Vietnam: Contents of training on occupational safety inspection

Specifically, according to Circular No. 09/2017/TT-BCT of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam, contents of training on occupational safety inspection include:

General theory includes:

- System of legislative documents relevant to occupational safety and hygiene and inspection thereof;

- Overview on the national technical regulation system on safety and national standards relevant to inspection thereof;

- Overview on the system of occupational safety inspection;

- Overview on machines and equipment to which strict occupational safety requirements are applied and vehicles and tools used for inspection thereof;

- Methods of risk assessment and safety measures related to the inspection.

Specialized theory and practice in inspection of group A, B, C, D, E, G and I equipment include:

- Applied national technical regulations and national standards;

- Classification, structure principles and basic particularities;

- Requirements for measurement equipment and safety;

- Requirements for safety techniques in design, manufacture, installment, test, use, maintenance and repair of inspected objects;

- Specific dangerous elements of inspected objects and incidents frequently happening to inspected objects;

- Calculation related to safety assessment while carrying out inspections of machines and equipment;

- How to assess the quality of welds;

- How to inspect without destruction;

- Inspection process and carrying out inspections of inspected objects;

- Instructions on how to use inspected equipment;

- Practice in skills and profession related to inspection of each object (through inspection visits, software or simulated models).

Specialized theory and practice in inspection of group H equipment include:

As specialized theory and practice in inspection of group A, B, C, D, E, G and I equipment and:

- Flammable gas and explosive dust atmosphere: Characteristics and classification of danger zones;

- Check, maintain, repair and install electrical equipment in explosive gas atmosphere.

View details at Circular No. 09/2017/TT-BCT of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam, effective from August 31, 2017.

-Thao Uyen-

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