Testing knowledge on electrical safety, its procedure and frequency

Who passes the knowledge test

There are a total of 5 tolerance groups in this area. The first group is assigned to personnel not directly related to the maintenance of electrical installations, while their activities are, in one way or another, dependent on electrical appliances.

These personnel are called non-electrical personnel. This includes premises cleaners, accountants and other persons whose work involves reading and entering information onto a PC.

Employees are required to have basic knowledge of electrical safety, including how to provide first aid until emergency services arrive.

List of categories of workers who are assigned electrical safety groups 2 to 4:

1. Administrative and technical. These are safety engineers, technologists, and designers related to electronic media.
2. Operations and repair personnel. These are electricians who repair electrical installations.

Heads of departments and individual sections should have electrical safety groups no lower than those of their subordinates.

Regulations

The list of documents on electrical safety during the operation of electrical installations includes the following basic rules:

1. Rules for the technical operation of consumer electrical installations (PTEEP) are regulatory documents created on the basis of current standards, experience in operating electrical installations, as well as recommendations of all electrical services.
2. Interindustry safety rules for the operation of electrical installations - rules for the operation of electrical installations, responsibilities of electrical personnel, measures to ensure work safety, necessary documents.

Types of electrical safety knowledge tests

Electrical safety knowledge is divided into the following types:

1. Primary. If an employee has re-entered work, then he cannot be allowed to perform tasks independently, since he does not know the technical process. If the break in work is more than three years, then you will need to undergo training again.
2. The next one. After the expiration date, the knowledge test must be carried out again. The order of priority is established by rules depending on the categories of workers.
3. Extraordinary. When changing the sequence of technological operations; the introduction of new rules, instructions, as well as after changes to existing ones; upgrading obsolete equipment or purchasing new equipment; at the request of inspectors, including representatives of Rostechnadzor; in case of violation of OT requirements; Based on the results of the commissions’ conclusions and other changes, an unscheduled test of employees’ knowledge is carried out.

Screening test for blue-collar workers

Employees' knowledge of health and safety rules can be tested in various ways: from an exam (written or oral) to special computer testing using specialized programs.

Specialized health and safety tests are of particular importance for members of the workforce in blue-collar professions.

IMPORTANT! Blue-collar professions, unlike managerial ones (coordinating the work of other people), are associated with the performance of specific production operations by employees.

For example, in construction, representatives of such professions include masons, concrete workers, plasterers, painters, crane operators, and in metalworking, turners, mechanics and welders.

The defining feature when classifying a profession as a worker is the presence of many hazardous production factors, from which knowledge of occupational health and safety requirements will help protect you. For each working profession, screening tests must be developed taking into account their labor functions, requirements for the mechanisms used, working conditions and many other nuances.

An important feature of such tests is the need for their timely adjustment when legislation in the field of occupational safety and health changes, as well as in the presence of innovations in the company’s production process (if these innovations require employees to have special knowledge and skills in matters of occupational safety and health).

To test workers' occupational safety knowledge, you will need a protocol. You can download a sample of such a document, drawn up in accordance with all the rules, in ConsultantPlus, having received trial access to the system.

Frequency of testing knowledge on electrical safety

As noted earlier, verification is divided mainly into regular and primary.

Deadlines for recertification:

1. If an employee returns to the workplace, he must be certified within a month.
2. If there was a break in work, then after three years the time comes for certification again.
3. Once a year, employees involved in repairs or servicing electrical consumers are recertified.
4. Administrative and technical personnel undergo inspection every three years.

If an extraordinary certification is required, an additional commission meets and conducts a knowledge test.

Admission to special work: how to register and register in documents

If an employee performs special work, an entry about this is made in his certificate of testing knowledge of the rules of working in electrical installations. What kind of special work are these? Special works include:

• work at height;
• work without removing voltage from the electrical installation, performed with touching live parts that are under operating voltage, or at a distance from these live parts that is less than permissible (hereinafter referred to as live work on live parts);
• testing equipment with increased voltage (except for work with a megohmmeter);
• work performed by removing operating voltage from an electrical installation or part thereof with touching live parts that are under an induced voltage of more than 25 V in the workplace or at a distance from these live parts that is less than permissible (hereinafter referred to as work under induced voltage).

For workers authorized to work under voltage on live parts, when filling out the “name of work” column in the “Certificate of the right to carry out special work” field, the following table should be used:

For workers who have a group of work at height, you must indicate the group number and the date of assignment.

Procedure for testing knowledge

The organization of work at the enterprise to test the knowledge of employees is carried out as follows:

1. At enterprises, an administrative document is issued, which stipulates all the nuances of the inspection, and the document must comply with the requirements of the rules.
2. If necessary, training is organized (during initial certification).
3. Time for preparation is provided according to the developed tickets.
4. Exams are accepted by a commission at the enterprise.
5. Based on the results of the inspection, a protocol is drawn up, in one of the columns of which it is written whether the tests were passed or failed.
6. If the knowledge test passes with a positive mark, then the information is entered into the certificates.

