On the frequency of assigning group 1 to non-electrical personnel

How to determine who needs to be assigned 1 electrical safety group

Who is considered non-electrical personnel?

In any organization or enterprise, employees, one way or another, are connected with electricity. These are not necessarily electricians who constantly monitor the operation of electrical installations. This also includes other categories of employees.

So, workers whose specific activities require basic switching on and off of electrical devices must also have knowledge of electrical safety.

These include:

• industrial premises cleaners;
• accountants, economists;
• machine operators;
• engineers, specialists;
• and others.

To determine who should have 1 electrical safety group, it is enough to conduct a simple analysis. To do this, it is recommended to have in front of you a list of employees, including a list of positions according to the staffing table, and carefully evaluate which of them is associated with what.

A cleaner of industrial premises carries out labor activities related to washing floors, walls, as well as removing dust from furniture and electrical devices, for example, from a computer. In this regard, there is a need to assign it Group 1 for electrical safety.

An accountant or engineer begins their work by turning on the computer. It turns out that they are also associated with the danger of electric shock. Such professions should also be included in the list of electrical safety group 1.

In a word, after an analysis, according to available positions and vacancies, a List of professions is prepared that need to be assigned 1 electrical safety group.

How and where do you take the electrical safety exam?

There are two options for carrying out the certification procedure:

1. Conducting special training directly on site, followed by examinations by members of the enterprise’s permanent commission, which determines the list of questions. After the exam, the appropriate group is assigned, an entry is made in a special journal and an admission certificate is issued.

   
   Figure 5. Electrical safety certificate and knowledge test log

2. By order of the head of the enterprise, electrical safety training can take place at the local branch of Rostechnadzor. There, a group is assigned to employees and an admission certificate is issued.

How to organize work to assign 1 electrical safety group

As previously noted, the first step is to prepare a List of professions and positions that require training. The question arises: “Who should do this?”

Any enterprise has an energy service, since in any case the organization has electrical installations and transformer substations. Depending on the voltage indicator (supplied and generated), the chief power engineer is assigned an electrical safety group; it can be 4 or 5.

That is, it turns out that the chief power engineer is the person in charge of the entire energy management of the facility, therefore, under his leadership, work is organized to assign electrical safety groups.

Algorithm for developing the List:

1. By decision of the commission, headed by the chief power engineer, a List of positions and professions is being developed that should be assigned 1 electrical safety group. The commission should include site managers, safety engineer, and electrical equipment repair technicians.
2. So, the List has been prepared. Next, it should be signed by the commission members and approved by the chief engineer of the facility. For this purpose, an administrative document for the enterprise is prepared; it must be communicated to all employees of the facility for signature.
3. Based on the prepared document, it is necessary to develop a lesson plan, which is also approved by the administrative document.

After which you can begin training.

Access groups for various categories of personnel

According to the IPBEE (Inter-industry Occupational Safety and Health Rules), production personnel whose professional activities are related to electrical installations of any type are usually divided into three categories:

• Electrotechnical.
• Electrotechnological.
• Non-electrical.

Let's consider the features of assigning an electrical safety permit.

Electrotechnical

For this category, electrical safety approvals from II to V are assigned, depending on the specific requirements for personnel. It, in turn, according to the IPBEE, is usually divided into the following subcategories:

• Administrative and technical . These are specialist managers whose responsibility includes organizing the maintenance process, as well as the operation of electrical equipment, including installation, adjustment and repair. The electrical safety clearance assigned to responsible managers must be no lower than that of subordinate production personnel.
• Operational. The personnel included in this subcategory are engaged in operational and technical maintenance of equipment that is part of the organization’s electrical facilities. In addition, the tasks include carrying out inspections and operational reconnections, as well as preparing workplaces (de-energizing, installing portable grounding, warning signs, etc.).

