Description
Workers must take steps to prevent injury and damage when welding, cutting and brazing. The risk from fatal injuries alone is more than four deaths per thousand workers over a working lifetime. Therefore, care must be taken to ensure that work is performed safely. This course introduces common hazards associated with welding, cutting, and brazing and ways to prevent injury and damage. Ideal learners are employees who perform hot work.
Course Objectives:
Identify fire prevention techniques used during welding, cutting and brazing;Recognize hazards associated with oxyacetylene and arc welding and methods to prevent these hazards;Recall the proper handling, transportation, use and storage of compressed gas cylinders;Identify personal protective equipment (PPE) to be worn when performing hot work operations
Duration: 10 min.
What you'll learn
Identify fire prevention techniques used during welding, cutting and brazing
Recognize hazards associated with oxyacetylene and arc welding and methods to prevent these hazards
Recall the proper handling, transportation, use and storage of compressed gas cylinders
Identify personal protective equipment (PPE) to be worn when performing hot work operations
System Requirements
Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 or higher (11+is preferred), Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome (latest), iPad iOS (latest) (Tablet only), Mac OS 10.10 or 10.11 (PC only) Apple Safari 8 or 9, Android Google Chrome (latest). Course playback is not recommended for mobile phones. For optimal playback, it is also recommended that learners close all other browser windows when viewing a course.
UL
UL empowers organizations to protect the well-being of workers, reduce risk, improve productivity, enhance compliance, and drive measurable business improvement through its learning, health, and safety platforms. More than 2,000 organizations in over 20 major industries including manufacturing, pharmaceutical, healthcare, and construction & energy, trust UL’s software tools and learning solutions to meet their expanding needs. UL's international suite of online courses, built by industry experts and learning specialists, give employees the skills and knowledge they need to stay safe, succeed on the job, and remain in compliance.
