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Laser Safety Introduction

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Course Duration: 2 days

Course Code: PWL055

Course Description:

This 2-day laser safety course and assessment is accredited by the OCN, regional Open College Network. Successful candidates gain a qualification recognised as a level 2 award under the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) national framework. This award is broadly equivalent to a GCSE pass at grades A-C. We believe this is the first laser safety qualification recognised under the national framework.

Prerequisites:

This course has no prerequisites but it is designed for:

- Managers, engineers and other staff required to understand the basic principles of laser safety
- Staff requiring an awareness of the role of Laser Safety Officer
- Engineers and technicians using lasers in the laboratory

Prerequisite courses:

City and Guilds 3666 - Internal Fibre and External Fibre (Units 2+3) Combined

Follow on courses:

Advanced OTDR Measurement

Advanced PMD and CD Testing

Raman Amplification

G.655 Fibre

CWDM & DWDM Systems

This course includes the following modules:

Introduction

• Safety legislation
• Hazards and risks
• Standard BS EN 60825

Light Fundamentals

• Waves & the electromagnetic spectrum
• LEDs & Lasers
• CW & pulsed emission

Laser Beam Properties

• Intensity distributions
• Beam divergence
• Irradiance
• Modification with lenses
• Mirrors
• Scattering & optical fibres

Laser Radiation Hazards

• Optical radiation hazard spectrum
• Physiology of the eye
• Photo-thermal effect
• Photochemical effect
• Eye hazard
• Skin hazard

Laser Classification (2001)

• Classification standards
• Exposure parameters
• Accessible emission limit (AEL)
• 2001 revised classification structure
• Practical laser classification
• Maximum permissible exposure (MPE) & Nominal Ocular Hazard Distance (NOHD)

Laser Safety Controls

• Administrative controls
• Engineering controls & PPE
• Control measures:
• - housings
• - key switches
• - interlocks
• - protective eye-wear

Using BS EN 60825-1 Laser Safety Standard

• Structure of the Standard
• Manufacturers & Users
• AEL & MPE lookup
• Worked examples & case studies

Course Review/Written Assessment

• All trainees will receive a certificate of course attendance.
• Alternatively, following a short written assessment, delegates will receive a competency certificate applicable to working with laser based equipment in industrial or laboratory environments.

 

Location	Duration	RRP	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
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London	2 days	£795			7 - 8			6 - 7

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