  
  Installation of portable grounding

• Repair . Workers in this subcategory are assigned tasks related to installation and repair work and reconstruction of electrical installations. Repair personnel include employees of instrumentation and control equipment, measurement laboratories and other services of relevant specialization.
• Operational and repair room . It includes electrical personnel assigned to specific areas. For example, shop electricians who specialize in servicing certain electrical equipment.

For independent activities, the last three subcategories must have a tolerance of at least 3, if the work is carried out with a voltage class of up to 1000 V. Accordingly, to carry out work with a higher voltage, it is necessary to have at least the IV tolerance group.

Electrotechnological

This category includes personnel whose professional activities involve the use of equipment powered by electrical energy. Examples include welding machines, as well as manual and stationary electrical equipment. Personnel are allowed to work after being assigned the 2nd qualification safety group.

Non-electrical

This definition includes personnel not included in the two previous categories. They are assigned the 1st clearance group. Which professions are included in this category is determined by the head of the enterprise.

Who has the right to conduct training, training program

Organization of training for 1 group on electrical safety

A person who is trained, certified and has a certificate in at least group 2 of electrical safety has the right to teach electrical safety, namely group 1. The organization of training is carried out as follows:

1. Lists of workers who need to be assigned electrical safety group 1 are being prepared. The compilation of such lists is carried out by the safety engineer and the chief power engineer, and the managers of production sites are involved so that nothing is missed.
2. Afterwards, an administrative document is prepared for conducting training of non-electrical personnel in group 1 of electrical safety. Conducting direct training is entrusted to the head of the energy complex or a person with group 2 in this area.
3. The educational process is organized in a specialized classroom equipped with equipment, stands and posters, as well as other technical means. The study itself is carried out in the form of lectures, that is, the material is read or told in the order in which it is given according to the Program.
4. After the training, it is necessary to conduct a survey of employees about how they learned the material given to them. This must be done; this way the newly acquired knowledge will be better remembered. Perhaps there will be questions from employees, but this is also necessary, because controversial situations in practice are possible.

Frequency of certification

Any employee who begins official duties related to the operation of electrical equipment must undergo training in all safety categories. After he receives a certificate confirming the assignment of 1st group of electronic security, he can work without restrictions. However, at least once every 3 years, this employee must undergo new training.

This frequency is necessary to take into account changes in:

• power supply system and operating equipment;
• employee qualification level;
• technological production cycle;
• labor organization.

Thus, electrical safety certification is carried out periodically in accordance with the requirements of legal laws of different levels and departmental standards. Only training carried out according to a plan can be called periodic. Introductory, primary and unscheduled briefings are not of this type.

How to register for training

To confirm the fact that the training took place and the employees successfully mastered the given material, confirmation is required, namely:

1. For this purpose, a special Journal is opened, the columns of which indicate: serial number; full surname and initials; date of study; signature of the instructor; signature of the person being instructed.
2. The log is initially filled out by the person who conducted the training, and then submitted for signature to the employees who received the knowledge.

The requirements for the Journal itself are standard, namely: the document must be laced, numbered and registered in the facility’s records management. After employees have signed, the Journal must be saved until the next certification.

Requirements for obtaining a group

The admission group outlines the tasks that its holder can solve in a specific segment of electrical equipment - conclusions are made by the commission that certifies the employee.

Assigning an initial or first group

No special preparation is required to receive the first group. The employee is given instructions, then a short survey - oral or written. It is enough for the examinee to have an understanding of electrical safety, first aid in case of electric shock, and to be familiar with safety instructions. We recommend that you familiarize yourself with the meaning of electrical safety posters and the features of their use.

Both the instruction and the issuance of the permit are entrusted to a specialist with a group of at least third. Even a person who has graduated from a university and has a degree in electrical engineering will not be able to immediately get a group higher than the second or first. Subsequent groups are assigned depending on the length of service at the energy facility.

The procedure for obtaining the second admission group

The Qualification Commission assigns the second admission group to electrical personnel who are engaged in servicing equipment and installations with an electric drive. This group includes thermal operators of HDTV installations, welders, elevator operators, lifting equipment operators, and others.

