Hydraulic Safety-High Risk Maintenance Level

Cost: $149.95

Hydraulic Safety: High-Risk Maintenance Level Online Course Overview

Maintenance and repair of equipment that utilizes hydraulics systems are extremely hazardous. Maintenance personnel is engaged in procedures that expose them to a high level of risk of injury or death from hydraulic system hazards. Many incidents are a result of people working with hydraulic systems without understanding the related hazards. This online Hydraulic Safety: High-Risk Maintenance Level course takes a comprehensive look at the recognition and management of hydraulic hazards with an emphasis placed on the implementation of structured procedures and energy mitigation.

High-Risk Maintenance Level Online Course Topics

 
• What are hydraulic fluids?
 
• Exposure to hydraulic fluids
 
• Potential hydraulic hazards
 
• Personal protective equipment (PPE)
 
• Safety standards and qualifications
 
• Recognized standards
 
• Your role
 
• Types of hydraulic hoses and hydraulic hose construction
 
• Hydraulic hose applications
 
• Hydraulic hose assembly fabrications
 
• Specifications and standards
 
• Lifecycle
 
• How accumulators work and their application in hydraulic systems
 
• Procedures for testing and discharge of accumulators
 
• Forms of hazardous energy and the cause of unexpected movement
 
• Guarding
 
• Safety valves
 
• System considerations
 
• Safety devices
 
• Safety through engineered controls
 
• Pressurized grease
 
• Effects of air in hydraulic systems
 
• Zero energy state
 
• Purpose of hazard assessment
 
• General responsibilities
 
• Before work begins
 
• Inspections
 
• What is a lockout?
 
• Lockable devices and the importance of sequence
 
• Hydraulic fluids and the environment
 
• Spill preparedness
 
• Acceptable disposal practices
 
• Biodegradable hydraulic fluids
 
• Absorbents
 
• Ethical choices
 
• Hydraulic incidents and fatalities
 
• Effects of modifications to hydraulic components
 
• Hazards of welding hydraulic components and interconnections
 
• Fluid power calculations
 
• Gravity
 
• Overhanging and runaway hazards
 
• Types of seals and applications
 
• Importance of mechanical seals
 
• Understanding maintenance and planning
 
• Commonly used threads and porting in hydraulics
 
• Pressure rating
 
• Procedures for testing and discharge of accumulators
 

Hydraulic Safety: High-Risk Maintenance Level Online Course Duration

Approximately 10 hours

Hydraulic Safety: High-Risk Maintenance Level Online Course Test 

Testing conducted throughout this online Hydraulic Safety: High-Risk Maintenance Level course is designed to reinforce the information presented. Supplemental materials necessary to complete this course can be accessed online.

Hydraulic Safety: High-Risk Maintenance Level Online Course Certificate Of Completion

Users will receive their certificate of completion, hard hat sticker, and wallet cards by mail within 21 business days of course completion. Certificates and wallet cards are valid for 3 years.

The Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals has awarded this High-Risk Maintenance Level 1 CMP. The CMP approval number for 2013 is #13024.

 Hydraulic Safety: High-Risk Maintenance Level Online Course Continuing Credits

Continued Education Units for Water Waste Water Operators

 
• Ontario CEU value 0.7
 
• Alberta CEU value 1.2
 
• Saskatchewan CEU value 0.7
 

This Course is Brought By IHSA in collaboration with Whyps