Operational Health and Safety Awareness for Standby Battery Systems - Refresher Course

Who is this course for?

This course is for candidates who have already completed the two-day EAL Approved operational health and safety awareness for standby battery systems course within the last three years. It is a refresher course to update skills and knowledge.

Learning outcomes within this one day EAL approved course include:

Learning outcome 1 – Understand how to control hazards associated with a standby battery systems.

The learner will achieve this learning outcome by achieving the following assessment criteria:

• 1.1 Identify the main hazard categories.
• 1.2 Explain how hazards can be controlled, and incidents/accidents can be avoided through safe working practices.
• 1.3 Identify the appropriate Personal Protection Equipment (P.P.E.) required for maintenance work carried out on industrial battery systems.

Learning outcome 2 - Understand the operational Health and Safety and best practice requirements associated with work on industrial standby battery systems.

The learner will achieve this learning outcome by achieving the following assessment criteria:

• 2.1 Identify the relevant Health and Safety requirements/ best practice guidance that applies to work with industrial standby battery systems.
• 2.2 Identify external factors that can affect the life and performance of stationary batteries.
• 2.3 Explain the effect of high temperature on the life of a lead acid battery and mechanisms to mitigate this effect.

Assessment

The assessment comprises of a range of questions the learner must complete in a way that demonstrates their knowledge and understanding of:

• Controlling of hazards associated with standby battery systems.
• Operational health and safety.