COURSE OVERVIEW

Course Description

This practical and highly-interactive course includes real-life case studies and exercises where participants will be engaged in a series of interactive small groups and class workshops. This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of classification of location for electrical installations at petroleum facilities in accordance with API 500, 505 & RP14FZ. It covers the conditions for fire and explosion in petroleum facilities; the law and regulators, recommended practices and standards; the hazardous (classified) locations API 500/505 including hazardous area classification; the installation, maintenance, and operation of electrical equipment; the API RP 500, API RP 14F, API 505 and API 14FZ; the area classifications for API hazardous classified and unclassified; the classification based on API RP; the API RP 505 and 500 ?preferred? symbols for classified locations; and the atmospheric mixtures of explosive gas and air. During this interactive course, participants will learn the API RP 14F installation 6.8 conduit and cable seals and sealing methods; the grounding, electrical motors and portable equipment; the API14 RP FZ design, installation and maintenance of electrical systems; the API RP 14FZ listings, markings and documentation; the equipment selection division 1, oil immersion (type ?o?), increased safety (type ?e?) equipment, powder filling equipment and encapsulation (type ?m?) equipment; and the API RP 14FZ electrical distribution systems

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

This interactive training course includes the following training methodologies:

30 % Lectures
20 % Workshops & Work Presentations
20 % Case Studies & Practical Exercises
30 % Videos, Software & Simulators

In an unlikely event, the course instructor may modify the above training methodology for technical reasons.

VIRTUAL TRAINING (IF APPLICABLE)

If this course is delivered online as a Virtual Training, the following limitations will be applicable:

Certificates	:	Only soft copy certificates will be issued
Training Materials	:	Only soft copy materials will be issued
Training Methodology	:	80% theory, 20% practical
Training Program	:	4 hours per day, from 09:30 to 13:30