Then you can work as intended.

If the exams are not passed, then additional time is assigned for retraining, and the commission meets again to accept tests. If the exams are not passed, the question of suitability for the position may be decided again. Programs and tickets must be developed in advance and approved by the head of the training center. The form of the protocol is also developed separately and approved by the regulatory act of the association.

Creation of an attestation commission

At enterprises where it is required to test knowledge in the field of electrical safety, a certification commission is created or contracts are concluded with a third-party organization that has the right to conduct certification.

The composition of the commission is determined by order of the enterprise; the commission includes:

1. Chief Power Engineer. This is an official who has the highest electrical safety group. Group can be 4 if the facility operates technical devices with voltages up to 1000 V, and also 5 - if the voltage of power equipment is over 5000 V.
2. Deputy managers or chief engineer, safety engineer, these categories of employees are required to have at least 4 access group.
3. Heads of facilities in this division.

What are the requirements for commission members:

• electrical safety certification must not be expired;
• it is necessary to be certified at Rostechnadzor or with a representative of this organization directly at the enterprise;
• You must have identification on hand.

The commission is created from an odd number of members; this requirement must be fulfilled, since when resolving controversial issues, voting will be required and this is how it can be determined whether the employee is certified or not.

The organization independently chooses who specifically to include in the Certification Commission (AC).

Organizational events

To work safely, you need to properly carry out preparations or organizational measures, which are divided into several stages. First, each team is assigned a safety officer. Secondly, the workplace is prepared in accordance with all safety conditions. Thirdly, orders, permits and permits are issued. Fourthly, the progress of implementation is monitored and, if necessary, breaks are organized.

Briefing

Electrical safety instructions are an important condition for permitting electrical personnel to perform work. It all starts with initial training, carried out upon entry into work and during the internship.

This is followed by repeated instruction, which is carried out at different intervals for each profession. Sometimes there is a need for unscheduled and targeted briefings.

Work permit

These documents are issued in two copies. In some cases, the person performing a certain task is also the one who is allowed to work; anyway, the work permit is issued in two copies.

It is possible to issue a work order for up to 15 calendar days, starting from the start of work, no more than that. You can extend the validity of the order once for another 15 calendar days. It is worth considering that during breaks the outfit continues to operate.

The renewal of the order is carried out by the person who issued it, or another person authorized to issue orders. In order to extend an assignment, sometimes it is enough to make a phone call and convey a verbal agreement. Then the employee will indicate under his signature the name of the person in charge who extended the assignment.

Requirements for employees to be tested

What are the requirements for a manager?

1. The electrical safety group must correspond to the voltage consumed.
2. An official who is entrusted with responsibility for electrical equipment is appointed to the position of chairman.
3. The inspection group must not be lower than that of the employee being certified.

The following requirements apply to examiners:

1. Mandatory certification in the territorial division of Rostechnadzor. It is allowed for two employees to undergo a knowledge test at the state energy supervision, and all the rest at the enterprise itself.
2. If the structure of the organization is large enough, then such commissions are created at each facility. This makes it more convenient to work and carry out checks.
3. The AC may include representatives of supervisory authorities; they are included by agreement.
4. If the enterprise employs a small number of employees, then it is enough to take exams directly at Rostechnadzor, and the creation of commissions will not be advisable.

Results

General issues regarding the frequency of testing knowledge on labor protection are established by the state. The employer, in accordance with regulatory legal acts and the nuances of production, independently organizes such an inspection or it is initiated by supervisory authorities.

Sources: Resolution of the Ministry of Labor of Russia, Ministry of Education of Russia dated January 13, 2003 N 1/29

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Test results

If the check is carried out, its results must be recorded. This will be a kind of report on the work done.

For this purpose, a protocol is provided that reflects the following information:

• full name of the enterprise where the exams were taken;
• what is the name of the document and its serial number;
• where and when the knowledge test was conducted (for example, in the meeting room, at 14.00);
• information about officials who are members of the AC;
• information about employees who need to undergo certification;
• what inspection results are noted;
• conclusion determined by commission.

The protocol is signed by the commission members and approved by the chairman, after which certificates are issued based on this document.

How to register for training

To confirm the fact that the training took place and the employees successfully mastered the given material, confirmation is required, namely:

1. For this purpose, a special Journal is opened, the columns of which indicate: serial number; full surname and initials; date of study; signature of the instructor; signature of the person being instructed.
2. The log is initially filled out by the person who conducted the training, and then submitted for signature to the employees who received the knowledge.

The requirements for the Journal itself are standard, namely: the document must be laced, numbered and registered in the facility’s records management. After employees have signed, the Journal must be saved until the next certification.