In this 2-day certificate session, learn to complete a Dust Hazard Analysis for your organization to meet the requirements of NFPA 652 and to help prepare for the anticipated updates to the OHS Regulation for B.C. businesses that handle or generate potentially combustible dusts.
We are offering this updated training in Kelowna to address the much wider need across all sectors with the new combustible dust regulation expected later this year.
Attend the full 2-day, 16-hour certificate course (regularly $1200) at a significantly discounted Make It Safe rate ($499 for members and $599 for non-members). This special ticket also includes bonus access to Make It Safe Online Oct 29-30.
In this comprehensive two-day certificate course, you will learn:
- What a dust hazard analysis is, and why you need one
- The specifics of a DHA according to the NFPA 652 standard
- Methodology, including best practices in equipment and approach
- Industry-specific examples and best practices in wood, food, grains, metals, and other materials
- How to evaluate whether combustible dust is present, and the degree of risk
- How to assess credible methods of dust suspension and sources of ignition
- Guidelines for identifying potential building and security hazards
- How to assess the effects, severity, and priority
- Recommended safeguards
- Effective housekeeping methods, procedures, documentation, and recommendations
- Employee/contractor training
- Documentation best practices
- Safe Work Procedures
- Maintenance and inspections
- Applied explosion protection and prevention equipment – Application, limitations, inspections and maintenance
- Equipment and best practices in explosion containment and venting
- Ignition source prevention strategies
- Managing change in your organization to address the risk
- How the changes to the OHS Regulation in B.C. for combustible dust impact your business
Co-located at the same venue as Make It Safe, this is a separate ticket and not a part of the conference. Coffee and lunch are provided both days. Because both events will be at the same venue, on Day 2 of the course, you may also join conference attendees for lunch in trade show area at no extra charge.
Unlike regular conference sessions, this 16-hour certificate course may be eligible for funding through the B.C. Training Grant. To avoid confusion about the nature of the course, in your grant application, we recommend that you reference the full course description on the Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC website:
https://safetyalliancebc.ca/course/dust-hazard-analysis.
If you have questions on the Training Grant application process, please contact the Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC office for assistance.
