Is your Certificate of Compliance still compliant?
26/January/2010 08:00 Filed in: Compliance Standards
New regulations are in place to give the property owner a low risk installation with as little damage as possible when faults arise due to wear and tear.
An installation is now considered complete when it has all the documentation in place including the safety reports by the Statutory Competent Person for your installation.
Just to have a licensed electrician in your service is not sufficient because by law the full responsibility is only dealt with properly when the electrical installation`s design and specification, drawings, certificates of compliance and the final safety report by the Statutory Competent Person is also in place. Otherwise the CEO or his delegated manager will takes responsibility in the case of a fatal or serious electrical accident or insurance claim for a factory burned down due to electrical fault.
Regulations also specify minimum protection for an electrical installation is to have over- voltage, under-voltage, over-current, phase loss, arc protection and over temperature protection.
The implementation of the OHS act of 1993 and SANS 10142-1 and 2 and quite a few other regulations not only protects people and property, it also ensures a good quality installation with little or no hassles and reduced risk to your equipment. The purpose is a quality installation with the least amount of downtime and limited loss in fault situations.
In Europe world-class installations are considered very important when a manufacturer wishes to become a supplier to a huge distributor because of the advantages of limited downtime, limited loss during fault situations. The amount of repair and maintenance and the risks in losing motors and switchgear is very much unknown and unmanaged in many factories in South Africa, mostly because of ignorance.
Efficient Electrical Energy Management offers clients an onsite workshop to become informed regarding the OHS act and SANS 10142-1 regulations and it`s relevance to electrical installation safety management. To ensure that well informed and calculated risk management decisions are being made.
We have taken over the responsibility of Statutory Competent Person for other clients and they are already reaping the benefits of this and saving money because of much better decision making regarding upgrades of electrical installations, planned maintenance and protection of equipment and motors.
An installation is now considered complete when it has all the documentation in place including the safety reports by the Statutory Competent Person for your installation.
Just to have a licensed electrician in your service is not sufficient because by law the full responsibility is only dealt with properly when the electrical installation`s design and specification, drawings, certificates of compliance and the final safety report by the Statutory Competent Person is also in place. Otherwise the CEO or his delegated manager will takes responsibility in the case of a fatal or serious electrical accident or insurance claim for a factory burned down due to electrical fault.
Regulations also specify minimum protection for an electrical installation is to have over- voltage, under-voltage, over-current, phase loss, arc protection and over temperature protection.
In Europe world-class installations are considered very important when a manufacturer wishes to become a supplier to a huge distributor because of the advantages of limited downtime, limited loss during fault situations. The amount of repair and maintenance and the risks in losing motors and switchgear is very much unknown and unmanaged in many factories in South Africa, mostly because of ignorance.
Efficient Electrical Energy Management offers clients an onsite workshop to become informed regarding the OHS act and SANS 10142-1 regulations and it`s relevance to electrical installation safety management. To ensure that well informed and calculated risk management decisions are being made.
We have taken over the responsibility of Statutory Competent Person for other clients and they are already reaping the benefits of this and saving money because of much better decision making regarding upgrades of electrical installations, planned maintenance and protection of equipment and motors.