All about electrical safety groups: assignment, detailed instructions

Obtaining an electrical safety permit is not a problem today. Our training center offers accelerated courses in various programs. This will make it possible to quickly obtain an electrical safety certificate for groups 2, 3, 4, 5 and permission to work related to the maintenance of electrical installations of various types.

You will also be given a protocol from the certification commission and a logbook for testing your knowledge of working in electrical installations. The training programs were developed by the Department of State Energy Supervision and approved by the Ministry. labor protection and Min. education. The electrical safety approval will be certified by a Rostechnadzor inspector. The certificate is issued in groups 2, 3, 4 up to 1000 V, as well as 3, 4, 5 up to and more than 1000 V.

To begin working with electrical installations and equipment, an employee must undergo a medical examination, take courses, pass an exam, and receive a certificate.

Categories and approval groups for electrical safety

Each group gives a person the right to work with a certain type of electrical equipment. The main divisions exist for personnel category, group and voltage: up to/over 1000 V. Let's figure it out in order.

Varieties by group

• Group 1 – the signature of a Rostechnadzor representative is not required. It can be completed at the enterprise by listening to instructions from the person responsible for electrical equipment or a person with electrical safety clearance groups 3, 4, 5. Once a year, people who work with office equipment and household electrical appliances undergo it. Formally, even a loader in a warehouse can receive it if he works where there are wires, sockets, switches, or a technician operating a vacuum cleaner. The employer who determines the circle of such employees is obliged to prevent electric shock to people working for him in this way.
• Access group 2 – required for those who work with electrical equipment under the supervision of a more competent employee. It gives the right to interact with power tools and simple units. Received by novice electricians, electricians, machinists, welders, elevator operators, and management.
• Group 3 electrical safety approval - makes it possible to work with electrical equipment up to 1000 V, as well as more than 1000 V without the supervision of holders of 4, 5 gr. It is received by those who had 2 grams to work independently.
• Group 4 - can provide instructions and hold the position of person responsible for electrical equipment if the production process involves electrical units up to or more than 1000 V.
• Group 5 electrical safety approval - its holders can work with electrical installations with a voltage of more than 1000 V. Representatives of the 4th group receive it. They can participate in any production processes related to electricity: repair, adjustment, commissioning, testing.

To study and take the exam for groups 1, 2, 3, you must have 4 or 5 grades.

Employer's liability

After employment, it is mandatory to conduct electrical safety training and assign a group, and if this requirement is not met, then administrative liability under Art. 9.11 Code of Administrative Offences:

• for an official and individual entrepreneur from 2000 to 4000 rubles;
• for a legal entity – from 20,000 to 40,000 rubles or suspension of activities for up to 90 days.

The fine is not as great as if you fail to comply with labor protection or environmental safety requirements, but nevertheless it should not be tolerated.

Although non-electrical personnel with electrical safety group 1 do not often encounter the danger of electric shock and the work is not as dangerous as that of others, they still need to be concerned about their well-being, because in case of heart problems, a fatal accident can occur and then the question of the emergence of criminal liability will already arise (Article 143 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

Personnel categories

All workers who need an electrical safety permit are divided into 2 main categories: non-electrical and electrical (electrical) personnel. Non-electrical personnel include groups 1 and 2, which work with office equipment, household electrical appliances, simple electrical devices, that is, units that use electricity or power tools and electrical installations under the supervision of more competent persons.

Electrical technical personnel are divided into subcategories:

• Administrative and technical - people who organize technical processes, their maintenance, and are responsible for installation, repair, and adjustment of electrical installations.
• Repair - employees who service and repair equipment, carry out repairs and commissioning work.
• Operational - these workers carry out operational shifts, inspections, supervision, prepare the workplace, and are responsible for access to work.
• Operations and repair - specialists trained in servicing the equipment assigned to them. They, like all other categories, require an electrical safety permit.
• Electrical technological personnel of production departments are people who participate in technological processes based on electricity, for example, electrolysis, electric welding, and the operation of electric ovens.

Specialist powers

The document confirming successful completion of the exam is a certificate, which the employee must always have during working hours. Possibilities of the person holding this document:

• maintain electrical installations and carry out their repairs;
• issue orders to perform the necessary work to other authorized persons;
• be on the commission for issuing the second group of admission;
• provide instructions to the first group;
• be appointed as the chief power engineer of the enterprise.

