standards
updates?
At
select points throughout the year,
our team at Machine Safety Specialists offers live web training courses for machine safety and risk
assessment training. This year’s winter course in February is designed to
improve safety in facilities by increasing awareness of modern safety
standards, enabling an increased use of engineering controls for risk reduction
methods.
The winter training course will be online to enable easier attendance for those from long distances, and will be hosted live over Microsoft Teams. The online course takes place over two days – from February 21st to 22nd, 2023 – with the option to add on an additional day of technical breakout sessions on the 23 rd. Participants will also be provided with a PDF file of training materials beforehand.
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A Deep Dive on Training: Engineering Experience
Ken Hackworth, Vice President of Safety Assessment at Clarion Safety Systems
and Machine Safety Specialists, will be the instructor of this course. Ken has more than 25 years of experience in industrial
controls and functional safety systems. He is a licensed Professional Engineer
(PE) and a certified Functional Safety Engineer, as well as a member of ANSI
B11 and the American Society of Safety Professionals. Ken is experienced and
certified in U.S. and international safety standards, including OSHA, ANSI,
NFPA, RIA, and ISO/EN standards and specializes in machine safety engineering
and compliance consulting. As a trainer
for OSHA, Ohio BWC and several multi-national industrial clients, Ken enjoys
training safety professionals, technical staff and business leaders in the
latest technology and safety standards for industrial machinery.
A full scope of the training course is detailed below:
Who’s the Course Designed For?
- Technical Personnel, including
- Engineers
- Technicians
- Maintenance Personnel
- Operators (as participants in risk assessment exercises)
- Safety Professionals
- Business Leaders
What’s Covered in the Course?
- Machine safeguarding
- Control reliability, functional safety, and safety interlocks
- Effective alternative for hazardous energy control (LOTO alternatives)
- Applicable OSHA, ANSI, NFPA, RIA, and ISO standards
- Machine risk assessment
- Liability and legal concerns
Enhance Your Learning with Technical Breakout
Sessions
This year, for the
first time, our team at Machine Safety Specialists will be offering technical
breakout sessions the day after the main training for different focus areas
which include:
- Industrial robot safety
- Collaborative robot safety
- Advanced functional safety and control reliability
- Safety requirements for bypassing (suspending) guards
These sessions will be held on February 23rd from 12:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time and will each allow additional time for Q/A and further discussions.
Additional Course Information
With over 30 years of experience in inspecting, consulting, and conducting
accident investigations in more than 500 plants across the U.S., Canada,
Mexico, and Japan
, Machine Safety Specialists will
also be presenting real examples and illustrations throughout the training
course for participants to benefit from.
The main sessions on February 21st and 22nd will both run from 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, and will be hosted over Microsoft Teams. For more information and registration, you can visit Machine Safety Specialists course overview page.
