Electrical Safety in Oil & Gas Training

Learning Outcomes

• Apply the principles of electrical safety to identify and assess hazards in oil and gas installations.
• Analyze the requirements of relevant South African legislation and industry standards for electrical safety.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of various control measures, including isolation, earthing, and explosion-proof equipment.
• Demonstrate safe work practices when working on or near electrical systems in hazardous areas.
• Implement emergency response procedures for electrical incidents.
• Design a safe system of work for electrical maintenance tasks in the oil and gas industry.

Target Audience

This course is designed for electricians, maintenance technicians, supervisors, and safety officers working in the oil and gas sector. It is also suitable for anyone who works with or around electrical equipment in potentially explosive atmospheres.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

Hands-on practical sessions reinforce safe work practices and emergency response skills. Learners will practice risk assessment, safe isolation, and the correct use of PPE and emergency procedures.

Practical Activities

• Risk Assessment and Safe Isolation — Learners conduct a risk assessment of a simulated electrical installation and perform safe isolation using lockout/tagout procedures. (1h)
• Emergency Response and First Aid — Learners practice responding to an electric shock incident, including rescuing the victim, performing first aid, and using a fire extinguisher. (1h)
• PPE Inspection and Use — Learners inspect and correctly use personal protective equipment (PPE) required for electrical work, including insulated gloves, mats, and face shields. (1h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	40% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.