The second group assumes that the employee has basic knowledge about the design of the electrical installation and its equipment. He must be clearly aware of the threats created by electric current and the danger of proximity to live parts.

An employee must know what measures to take for his safety when working in an installation and what to do if there are victims

Having a level 2 permit, an employee can service electrical installations, but not connect them. This tolerance group is assigned based on the results of testing at Rostechnadzor or by an enterprise commission. In this case, the person being certified must have at least a month of work experience in the EU by profession.

When taking the exam for the first time, the employee must first undergo training for at least 72 hours.

How to become the owner of the third group?

A person applying for the third group of admission must have a higher level of theoretical and practical knowledge. Having it, he can connect electrical devices up to 1000 V and work with them. It is permissible to include him in the team that works with electrical equipment of more than 1000 V.

His certificate must contain the notation “up to and more than 1000 V”. The group is assigned to those employees who have passed the appropriate certification in the supervision or commission of the enterprise with a positive result.

In order for tests for the third tolerance group to result in a positive result, it is necessary to have textbook knowledge in the field of general electrical engineering, understand the design of the power plant, and know the procedure for its maintenance. A clear understanding of the general safety rules, in particular the rules for permission to work, is also necessary.

As for the work directly performed, you need knowledge of the special requirements for it, as well as the rules for using and testing protective equipment.

A specialist who has a higher electrical engineering education in his baggage, having worked in the second group for one month, can apply for the third group. A person who is a vocational school trainee can apply for the third group after at least 6 months

The third group requires the ability to monitor those working in electrical installations to ensure their safety. In an unusual situation, such a worker must, in compliance with the rules, be able to remove the victim from the area of ​​the electric current and provide him with first aid.

An employee who has not yet reached the age of 18 cannot receive the third group.

Clearance level four

The fourth access group can be assigned to employees classified as electrical personnel. The procedure for its award is the same as in the case of the third admission group. An employee with the fourth group has much wider boundaries of rights.

He can service installations above 1000 V and issue orders based on the approved list of works in these installations. He is also allowed to issue work orders for any work in the establishment up to 1000 V. If there is an entry in the certificate “up to and more than 1000 V”, the employee can be appointed as a manager, a work producer, and a permitter.

Only those employees who, after appropriate training, are certified for the fourth group of admission have the right to train young specialists directly on the job.

Before officially receiving this responsible electrical safety group, a specialist with a higher education must work in the third group for two months. If a person does not have such an education, but he has the third group and has worked in it for at least six months, he can also be certified for the fourth group. Trainees are not assigned the fourth group.

For the fourth group, the required amount of knowledge includes the program for the previous three groups, as well as:

• knowledge in electrical engineering that meets the full program of a specialized vocational school;
• knowledge of electrical and fire safety, electrical installations to the extent appropriate for the position held;
• experience in reading diagrams and conducting briefings;
• ability to train employees in an approved electrical safety program and actual techniques for providing initial medical care.

More stringent and increased requirements are applied to such an employee during the exam.

Fifth admission group

The fifth group is assigned to the contingent that manages all electrical equipment of an enterprise, organization, its structural divisions, organizes operational and repair work, supervises reconstruction, and plans energy development prospects.

This table contains all the information on the topic. The required minimum work experience to obtain the next group is displayed here.

This group can be assigned based on final certification at Rostechnadzor. An employee with the 5th group of access issues orders and orders, acts as a permitting, managerial person, and performer of work in any electrical installations. A prerequisite is the presence in the certificate of the entry “up to and above 1000 V”.

Higher education in electrical engineering gives the right to attempt to obtain the fifth group after a period of work of three months. A person who does not have such a compelling reason can be certified for the fifth group after working for 24 months in the fourth group.

Group number five assumes that the specialist has a large amount of knowledge:

• on the layout of electrical equipment assigned to his jurisdiction;
• thorough reading of diagrams;
• safety rules and practical use of protective equipment;
• timing of testing of protective equipment;
• requirements of fire and electrical safety standards.

