Course Title
Certification on the use of Toxic Gases
Course duration and timing
24 hrs
Learning outcomes
The course aims to provide a preparation in order to obtain the license for the use of toxic gases in accordance with the Italian Decree 147/1927 .
Contents
Toxicology:
- General Principles:
- Toxicity
- Dangers
- Risks
- Damages
- The toxic agent:
- Chemical and physical characteristics
- Presence of foreign matter or simultaneous exposure to other toxic substances
- Biodegradability
- Exposure: Dose, ways and means of exposure, duration and frequency
- Factors concerning population: age, sex, genetic makeup, nutritional status
- Factors related to the environment: humidity, temperature, day, night, etc
- Local effect
- General or sistemi effect
- The route of entry of toxic absorption, distribution, storage, excretion
- The classification of dangerous substances
- The hazard classes
- The labeling
- The safety sheet
General knowledge on basic physics and chemistry, containers and transport of toxic gases:
- Change of status
- Explanations about the gases
- The air and its components
- The action of the gas on the organism
- Temperature, pressure and volume
- Critical pressure and temperature
- Liquefaction of a gas
- Density and specific gravity
- Solutions, acids and bases, pH
- The combustion
- The flammable range
- The explosion range
- Containers for gases
- the parts composing a cylinder
- testing and revisions
- the punchings
- cylinders labeling
- Cylinders handling
- Storage
- The use of compressed and liquefied gases
- The use of gas in populated places and outdoor
- The transportation
Fire-fighting measures:
- Fire extinguishers
- Fire pumps
- Protection the airways
- Gas masks
- Gas filters
- Breathing apparatus
- Open cycle type
- Closed cycle type
Gas safety data sheets
Knowledge of first aid
Technical and legal aspects on the use of toxic gases:
- The use of toxic gases
- Removal of toxic gases and distraction
- Revocation or suspension of the enablement licence
- The Regional technical and permanent Commision for toxic gases
- Application for the issuance and review of the license
- Activities subject to operator’s license
Target Group for the Course
The course is aimed at businesses, where employees must obtain a certificate of fitness for the purpose of issue of the license enabling the use of toxic gases.
Rules and standards
- R.D. 147/1927 – D.M. 9 Maggio 1927 – D.M. 6 febbraio 1935 – D.lgs. 81/2008 e s.m.i.
- ECU S.p.A. Technical Specifications (ENI CORPORATE UNIVERSITY S.p.A.)
Course pre-requisites
Birth certificate + certificate of medical fitness signed by a military doctor or a local health officer with legalized signature + certificate of primary education + General Certificate of criminal record + valid copy of personal ID (the above mentioned documents and certificates are preliminary to the request of examination to the Local Authority responsible for the area).
Course site
Tema Safety & Training S.R.L. Training Centre
Via della Transumanza n. 5/C – 74123 Contrada Carmine (Taranto) – ITALY
Telefono: (+39) 0994725898
Fax: (+39) 0994725690
E-Mail: info@temasafety.com
Services included
- Teaching material for tests and practicals
- Lunch
- Insurance coverage
- Shuttle service to / from Taranto railway station / TST