Compressed Gases and Connecting Gas Regulators
Information and Booking
Trainer: WORKSAFE GB Ltd
Cost: Internal - No charge. Please check our cancellation fees before booking.
Duration: For each date, you will be able to choose from 4 sessions of 30 minutes each, starting respectively at:
13:30, 14:15, 15:00, 15:45
Unless otherwise stated, all courses are held in South Kensington.
Dates:
2023
26 September – SK
10 October – SK
18 October – SK
23 October – SK
31 October – SK
08 November – SK
15 November – SK
22 November – SK
30 November – SK
06 December – SK
2024
17 January – SK
07 February – SK
21 February – SK
13 March – SK
20 March – SK
17 April – SK
15 May – SK
05 June – SK
12 June – SK
26 June – SK
Who should attend
All staff or postgraduate students who work with compressed gases and connecting regulators in a laboratory environment should attend this course.
How to book
Delegates must complete the relevant e-learning session: Compressed gases and connecting gas regulators e-learning before making the booking request.
You will be emailed a unique ID and a link to a booking form on successful completion of the e-learning module.
For this programme, cancellation charges apply as follows: If a delegate cancels the course five days before the first day, we will charge a £50 cancellation fee.
Pre-course work
Participants must complete the relevant e-learning session: Compressed gases and connecting gas regulators e-learning before making the booking request.
Participants must also read the Code of Practice – Gases CoP Safe handling.
Key Areas
- Why accidents happen
- Risk assessment
- Correctly identifying gas cylinders
- Identifying potential hazards and defects of gas regulators
- Understanding how to fit a regulator to a cylinder valve
- Recognising the need to open cylinder valves slowly
- Knowing how to leak test gas cylinders correctly
- Recognising the hazards involved when handling gas cylinders
- Demonstration of manual handling techniques