The National Electrical and Communications Association (NECA) is taking its Safety Workshop around NSW to reinforce the importance of getting safety right at all times, and will visit Erina Rugby League Club on March 23.
Sixteen per cent of construction industry fatalities are attributed to electricians, making it the deadliest trade, with 56 per cent of fatalities in the electrical industry caused by contact with electricity.
Understanding low voltage isolation is a critical skill that all electricians should know back to front to avoid these unnecessary deaths.
The NECA workshop will take local electricians through the steps that are essential for communicating the current status of isolation.
It will talk people though testing procedures and also look at arc flash hazards and PPE for the everyday electrician.
This is critical learning for all electricians.
The workshop is free to electrical business owners, workers, electricians, apprentices and safety managers.
Interested parties must register with NECA.
Media release,
Mar 17, 2017
Barry Jackson, NECA