Electricity at work safety awareness

This working around electricity at work safety awareness course provides training and rescue response knowledge for environments where electricity is a consideration, focusing on unique hazards like electrical shock, burns, and falls, working near powerlines or underground services, and providing skills to ensure your safety while managing casualties until professional help arrives.

Key Aspects 

• High-Risk Setting: Involves powerlines, live electrical apparatus, and related hazards, demanding heightened awareness.
• Unique Injuries: Focuses on electrical burns, shock, and related trauma from falls or contact with electricity.
• Rescuer Safety: Emphasizes identifying and minimizing risks to the first aider, a critical component of the training.
• Specific Procedures: Covers responding to emergencies, basic life support, CPR, and communicating with emergency services in an electrical context.
• Regulatory Requirements: Mandatory for Australian Electricity Supply Industry workers, with required annual refresher training 

Who Needs It?

• Workers and managers that require a clear understanding of electrical hazards at work
• Field technicians and maintenance personnel.
• Contractors and sub-contractors working around electricity.
• First Responders / Emergency Services
• Those responsible for others safety at work

What's Covered?

• Risk assessment and risk management
• Preparing first aid and rescue equipment.
• Assessing and stabilizing casualties.
• Managing electrical shock, burns, bleeding, and other injuries.
• Reporting and recording electrical related incidents.
• Human factors

This awareness course does not replace: 

Any regulated requirements for licencing or Nationally recognised training, these are mandatory for Australian Electricity Supply Industry workers, with required annual refresher training