Cylinder Filling & Handling Training

Learning Outcomes

• Apply relevant occupational health and safety regulations and standards to cylinder filling and handling operations.
• Demonstrate correct procedures for inspecting, preparing, and filling cylinders safely.
• Analyze potential hazards and risks associated with cylinder handling and implement control measures.
• Evaluate emergency response procedures for cylinder-related incidents and accidents.
• Implement proper storage, segregation, and transportation practices for cylinders.
• Demonstrate correct use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and safe handling techniques.

Target Audience

This course is designed for operators, technicians, and supervisors responsible for the filling, handling, and storage of compressed gas cylinders in industrial, medical, or commercial environments.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment. However, basic literacy and numeracy are recommended.

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

Hands-on practical sessions are essential to develop the skills required for safe cylinder filling and handling. Learners will practice inspection, filling, and emergency response procedures under supervision, ensuring competence before working independently.

Practical Activities

• Cylinder Inspection and Preparation — Learners will conduct visual inspections of various cylinders, check valves and labels, and prepare cylinders for filling according to standards. (2h)
• Filling Operation and Quality Control — Under supervision, learners will operate filling equipment to fill cylinders with a designated gas, monitoring pressure and temperature, and completing quality checks. (2h)
• Emergency Response and Handling Simulation — Learners will participate in simulated emergency scenarios such as gas leaks, fires, and cylinder falls, practising safe response and evacuation procedures. (2h)

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.