This Unit is designed to enable candidates to develop knowledge and competence related to safe working practices and work permits. The Unit is intended to raise the candidate’s awareness of health and safety practice and to provide opportunities to demonstrate the operation of permit-to-work systems.
On completion of the Unit the candidate should be able to:

1. Explain the features of an operational plan for safe working on electrical systems.
2. Explain the features of electrical distribution and the need for protection and isolation for safe working on ‘dead’ systems.
3. Explain the features of a permit-to-work system appropriate to the safe practices of working on an isolated electrical system.
4. Produce permit-to-work documentation for safe working on isolated electrical systems to current standards