Section 408.14002. Training requirements.

(1) The training requirements contained in this rule apply to employees who face a risk of electric shock that is not reduced to a safe level by the electrical installation requirements of General Industry Safety Standard Part 39 “Design Safety Standards for Electrical Systems,” as referenced in R 408.14001a.

(2)   Employees who are in occupations that are listed in table 1 face such a risk of electric shock and are required to be trained. Other employees who also may reasonably be expected to face a comparable risk of injury due to electric shock or other electrical hazards shall also be trained.

(3)     Employees shall be trained in, and familiar with, the safety-related work practices required by these rules that pertain to their respective job assignments.

(4)   Employees who are regulated by the provisions of subrules (1) to (3) of this rule, but who are not qualified persons, shall also be trained in, and familiar with, any electrically related safety practices which are not specifically addressed by these rules, but which are necessary for employee safety.

(5)   Qualified persons, that is, those who are permitted to work on or near exposed

energized parts, shall, at a minimum, be trained in, and familiar with, all of the following:

(a)   The skills and techniques necessary to distinguish exposed live parts from other parts of electric equipment.

(b)   The skills and techniques necessary to determine the nominal voltage of exposed live parts.

(c)   The clearance distances specified in R 408.14005 and the corresponding voltages to which the qualified person will be exposed.

For the purposes of these rules, a person shall have the training that is required by the provisions of this subrule to be considered a qualified person. Qualified persons whose work on energized equipment involves either direct contact or contact by means of tools or materials shall also have the training that is needed to meet the requirements of R 408.14005(2).

(6)     The  training  that  is  required   by  this  rule  shall  be   classroom  or  on-the-job training. The degree of training provided shall be determined by the risk to the employee.

(7)   Table 1 reads as follows:

TABLE 1

TYPICAL OCCUPATIONAL CATEGORIES OF EMPLOYEES WHO FACE A HIGHER THAN NORMAL RISK OF ELECTRICAL ACCIDENT

Occupation:

Blue collar supervisors*

Electrical and electronic engineers*

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers*

Electrical and electronic technicians*

Electricians

Industrial machine operators*

Material handling equipment operators*

Mechanics and repairers*

Painters*

Riggers and roustabouts*

Stationary engineers*

Welders

*Workers in these groups do not need to be trained if their work or the work of those they supervise does not bring them or the employees they supervise close enough to exposed parts of electric circuits that operate at 50 volts or more to ground for a hazard to exist.

History: 1992 AACS; 2015 AACS.