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CompEx Scheme Update

to

Engineers Ireland Dublin

Martin Jones

CompEx Operations Manager

28th January 2016

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The CompEx Competency Scheme

Ensuring safer working in explosive

atmospheres through a proven

approach to competency

development and certification.

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Content

1. What is CompEx?

2. Operation, Ownership & Delivery

3. Accreditation

4. Asset Protection

5. Modules, Requirements & Numbers

6. New - Ex 14 Responsible Person Module

7. Where we operate now

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What is CompEx?

An International Scheme

(based upon IEC 60079 Standard Parts 14 & 17)

to recognise

Core Competency for safe working

in

Explosive atmospheres

Over 60,000 CompEx Certificates of Core Competency

issued since 1994.

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Why CompEx was developed

• North Sea (Piper Alpha) Offshore Rig Disaster in 1988 (and other incidents)

• 106 Safety recommendations from the resulting (Lord Cullen) Report in 1990

• Requirements for Competent Workers introduced into legislation

• Problem - how to measure Competency?

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Ownership, Operation and Delivery

• EEMUA, the Engineering Equipment and Materials Users’

Association, involved in the development of CompEx

• CompEx Scheme Committee – a unique pan-industry

representation including HSE Regulator; OGUK - Oil & Gas Offshore

Operators; EEMUA User Members; International centre

representatives; APEA; ECA; Unite & JTLimited Certification Body

Managers

• JTLimited – the CompEx Certification Body (Scheme Owner)

which exclusively operates the CompEx Scheme through licensed

centres and is accredited to ISO 17024 : 2012 – Conformity

Assessment: General Requirements for Certification Bodies

providing the Certification of Persons

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A sample of Plant owners and operators in EEMUA membership

Typical selection of EEMUA Members

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Ownership, Operation and Delivery

• CompEx Core technical content: - IEC 60079 : Parts 14 & 17 referenced in EEMUA Publication 186: -

A Practitioner’s Handbook for Electrical Installation, Inspection and Maintenance in Potentially Explosive Atmospheres

• All CompEx Instructors & Assessors are certified and registered

• All official CompEx centres are approved and licensed by the certification body, JTLimited and visited annually for QA purposes

• There are 51 CompEx Licensed Centres around the world in various stages of maturity (24 on UK mainland; 27 overseas)

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CompEx Certification Body

Accredited by UKAS for IEC/ ISO 17024 :

2012 Conformity Assessment - General

Requirements for Certification Bodies who

provide Certification of Persons

Schedule of Accreditation

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Schedule of Accreditation

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EEMUA Publications - Ex Industry

A Practitioner’s Handbook - Electrical installation,

inspection and maintenance in potentially

explosive atmospheres

EEMUA Publication No. 186, 6th edition, 2014

ISBN 0 85931 178 6, (130 Euros)

Toolbox Guide - Electrical installation,

inspection and maintenance in potentially

explosive atmospheres.

EEMUA Publication No. 214, 6th Edition, 2015

ISBN 0 85931 177 9, (20 Euros)

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Asset Protection

• IEC Standards – creates international conformity

ATEX Directives in Europe

NEC Codes in U.S.

• Equipment Design – Approved by Certification Bodies

• Application Design Engineers & Practitioners –

Competency Validation & Certification with the CompEx

Scheme

• All Linked together = Asset Protection

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A Global Solution for the Competency Route to Safety

Directives

(e.g. EU ATEX) &

Regulations Equipment

&

Materials

Workplace

Area / Systems

Design &

Management

Inspect Enhances

Safety

across the

Lifecycle

User Group

participation

Product Testing

& Certification

Hazard Analysis

& Systems

Engineering CompEx Certification

of Personnel

Safety Linkage – CompEx validates the competency of people

designing, installing, maintaining and managing workplaces where

dangerous explosive (‘Ex’) atmospheres may be present

Technical Management / User’s Duty of Care

Install Maintain

Enhance

Replace International

Standards

(e.g. IEC)

