Qualification Required To The Operator; Qualification Required To Thespecialized Technician; Individual Protective Gear; Gear To Wear - LEGRAND Archimod Operating And Maintenance Manual

4. Safety Provisions
4.4.1 Qualification required to the operator
The operator must follow the instructions given to ensure maximum safety for himself and for the others. In particular he
must comply with all the requirements contained in this manual throughout all the operating phases.
Typical activities envisaged:
- using the equipment when it is working normally and resetting subsequent to a stop;
- taking the necessary measures to maintain performance quality;
- cleaning the equipment
- collaborating with personnel who are to see to extraordinary maintenance work ("specialized technician").
4.4.2 Qualification required to the specialized technician
The professional person who has to look after installation, starting and extraordinary maintenance is defined by the term
"specialized technician".
With such a definition we mean people with knowledge of the procedures for installing, assembling, repairing and
servicing the equipment and who have specific technical qualification.
Besides the requirements listed for a generic operator, the specialized technician must have had technical training or
specific training for the procedures needed to use and service the equipment in complete safety.
Broadly speaking, the specialized technician will be a person selected among the professional people in the department
and who has proven experience and capacities and specific technical expertise in relation to the type of work to be done.
WARNING
The person in charge of safety is responsible for the protection against and prevention of company risks in
accordance with the European Directive 89/391 EEC (safety at the work place), in ITALY it is part of the Law Decree
dated 12/11/1994. The person in charge of safety must ensure that all people working on the machine have received
all the relevant instructions of this manual, included start-up and commissioning, and with particular reference to
the contents of this chapter.
4.5 Individual protective gear
WARNING
There is a high risk of electrical shock with the equipment as well as a considerable short circuit current. When using and
servicing the equipment it is absolutely forbidden to work without the protective gear mentioned in this paragraph.
The personnel who are going to work with the equipment for installation or maintenance jobs must not wear clothes with
baggy sleeves or laces, belts, bracelets or other metal items that could be a hazard source.
4.5.1 Gear to wear
The following indications summarise the protective gear to wear.
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Accident and spark proof footwear with rubber sole and reinforced toe
Use: always
Waterproof rubber gloves
Use: always
Protective gear
Use: always
Protective glasses
Use: always