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Oxy-Fuel Gases Set up and Pre-use Check
This course is for staff who use oxy-fuel gas systems within the workplace.
Course description
This Instructor Led practical course is designed to further your learning by practising the safe set-up, leak test and shut-down of an oxy-acetylene gas system in a practical environment. This course will be held on UCL campus.
Pre-Requisite: You must have successfully completed the eLearning course Using Oxy-Fuel Gases Safely within Universities. Please contact safetytraining@ucl.ac.uk for details on how to access this eLearning course.
To participate you must: Wear full PPE.
All safety instructor-led training courses are delivered by our team of safety experts.
Objectives
This practical instructor led workshop will enable you to:
- Correctly identify gas cylinders
- Identify functional differences between regulator types
- Undertake a pre-use visual check on gas regulators
- Select and fit the correct flashback arrestors
- Identify the correct hoses to be fitted
- Select the correct cutting torch and nozzle
- Undertake functional tests on regulators
- Set the correct gas pressures for the nozzle being used
- Correctly set up an oxy-fuel gas workstation
- Correctly leak test an oxy-fuel gas workstation
- Recognise the need for safe shut-down procedures
Target audience
This course is for staff who use oxy-fuel gas systems within the workplace.
Cost
Training courses are free to UCL staff however your Department may be charged £50 if you fail to attend when booked on a course.
Last updated: Friday, July 25, 2025
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