next course on 8th - 10th April 2025
The seminar provides the necessary legal basics and understanding of standards to evaluate the safety of machinery and to design and calculate safety functions. The seminar is a cooperation between SGS-TÜV Saar and Wieland – Venus Automation. It covers the safety aspects of machinery with the focus on electrotechnical aspects. For more detailed information please download our brochure.
• EU directives, law and standards
• Risk assessment according to EN ISO 12100
• Functional safety according to EN ISO 13849-1 and -2
• Safety relevant sensory, logical and electrical actors
• Realisation of safety performance level PL
• Verification and Validation of safety systems
• WHS Act 2011 and WHS Regulation 2017
• Hazard identification and Risk Assessment to As 402.2014
• Risk minimisation/risk control
• Hierarchy of Guarding
• Hierarchy of Controls
• New Guard interlock section AS 4024.1602 (EN ISO 14119)
• Introduction to ISO 13849-1 (AS 4025.1503-2014) and Sistema software
• Wiring examples of safety relay with estop, safety guard switch, light curtain for category 2, 3 and 4.
• Introduction to programmable safety controller and practical wiring exercise for safety relay with #stop, Light curtain, Guard interlock for Category 2, 3 and 4.
3 days.
• Designers
• Developers
• Service personnel
• Safety engineers
• Electricians
• Service personnel
• WHS personnel involved with all types of machinery
At least 2 years of experience in design, construction or service of functional safety systems
10 people max.
Email: info@venusautomation.com.au
Phone: (02) 8459 7766
The course grants 3 VDSI Points in the section occupational safety
3 DAY SAFETY TRAINING FORM
Fill this formnext course on 2nd april 2025
The refresher seminar deals with the current changes in the world of standards and legislation and also offers you the opportunity to discuss your questions and topics. You can suggest topics and areas in advance or on the day of the seminar which will then be dealt with in detail. The seminar ends with a refresher examination.
Course Details:
EU directives, law and standards
Risk assessment according to EN ISO 12100
Functional safety according to EN ISO 13849-1 and -2
Safety relevant sensors, logic, electric, pneumatic and hydraulic
Realization of safety performance level PL
Verification and Validation of safety systems
1 day seminar including exam (1 hour online)
Successful candidates of CESE Title holders
8am – 4pm
next course on 20th february 2025
This course has become very popular due to it’s vast amount of information and value for money. It has been designed to provide basic knowledge on how to make machinery safe. The course has been updated to include the key points of machinery safety with reference to the new WHS legislation and Australian Standard AS4024..1- 2019 Safety of machinery.
Venus Machine Safety Training:
• Fundamentals of safety as per AS 4024.2019 (safety of machinery standard).
• Introduction to Workplace Health & Safety Act and Regulations.
• Responsibility of stake holders incl. employers, designers, importers, manufacturers etc.
• WHS Act 2011 and WHS Regulation 2017
• Risk minimization/risk control
• Introduction to ISO 13849-1 (AS 4024.1503-2014) and Sistema software
• Step by step procedure for risk assessment based on real examples.
• Introduction to risk assessment using EN ISO 13849 and IEC 62061 Standard.
• Introduction to risk reduction using principles of AS 4024.1302-2019 & EN ISO 13849 (Performance level).
• Hierarchy of guarding as per relevant safety legislation.
• Hierarchy of controls as per relevant safety legislation.
• Type of guards, definitions and examples.
• Safety distance as per relevant sections of AS 4024.1302-2019 (safety of machinery standard).
• Wiring examples of safety relay with estop, safety guard switch, light curtain for category 2, 3 and 4.
• Introduction to programmable safety controller and practical wiring exercise for safety relay with Estop, Light curtain, Guard interlock for Category 2, 3 and 4.
• On completion of this training course, attendants will be able to identify hazards, assess risk and come up with risk control measures for machine safety.
• Attendants will be confident in selecting right guarding (following hierarchy of guarding) and design correct level of safety circuit to comply with risk category 2, 3 and 4 as per AS 4024.1501-2006 (Machinery Safety Standard)