A fourth qualification in electrical safety is a good chance to make a career in the electrical engineering industry. After all, the certificate gives the right not only to carry out more complex work professionally, but also to occupy a leadership position. Its presence indicates competence, extensive experience, skill and high wages. However, it is worth remembering the considerable responsibility of a specialist not only for the serviceability of expensive equipment, but also for human lives - both his own and those of his subordinates.

What you need to know before certification for electrical safety approval

Group 1 is assigned after instruction on the rules of safe interaction with entrusted equipment and devices; the employee must also be able to provide first aid to a person who has been struck by an electric shock.

Group 2 requires more serious knowledge of how the equipment on which you will have to work works and operates. Also, the test taker must have an understanding of the consequences of electric shock, be able to help the victim, and know how to ensure the safety of his workplace.

Group 3 can only be obtained by a person with 1-3 months of work experience from the second. He must know electrical engineering, the design, principles of operation and maintenance of electrical installations, rules for admission to work, methods of supervision; be able to free and help people who have been electrocuted.

Electrical safety approval group 4 can be obtained only after 3-6 months of work with the previous one. By the time of certification, the specialist must know electrical engineering at the level of a vocational school graduate. Master the basic rules of labor protection, fire and electrical safety; know the design and maintenance of equipment, the procedure for conducting inspections, supervision, be able to read diagrams and conduct instructions. Know how to act correctly when a person is injured by an electric shock.

Group 5 is given after 3-24 months of activity with 4 grams. The employee who received it must know the diagrams, technologies, procedures for operating and repairing units, be able to organize the work process, and manage work related to electricity. Must be able to teach safety requirements. Have the skills to provide first aid.

Electrical safety certification will be accepted by the Rostechnadzor commission (Order No. 343)

In accordance with the Order of Rostechnadzor, commissions will be created to administer the exam; certifications of other organizations will be invalid. Read more.

Classification

There are several electrical safety groups that are enshrined in law. This classification allows a worker to perform work in electrical installations and determines the level of his training.

Workers are usually divided into five categories.

1st is assigned to non-electrical workers. Their work is not related to working with electrical installations.

What electrical safety groups, which determine the required amount of employee knowledge, are established for electrical personnel is written in the order of the Ministry of Labor of Russia dated July 24, 2013 No. 328n (as amended on February 19, 2016) “On approval of the Rules for labor protection during the operation of electrical installations” ( registered with the Ministry of Justice of Russia on December 12, 2013 No. 30593) and the order of the Ministry of Energy of Russia dated January 13, 2003 No. 6 “On approval of the Rules for the technical operation of consumer electrical installations” (registered with the Ministry of Justice of Russia on January 22, 2003 No. 4145).

Duration and price of training for electrical safety approval

What is better: getting or buying an electrical safety certificate?

Admission must be confirmed every year. Some do not want to undergo certification and formalize it. They prefer to buy an electrical safety certificate with permission to work. There are risks here:

• to be deceived, to lose your money;
• become the owner of documents with a false seal, signature of a representative of Rostekhnadzor;
• receive a certificate for the wrong category, for example, without the mark “over 1000 V”;
• possess documents from an unaccredited institution without a license.

All these aspects will be the deciding factor during the inspection. The holder of such a “permit” will at a minimum be suspended, and the organization will pay a fine, and may even be closed.

There have been cases of criminal liability for fraud, forgery of documents, and complicity. It’s easier, calmer, and more reliable to formalize everything, especially since this can be done remotely, in just 2-3 days.

How to obtain an electrical safety permit

Training programs include a theoretical part, lectures, and seminars. Certification is carried out in the presence of a representative of Rostechnadzor, who will then sign the electrical safety certificate. In our center you can undergo these procedures in several ways:

• In person, by visiting a training center in Moscow.
• In absentia, by taking the course online and coming to the center to take the certification.
• Remotely, without interruption from production and a personal visit to the center.

In the latter case, documents are received by mail, by courier service or by a center courier at the request of the graduate.

Certification in Rostechnadzor of managers and engineers in the field of industrial safety

All engineering and technical workers and managers responsible for energy safety and operation of electrical installations must obtain the fourth level of clearance, and then undergo a knowledge test at certain intervals.

Important! The verification procedure is carried out in the form of a test. It can be carried out by representatives of the educational institution in which training for obtaining the fourth category of admission was conducted.

Certification in Rostechnadzor

This type of certification is:

• primary;
• regular;
• extraordinary.

When certifying a group of 50 specialists or more, a special committee of 5 competent persons is created. It must necessarily include a representative of Rostekhnadzor and the chief power engineer of the enterprise.