Electrical Equipment in Hazardous Areas – Installation & Maintenance
A fast, practical overview of hazardous area fundamentals, Ex protection methods, and compliant installation and inspection practices.
This course provides a comprehensive understanding of Installation and Maintenance of Electrical Equipment within a Hazardous Area (EEHA). Our instructor will cover all aspects of reporting, repairing, maintaining, and testing equipment.
17th – 18th August 2026 Online Virtual Training
Course Overview
This course provides a comprehensive understanding of Installation and Maintenance of Electrical Equipment within a Hazardous Area (EEHA). Our instructor will also cover all aspects of reporting, repairing, maintaining, and testing equipment in hazardous areas.
Participants will learn how to prepare for undertaking work related to electrical equipment, and how to enter a classified hazardous area safely. The reasoning and methodology to understand, determine and implement the explosion protection requirements to meet a specified classified hazard.
Through real world case studies and interactive exercises, attendees will develop skills to improve decision making and ensure safety is applied to all work carried out. This course provides recognised competencies for working with electrical equipment for hazardous areas.
Key Learning Outcomes
EEHA Principles: Understand the principles of EEHA, preparation, and entering classified hazardous areas safely.
Inspections: Conduct detailed, visual, and close inspections of electrical installations.
Explosion Protection: Determine protection requirements and install explosion protected equipment/wiring.
Maintenance & Planning: Maintain equipment associated with hazardous areas and plan electrical installations.
Why You Should Attend?
Gain the knowledge and skills to report, inspect, install, maintain and attend breakdowns of electrical equipment in a potential explosive environment.
Legal Compliance
Ensure your industry complies with stringent standards such as AS/NZS 60079 and IEC 60079 regulations.
Improved Safety
Learn to identify hazardous zones, select appropriate equipment, and recognise ignition sources to reduce risk.
Technical Knowledge
Gain deep skills in Ex d / Ex e / Ex i protection techniques and Gas vs dust hazardous classifications.
Reduce Downtime
Properly installed and maintained equipment lasts longer and fails less, preventing plant disruptions.
Training Agenda
2-Day Live Online Interactive Programme
- What is a hazardous area? Gas vs vapour vs dust.
- Ignition sources & why EEHA competency is required.
- Overview of standards (AS/NZS / IEC 60079).
- Zone 0, 1, 2 (gas) and 20, 21, 22 (dust).
- Gas groups (IIA, IIB, IIC) and Temperature classes (T1–T6).
- Reading hazardous area drawings & reports.
- Ex d (Flameproof), Ex e (Increased Safety), Ex i (Intrinsic Safety).
- When and where each is used.
- Certification and equipment markings (Ex labels).
- Matching equipment to the zone and reading certification plates.
- Selecting cables, glands, enclosures, and IP ratings.
- Common selection mistakes and practical examples.
- AS/NZS 60079.14 installation rules.
- Cable entries, barrier glands vs standard Ex e glands.
- Earthing, bonding, conduit, and mechanical protection.
- AS/NZS 60079.17 requirements.
- Flamepath maintenance (for Ex d) & Dust ingress checks (Ex t).
- Torque checks, corrosion, and what not to do (common faults).
- Inspection types: Visual, Close, Detailed.
- Frequency and schedules, how to identify faults.
- Practical exercise: Fault-finding on sample equipment.
- Equipment records, logs, and hazardous area dossier contents.
- Tagging systems, traceability, and inspection paperwork.
- Final knowledge check / assessment & Q&A.
Who Should Attend?
Attending this EEHA course is highly worthwhile especially if you work around industrial sites, plants, or any environment where flammable gases, vapours, or dusts may be present.
- Electrical Engineers who work in and around hazardous zones.
- Asset & Plant Managers in Industrial, Mining, Oil & Gas sectors.
- Maintenance Planners & Supervisors looking to enhance compliance knowledge.
- Operations & Safety Engineers aiming to eliminate workplace ignition risks.
- Health & Safety Duty Holders required to oversee Competency Assessments.
Course Deliverables
Everything you need to confidently manage and inspect hazardous areas
- 🎓Certificate of Attendance
Recognized documentation of your EEHA and electrical safety training.
- 📚Digital Course Materials
Soft copies of all training resources, classification charts, and safety standards overviews.
- ⚙️Practical Frameworks & Checklists
Dossier guides, tagging systems, and detailed inspection sheets for immediate field use.
Investment & Registration
Event Code: IL-EEHA-010 | 17th – 18th August 2026 | Online Virtual Training
1 Delegate
USD 1,295Per delegate
Group
USD 1,0952 to 4 delegates
Per delegate · Best Value
Corporate
USD 8955 or more
Per delegate · All pricing excl. taxes
Enrollment Application
Payment is required within 5 working days of receiving the invoice. For 5+ delegates, contact us directly at training@corsol.net