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OLADOKUN D1MC Semester 1 / Energy Conservation Management ( ECM06) / 10
May 2007 /
To Be A World Class Maritime Academy
• EPTW
• The format of a permit will vary for
• different companies and organisations.
• The broad guidelines for the necessary
• declarations and procedures are outlined
• below:
• Before work is commenced on HV
• equipment an EPTW must be issued.
• This permit is usually the last stage
• of a planned maintenance task which has
• been discussed, prepared and approved
• by the authorising officer to be carried
• out by the responsiblep erson. The
• carbon-copied permit, signed by the
• responsible person, usually has at least
• five sections with the first stating the
• work to be carried out. The next section
• is a risk assessmendt eclaring wherb
• electrical isolation and earthing has
• been applied and where danger/caution
• notices have been displayed then the
• permit is signed as authorised by the
• Chief Electrotechnical Officer (CETO) or
• Chief Engineer. In the third section,
• the person responsible for the work
• (as named in section one) signs to
• declare that he/she is satisfied with the
• safety precautions and that the HV
• circuit has been isolated and earthed.
• Section four relates to the suspension
• or completion of the designated work.
• Finally, the last section cancels the permit
• with a signature from the authorising
• officer. A Permit-to-Work is usually valid
• only for 24 hours.
• Some marine and offshore companies
• will also require an associated Electrical
• lsolation Certiftcatet o declare and record
• exactlv where the circuit isolation and
• earthing has been applied before the
•
OLADOKUN EPTW can be authorised. A Sanctionto- D1MC Semester 1 / Energy Conservation Management ( ECM06) / 15
• Test safety certificate may also be
May 2007 /
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• QUESTION
ANSWER
• Why is earthing down considered essential
So that the worker can be
• during HV maintenance?
assured that
the equipment (u^4 -himself)
cannot
experience any accidentally
applied