Training on the new NFPA 70E, 2018 Edition is best coordinated with the required updates to your Electrical Safety Program. Training on new content, and related policies and practices will be lost and forgotten if employees are not reinforcing this knowledge on the job and in the field. Following their training, your employees could return to work without adequate supporting documentation to allow them to perform their jobs. Training on the updated NFPA 70E 2018 Edition is best coordinated with the required updates to your Electrical Safety Program. Employers need to be prepared with updated documentation to support an updated Work Flow Process (see Figure 1 Application of ESP in Work Flow Process). Otherwise, your current documentation will not support the requirements of the 2018 NFPA 70E including any changes to the required Arc Flash and Shock Risk Assessments. Where changes are made to your Electrical Safety Program in response to 2018 NFPA 70E, training is then required in a timely manner to ensure your safe work policies and practices reflect the application of the changes.Įmployers are recommended to FIRST update your Electrical Safety Program before training your workers. You are NOT immediately required to train all of your workers to the new 2018 NFPA 70E. Employers should have ample quantities of printed or digital copies of 2018 NFPA 70E available for review by their employees and will need to review the changes and decide on what revisions may be required to your Electrical Safety Program, supporting Risk Assessment Procedure, including Arc Flash & Shock Risk Assessment related documentation and related Electrical Safe Work Policies, Practices and Procedures, etc. The following list of differences may not be complete, but highlights some of the potential key differences between the 20 Editions of NFPA 70E. CSA Z462 Workplace electrical safety Standard includes additional Annexes that are not included in NFPA 70E and specific Clause content aligned with other applicable CSA Standards, such as CSA Z460.NFPA 70E remains technically harmonized with CSA Z462. You are advised to consult the NFPA at interpretations for specific formal interpretation when required.
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