The employee must have the ability to explain existing standards during training. The specialist is also required to organize and manage work of any complexity in electrical installations.

Recertification is carried out once a year or every three years. It all depends on the position held.

ELECTRICAL SAFETY Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

How many people should be on the enterprise commission for personnel certification?

In order to test the knowledge of the electrical and electrical engineering personnel of the organization, the head of the Consumer must appoint, by order of the organization, a commission consisting of at least five people. The chairman of the commission must have electrical safety group V for Consumers with electrical installations with voltages up to and above 1000 V and group IV for Consumers with electrical installations with voltages only up to 1000 V. The chairman of the commission is usually appointed as the person responsible for the electrical equipment of the Consumer. All members of the commission must have an electrical safety group and pass a knowledge test in the commission of the state energy supervision body.

Who assigns electrical safety group 1 to non-electrical personnel?

Employees from among electrical technical personnel with an electrical safety group of at least III group. up to 1000 V 1 group is assigned to one person who has a group of at least three (without creating a commission and with an entry in the registration log of group 1), cleaners of electrical premises working with power tools, auxiliary workers of non-electrical personnel, etc. No certificate will be issued.

What kind of electrical safety group should managers have who are directly subordinate to electrical personnel?

The group is no lower than that of subordinate personnel, since they provide technical guidance and control over its work.

What is an “electrical safety permit”?

This is sometimes called electrical safety certification. Electrical safety permit - the right to work in electrical installations.

Which electrical safety group should a person allowed to perform work in electrical installations with voltages up to 1,000 V have?

Not lower than IV group.

Who can be appointed responsible for electrical equipment in electrical installations up to 1000 volts?

Responsible for electrical equipment in electrical installations up to 1000 volts can be assigned to a person who, after testing knowledge and instructions, has been assigned group IV, certified as administrative and technical personnel.

Who can carry out maintenance of electrical installations of consumers in the organization?

Operation of Consumers' electrical installations must be carried out by a special service staffed by qualified electrical personnel. It is allowed to operate electrical installations under an agreement with a specialized organization.

What responsibilities for organizing the operation of electrical installations are assigned to the person responsible for electrical facilities?

The responsible person is obliged:

• Organize the development and maintenance of the necessary documentation on the operation of electrical installations;
• Organize training, instruction, testing of knowledge and permission to work independently for electrical technical personnel;
• Organize the safe performance of all types of work in electrical installations, including with the participation of seconded personnel;
• Ensure timely and high-quality performance of technical maintenance, preventative maintenance;
• Organize calculations of consumer needs for electricity and monitor its consumption and rational consumption;
• Participate in the development and implementation of measures for rational energy consumption;
• Monitor the availability, timeliness of inspection and testing of protective equipment in electrical installations, fire extinguishing equipment and tools;
• Ensure the establishment of a procedure for admitting specialists to electrical installations to carry out work on connecting new and reconstructing existing electrical installations;
• Organize prompt maintenance of electrical installations, prevent and eliminate emergency situations;
• Obliged to: a) check the compliance of power supply diagrams with actual operational diagrams and check them at least once every 2 years; b) control the quality of supplied electricity at least once every 2 years; c) improve the qualifications of electrical technical personnel at least once every 5 years;
• Monitor the availability and compliance with the permit requirements of construction, installation and specialized organizations involved in work in existing electrical installations and in the security zone of power lines;

Note: The rights and responsibilities of the person responsible for electrical equipment must be specified in his job description.

In what case is electrical personnel required to undergo an internship (industrial training)?

A) Before being assigned to independent work. B) When moving to another job or position related to the operation of electrical installations. C) If there is a break in work for more than 1 year.

What type of electrical personnel are divided into?

A) Administrative and technical personnel. B) Operations personnel. B) Maintenance personnel. D) Operations and repair personnel.

How is the 1st electrical safety group assigned to non-electrical personnel?

