For workers who weld, cut, grind or braze, and the people around them: how hot work starts fires and explosions, and the permit, fire watch and fume controls.
Hot work produces sparks, slag, heat and flame that can travel further than people expect and smoulder for a long time before a fire breaks out. Hot work on or near containers that have held flammable substances can cause explosions. Welding fume is also a serious health hazard.
This talk covers the hot work permit, removing or protecting combustibles, fire watch during and after the work, gas cylinder safety, fume and ventilation, and why tanks and drums are never worked on without being made safe first.
After the session, participants will be able to:
No. It covers the fire, explosion and fume risks of hot work and the controls around it. It does not teach welding or cutting skills.
Yes. The slides, handout and guide are editable, and the facilitator guide marks the places to add your own procedures, contacts and photos of your workplace.
No. It is there if your business wants a record that each worker understood the key points. The attendance record on its own shows who attended and when.
Yes. Presentations, guides, workbooks and templates are supplied in editable formats so you can adapt them to your workplace. The copyright notice must stay.
Yes. The hazards and the controls in each toolbox talk apply in any workplace. The duties slide and the facilitator guide's "check before you deliver" table refer to Australian WHS and OHS laws, licences and standards, so a business elsewhere should swap those for its own country's rules. Everything is editable.
Yes. The package includes an editable certificate template, an attendance record (Word, plus an Excel register) and an optional 10-question multiple-choice assessment with an answer key, so you can record who attended and, if you choose, that each worker understood the key points. It is a certificate of completion issued by your business, not a nationally recognised qualification.
Yes. The packages are designed for face-to-face sessions and work over a video meeting platform. The facilitator guide notes where an activity needs adjusting for online delivery.
Yes, as many times as you like, for your own organisation's workers.
Your rights under the Australian Consumer Law are not affected. See the Refund Policy for how we handle a package that is faulty, not as described, or not what you ordered.
You keep the version you bought for as long as you use it, and corrections to that version are made available to you. A new edition, for example following a significant change in the law, may be sold separately.
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For every worker: how fires start and spread, choosing the right extinguisher, and knowing when not to fight a fire.
For workers who use electrical equipment or work near powerlines: how electricity injures, the checks before use, and what to do if someone is shocked.
For workers who could come across a tank, pit, silo or vessel: how to recognise a confined space, and why you never enter one without a permit.
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