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CLEAPSS: Safety Examinations of Autoclaves, Pressure Cookers and Model Steam Engines
16 May 2024, 9:00 am–4:00 pm
This one-day course will help you to carry out safety examinations of pressure vessels in a school environment to ensure they're safe to use under the Pressure Systems Safety Regulations (2000) as revised in 2014.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- £180.00
Organiser
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IOE Short Courses
Overview
In particular, the course will consider the role of CLEAPSS (Consortium of Local Education Authorities for the Provision of Science Services) in meeting the requirements specified by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in the 2014 Approved Code of Practice (ACOP).
This course focuses on equipment that is not thermostatically controlled. If you're in doubt about whether your equipment will be covered, contact CLEAPSS before booking a place.
Who this course is for
The course is particularly suitable for whoever is responsible within a school for carrying out examinations of pressure vessels.
Course content
The course covers:
- The basics of how the pressure systems work
- Safe operation of a range of autoclaves, pressure cookers and model steam engines
- The legal requirements, including the employer’s duty to appoint a competent person for the examination of autoclaves, pressure cookers and model steam engines
- The meaning of ‘competent person’ in the context of the CLEAPSS approach to pressure system examination
- Reviewing the written schemes of examination included in CLEAPSS document G214a
- The management of the statutory safety examination in the school context.
Course structure
This one-day course is delivered as part discussion, part practical workshop.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course, you'll have:
- Learnt how to operate the autoclaves, pressure cookers and steam engines in your school
- Understood the legal requirements surrounding examination of autoclaves, pressure cookers and model steam engines
- Learnt to manage the statutory safety examination in your school context.
Certificates
You'll get a certificate of attendance on completing the course.
Costs and booking
Price per participant is £180 and it includes course materials and packed lunch.
If you are not able to pay by credit/debit card, an invoice will be raised for upfront payment. If this is your preferred method of payment, email ioe.shortcourses@ucl.ac.uk to enquiry how to book this course if you wish to pay by invoice.