National Industrial Training Institute

Overview

Believing in the importance of developing the human resources, which is one of the most important factors for institutions’ success, the Institute has been keen to establish short technical courses in the disciplines it offers, which targeting administrative staff, engineers and technicians in the oil and gas sector.

CompEx Ex01-04

certification

3 Days

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Course Overview

To provide candidates with knowledge and understanding of the terminology and protection concepts for electrical/instrument equipment utilized in explosive atmospheres.

The course covers the IEC Standard 60079 Parts 14 & 17 & ATEX 95 & 137
European Directives, including the preparation, installation, inspection & maintenance of electrical/instrument equipment used in explosive atmospheres.

The course utilizes both Practical and Theoretical assessments, covering all
protection concepts listed in order to validate a candidates core competency
to work safely in explosive atmospheres in a series of specific modules listed
below:

  • EX01 The preparation & installation of Ex ‘d’, ‘n’, ‘e’ and ‘p’ electrical equipment in explosive atmospheres
  • EX02 The inspection and maintenance of Ex ‘d’, ‘n’, ‘e’ and ‘p’ electrical
    equipment in explosive atmospheres
  • EX03 The preparation & installation of Ex ‘i’ equipment and systems in
    explosive atmospheres
  • EX04 The inspection and maintenance of Ex ‘i’ equipment and systems in explosive atmospheres Certification
  • Successful course delegates will receive a JTLimited CompEx Certificate of Core Competence valid for 5 years.

Who Should Attend?

An E/I background and a working knowledge of electrical installation and
inspection.

Course Outline:

  • Overview of Area Classifications Zone 0, 1 and 2
  • Gas groups and temperature classes
  • Protection concepts, Exd, Exe, ExN, Exn, Exia & Exib, Exp Exo, Exq and EXm
  • Selection of apparatus, cabling, gland and termination re-quirement
  • Inspection of equipment and systems to IEC 60079-17 Stand-ards
  • Brief overview of the NEC 500/505* (important for North American areas although this is not a requirement
  • for CompEx criteria) and ATEX Directives