Hot Work

Course Overview

Hot work exposes workers to a number of hazards that may be detrimental to their health and safety. Incidents related to hot work such as fire and explosions can also be fatal to the life of workers. Therefore, employers have a responsibility to ensure that all hazards associated with hot work are identified and controlled.  
This course has therefore been designed to develop the learner’s understanding of the different types of hot work operations conducted in the organisation and the associated hazards. It will also outline the risk controls that must be implemented to minimise risks and the workers’ responsibilities in regards to these risk controls.   

Key Content

• Introduction to hot work;
• Hazards associated with hot work;
• Responsibilities of the organisation;
• Workplace risk controls;
  •     Elimination;
  •     Substitution;
  •     Isolation;
  •     Engineering;
  •     Administrative controls;
  •     Personal protective equipment.
• Workplace medical examinations;
• Worker responsibilities;
• Obtaining hot work permits;
• Incident response. 

Learning Outcomes 

At the completion of this course, learners should be able to: 

• Define hot work and identify the different types of hot work operations;
• List the hazards relating to hot work;
• Discuss the different types of risk controls implemented by the organisation;
• Outline their responsibilities when conducting hot work operations;
• Describe the organisation’s incident response process.