This is done through instruction. Knowledge acquisition is carried out in the form of oral questioning and testing in practice the acquired skills of safe methods of carrying out work and providing first aid to victims.

What type of testing is established for an employee if there is a break in testing knowledge for more than 3 years?

Primary. Only group II.

What type of testing is established for employees who increase their knowledge to a higher group?

Extraordinary inspection.

Where are the results of testing the knowledge of electrical workers documented?

Based on the results of the knowledge test: a protocol is drawn up; a journal entry is made; a certificate is issued.

What is necessary for certification according to PTEEP?

1. Completed electrical safety logbook (“Logbook for testing knowledge of norms and rules of work in electrical installations”, see IPBEE Appendix No. 7). 2. A completed certificate issued by the organization upon hiring or in case of loss of the previous certificate. The certificate must be filled out on the 1st page, certified by the seal of the organization, have the signature of the manager or person responsible for electrical equipment, the Certificate must have a number assigned by the organization. (see IPBEEAppendix No. 2). 3. In case of certification for a group higher than II, it is necessary to provide documents (magazine or certificate) confirming the previous certification.

What group can be assigned to an employee who did not present documents indicating previous certification, but only stated that he: 1. was certified previously or 2. has extensive work experience?

In the absence of documents confirming a previously conducted certification, the employee is certified only for group II.

What is the maximum period allowed between assessments?

If there is a break in testing knowledge for more than 3 years, only the primary knowledge test for group II up to 1000 V is carried out (see PTEEP clause 1.4.19).

Can the group be promoted during an extraordinary certification due to a change in position or a change of place of work?

When changing a position or place of work, the previous (extraordinary knowledge test, see PTEEP clause 1.4.23) group is first confirmed, and then, if necessary, an extraordinary certification is carried out to increase the group.

Minimum time between certifications, if it is necessary to increase the group?

1. During the initial certification for group II, certification for group III is carried out no earlier than two months later.
2. After certification for group III for the first time, certification for group IV is carried out no earlier than three months later.
3. If the employee being certified from among managers and specialists has a higher electrical engineering education, the intervals between certifications are reduced by 1 month each (a copy of the diploma must be attached to the documents listed above)

What must be reported about an employee in an application for electrical safety certification?

1. Fully indicate the full name and position of the employee as it is recorded in personnel documents,
2. length of service in this position at this enterprise,
3. date of the last electrical safety certification and
4. group that was previously assigned. (The same information should be recorded in the journal).
5. In the column about the upcoming certification, you must write which group should be assigned to the employee and as which personnel.

Who has the right to service batteries and chargers?

Specially trained personnel with electrical safety group III

Who in the organization monitors the operation of measuring and accounting instruments for electrical energy, including recording devices and devices with automatic acceleration of recording in emergency modes?

Operational or maintenance personnel

Who does the Labor Safety Rules apply to when operating electrical installations?

For employees from among electrical, electrical and non-electrical personnel, and for employers, regardless of ownership and organizational and legal forms), engaged in maintenance of electrical installations, carrying out operational switching in them, organizing and performing construction, installation, adjustment, repair work, testing and measurements

Who is covered by the Rules for the Technical Operation of Consumer Electrical Installations?

For organizations, regardless of ownership and legal forms, individual entrepreneurs operating existing electrical installations with voltages up to 220 kV inclusive, and citizens who own electrical installations with voltages above 1000 V

In which electrical installations is a person responsible for electrical equipment appointed?

In all electrical installations, except those where the owners of electrical installations above 1000 V are citizens or the electrical equipment includes only ASU, lighting installations and electrical equipment with a voltage not exceeding 380 V

Who approves the List of positions and professions of electrical personnel who need to have an appropriate electrical safety group?

Head of the organization

Where is the electrical safety knowledge of those responsible for electrical facilities and their deputies tested?

In the territorial commission of Rostechnadzor

Which electric current is more dangerous for humans: direct or alternating?

Up to 380 V, alternating current is more dangerous, and above 500 V, direct current is more dangerous than alternating current.