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Modules • Ex F – Foundation Module (Written examination only)

• Ex 01-Ex 04 Preparation and Installation and Inspection and Maintenance of both Ex and Ex ‘i’ Intrinsically Safe equipment

• Ex 05-Ex 06 Dust Modules

• Ex 07-Ex 08 Fuel Filling Modules

• Ex 09-Ex 10 Water Industry Modules

• Ex 11 – Mechanical Module (from 2011)

• Ex 12 – Application Design Engineer Module (from 2012)

• Ex 14 – Responsible Person / Duty Holder (from February 2016)

• Candidates are practically assessed by a series of competency validation tests and are individually examined by knowledge examination , for core competency certification purposes

Ask to see the worker’s CompEx certificate to check which modules they have passed

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What are the requirements?

In order to receive the CompEx Core Competency Certificate the candidate must pass the entry eligibility criteria and both a written examination and a practical assessment :-

• ENTRY CRITERIA - Qualified Craftsman’s Certificate / Employer’s

Supporting Letter

• KNOWLEDGE EVIDENCE REQUIRED – Written End test No: EX01JK

• PERFORMANCE EVIDENCE REQUIRED - CVT (Competence Validation Test EX01-Ex04 CVT)

• CompEx is much more than just a training course with a certificate of attendance, the candidate’s underpinning knowledge and practical ability is developed and assessed to determine core competency to work safely in a workplace containing explosive atmospheres

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Candidate Numbers

• Ex 12 Design Eng. = 538 (3 Years)

• Ex 11 Mechanical = 1795 (5 Years)

• Ex07 & 08 Fuel = 791 (8 years)

• Ex01-04 Gas & Vapour = 53855 (20 Years)

• NEC 505 Ex01-04 = 48 (1.5 years)

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NEW MODULE

Ex 14 Responsible Persons Course

Designed by CompEx Working Group; Major

User representation and HSE Regulator

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EX14 Module

Missing piece of the jigsaw

** Responsible Person **

Designer

Technician/ operative

IEC 60079-14

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EX14 Module Knowledge and skills

• General understanding of relevant electrical engineering

• Practical understanding of explosion protection principles

and techniques

• Understanding and ability to read and assess

engineering drawings

• Working knowledge of the relevant standards: IEC

60079-10-1 & 10-2, IEC 60079-14, IEC 60079-17 and

IEC 60079-19

• Basic knowledge of quality assurance, including the

principles of auditing, documentation, traceability of

measurement and instrument calibration

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EX14 Module

Course Objective

• To ensure that the responsible person has the

necessary tools to resolve, influence and

prioritise management issues such as:

Management of change

Hazardous Area Classification

Equipment inspections – type, grade and frequency

Remedial repairs

Resources (employees and sub-contract)

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Key Dates

• First Pilot Course – 19th - 23rd Oct 2015

• Centre Instructors – WC 9th Nov 2015

WC 11th Jan 2016

• Commercially Available – Q1 2016

onwards

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51 CompEx Licensed Centres

UK Centres • Aberdeen (3) • Falkirk • North East England (5) & Yorkshire & Humber(4) • Lowestoft & Basildon • Southampton & Yeovil • Neath & Pembroke • Chester, Wrexham, Ellesmere Port & Manchester International Centres • Houston; Texas (3) • Holland: Zwolle & Goes • Poland; Norway; Baku; Azerbaijan & Kazakhstan • Doha, Qatar; Dubai & Abu Dhabi UAE; Oman (2) & Iraq • North Africa, Nigeria (2) & Sasolburg; South Africa • Singapore (3) Philippines & South Korea • Cork, Ireland

Other international centres currently in development in Nigeria, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Myanmar

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Centre Locations

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The CompEx Competency Scheme

Ensuring safer working in explosive

atmospheres through a proven

approach to competency

development and certification.

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Any Questions