Industrial environments contain many types of hazardous atmospheres, which have the potential to cause severe injuries, health issues, or even death. This Gas Detection and Nitrogen Awareness course can teach your staff about hazardous atmospheres and their risks, and how to prevent accidents. The scope of the course includes planning, gas testing, and training requirements.<\/p>\n
Gases can create many types of hazards in workplaces, depending on their physical and chemical properties:<\/p>\n
Nitrogen requires special attention: since the gas is unreactive, it is often used to displace dangerous gases in industrial settings. Nitrogen makes up 78% of the air we breathe normally, but it can displace oxygen in pure form, causing suffocation. Therefore, when nitrogen is used to remove other gases, workers should not assume that the atmosphere becomes safe immediately.<\/p>\n
This course will train you on the basic principles of detecting and controlling hazardous atmospheres. The topics covered include the most common devices used to detect gases:<\/p>\n
The online course also includes topics like flammability limits, explosive limits, gas toxicity levels and safe oxygen levels for breathing.<\/p>\n
This course is recommended for all personnel who will enter work environments that require gas detection equipment. These environments can be found in many industrial settings, such as manufacturing plants, oilfields and pipelines. In addition, the hazards caused by gases tend to increase in confined spaces, due to the lack of ventilation and difficult access.<\/p>\n
This course is also recommended for safety managers, even if their direct involvement in hazardous atmospheres is limited. The content provides updated knowledge on hazardous atmospheres and gas detection devices.
\nIn many cases, a single gas measurement is not enough to ensure safety. Worksite conditions can change during an activity, and this includes gas concentrations. In addition, many hazardous gases are undetectable by human senses, which means they can accumulate to dangerous levels without adequate monitoring. Workers must be familiarized with the monitoring devices needed in each case, and how to use them properly.<\/p>\n
Gas detection plays a critical role when entering confined spaces, where conditions can change much faster than in regular environments. Since escape and rescue are more difficult, any hazards should be detected as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n
GAS DETECTION ONLINE COURSE TOPICS<\/strong><\/p>\n This online Gas Detection and Nitrogen Awareness course covers the following topics:<\/p>\n Many hazardous gases are colorless, odorless, or tasteless. For this reason, they are impossible to detect with human senses alone. In addition, even if gas can be perceived by the senses, this involves direct exposure.<\/p>\n Only a gas detection device can rule out harmful substances that cannot be perceived by the senses, and without exposing workers to dangerous gas levels. Carbon monoxide is a great example of why monitoring is necessary: the gas has no color or smell, but at 1% concentration it is lethal for humans with just a few breaths.<\/p>\n Other gases are not harmful directly, but they create conditions that threaten workers. For example, natural gas is non-toxic but highly flammable and explosive. A natural gas leak will not threaten workers right away, but it can cause a major fire or explosion.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Gas Detection Gas Detection What is Gas Detection ? Accurately detecting harmful gases is critical to workplace safety. This course introduces portable gas detection tools, from simple handheld testers to advanced continuous monitors, and explains how each is used to measure specific gases. Learners will explore the differences between fixed, area, and personal monitoring options, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":67622,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"course_tag":[2009,2010,2011,2004,2002,1963],"course_category":[1950],"course_filters":[1951],"course_language":[],"class_list":["post-67621","courses","type-courses","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","course_tag-continuous-monitors","course_tag-gas-detection","course_tag-handheld-testers","course_tag-hazard-control","course_tag-online-training","course_tag-workplace-safety","course_category-online-safety-courses","course_filters-safety"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n
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Why Gas Detection Devices Are Necessary<\/h4>\n