Machinery safety: guarding and lock-off

What the course covers

1. Machinery hazards and the law

   How machines injure people, what PUWER requires, and the order of protection for dangerous parts.

   • How machines injure people
   • What PUWER requires
   • The order of protection

2. Guards, devices and controls

   The main types of guard and safety device, machine controls, and checking and reporting defects.

   • Types of guard and safety device
   • Controls and emergency stops
   • Pre-use checks and defects

3. Isolation, maintenance and the factory floor

   Lock-off for maintenance, cleaning and clearing blockages, lift trucks and pedestrians, and a worked example.

   • Isolation and lock-off
   • Cleaning, blockages and setting
   • Lift trucks, pedestrians and a worked example

Assessment and certificate

• A short quiz after each unit, with the reason for every answer.
• A final assessment of 15 questions; the pass mark is 70%.
• Pass it on a paid plan for a certificate of completion with a QR code anyone can check.

This is online awareness training, not an accredited qualification. It doesn't on its own show someone is competent for a task. Awareness course: it doesn't authorise anyone to operate, maintain or isolate machinery. That needs training on the specific equipment and your site's procedures.