Health and Safety Skills: Industrial Equipment Safety and Confirmity (CE marking)

Audience

• Health and safety practitioners
• Health and safety representatives
• Equipment designers
• Engineering managers
• Production engineers
• Machine builders/integrators
• Maintenance managers
• Purchasing/procurement staff

Skills Gained

By attending this seminar you will:

• Gain an understanding of the statutory requirements involved with CE certification
• Find out which product directives apply to your product
• Discover when and how to assess, control and record product safety risks
• Find out how to construct a technical file and when such a document is required
• Identify the most cost-effective route to compliance for your product

Course Outline

Legal overview

• The European health and safety legislative system, its origins and principles of operation
• The role of harmonised standards
• CE marking (Conformite European)
• The system of new approach directives
• The roles of supplier and purchaser and their interface

A practical view of the requirements of The Machinery

Directive (including The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992)

• The Directive
• Exclusions
• What the Regulations apply to
• Excluded machinery
• General duty
• Supplier responsibilities
• Conformity assessment procedures
• EU-type examination

The Machinery Directive (continued)

• The Low Voltage Directive (including The Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994) and their supporting standards
• Background
• General requirements
• Exclusions
• Safety requirements
• The Electromagnetic Compatibility Regulations (The EMC Directive)
• General requirements
• To whom the Regulations apply
• Exclusions
• Levels of, and routes to, compliance
• The EC type examination

CE marking and Product Directives

• When to mark
• Third party assessments
• Self assessment
• Technical files
• The EC Declaration of Conformity
• The EC Declaration of Incorporation

Employer's responsibilities

• The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER)
• Interface with 'supplier' based legislation (already considered)
• Effects of the workplace

Risk assessment techniques relevant to CE certification

• Risk assessments and how to conduct them
• Suggested recording systems

The technical file

• Interface with project procedures and product development
• The template of a typical file

Open forum

Health and Safety Skills: Industrial Equipment Safety and Confirmity (CE marking) / HS-IES