It is paramount that employers and users have an understanding of Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV) systems and how they protect their health, without sufficient knowledge employers and users can unwittingly putting themselves, colleagues, subcontractors and visitors at risk to exposure of hazardous substances.
Understanding how to test the performance of a system, the responsibilities on all parties and the management of systems are key to ensuring that installed systems are providing the necessary control to protect the work force.
Contact us for user friendly, industry specific and tailored LEV training or alternatively for more information on one of our 3 courses below.
Course Title: Testing the Performance of Local Exhaust Ventilation
How to use instrumentation to determine quantitative measurements of LEV performance
- Use of rotating vane anemometer and hot wire anemometer to measure face velocities
- Use of digital manometer to measure static pressure (Sp) and velocity pressure (Vp) in duct work.
- Where to take measurements at the hood and in the duct.
How to complete qualitative tests to determine LEV performance
- Use of smoke generation – Smoke Test
- Use of dust lamp
- What to look for when undertaking qualitative tests
Who should attend:
- Anyone responsible for operating or maintaining LEV systems as part of their work.
- Engineers undertaking maintenance
- Technicians completing daily / weekly or monthly system checks
- Managers and Supervisors of engineers and technicians
Duration: 1 day (50% class room & 50% practical workshop)
Course Title: LEV Responsibilities and Management
What are the responsibilities of the parties involved:
- System Owner
- LEV Suppliers & Designer
- LEV Installer
- LEV Commissioners
- LEV Maintenance & Repair Engineers
- LEV Testers
How to prepare a specification for an LEV system and what to expect from a quotation.
- What information should the ‘client’ provide to ensure a suitable and adequate quotation.
- What information would be expected in a quotation
Completion of routine maintenance, checks and logbooks
- What routine checks should be completed.
- How often should routine checks be completed
- How should records of routine checks be kept.
Who should attend:
- Those responsible for management of purchasing, operating or maintaining LEV systems
- Production or Design Engineers
- Managers and Supervisors of engineers and technicians
Duration: 1 day (100% class room)
Course Title: LEV Awareness
Providing an overview of:
- Legislation – CoSHH, HSG 258
- Role and responsibilities of all parties involved with LEV systems
- Use of LEV as a control measure and why it’s necessary
- Principal components of LEV systems
- Record keeping, including logbooks and user manuals
- Methods used to test the effectiveness of LEV systems
Who should attend:
- Anyone who owns or is responsible for operating or maintaining LEV systems as part of their work.
- Employees
- Managers
- Supervisors
- Users
Duration: 1 day (80% class room & 20% practical workshop)
LEV Course Tutor: Amy Jackson GradIOSH, AFOH
Amy has over 20 years of experience in LEV industry and exceedingly committed to conveying the benefits of LEV to control hazardous substances and reduce worker ill health.
At Drake Lapthorn we believe in providing our clients with the skills not only to understand what the LEV system is required to achieve, how assistance from industry specialists can achieve this for them and how to manage systems properly but also to give them confidence to ask challenging questions to ensure that a system they are paying for achieves what is expected.
All our training courses can be run in-house and, if requested, tailored to your specific industry requirements.
Our public courses are held at Banbury, M40 Junction 11.
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