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Layout of the training facility
- Simple organization chart of the training facility: just to understand

who will be the operations manager and who will be the person
responsible for emergency
- Emergency Response Plan. There is no need to have hundred pages but

simply describe the training center emergency contacts, identification
of main accidents scenarios (personnel injury, fire, etc...) and the
response to it: location of the near-by local medical facility, their
contact number, do they have an ambulance or not, if not how do you do?,
content of your first aid kit to ensure that it fits your need in case
of burn (main risk of injury during welding) or foreign object in the
eye (risk when you are grinding), fire-fighting means (what type of
extinguishers and where, other fire-fighting means?), muster point
location and its organization, emergency equipment layout, etc...
- Risk assessment: if you didn’t make it yet, you can use our template
attached and I extracted quickly below few lines I had related to
welding from previous projects (some of it are not relevant at all to
your activity but still some points can help as a basis). As ERP, the
idea is not do hundred pages but simply to ensure that the risk is
controlled and acceptable for all your activities. The most important is
not to forget any activity! Don’t forget that the risks and mitigation
measures are different based on your welding process (MIG, TIG, SMAW,
FCAW, etc…)
- Training curriculum: can you please provide me the main training

outline (to see the number of days dedicated to HSE) and more
specifically the HSE part for review
- List of PPE: can you please tell me if the PPE for the trainees are
already at location (I hope yes so that we can check them), provide me a
list of standard PPE you will provide to trainees and your personnel.
Please specify clearly the standards of PPE (it shall be EN or ANSI
compliant, not locally manufactured without standards of course). Thanks
to detail the respiratory protection specs (what kind of mask do you
provide for which activity or process of welding) and the welding masks
specs
-Gas cylinder management (if you’re using argon , or oxy-acetylene for

flame cutting for example), please provide details (anyway we will look[-
at it on site): storage details (I included below a guideline on storage
that can help), color-coding, pressure testing requirements, emergency
management, etc… You’ll find attached short MSDS from a previous
project, easy to communicate and display at storage area
-Non-Destructive Test: are they planned to be on site or you will send

the coupons in Kampala? What kind of NDT are planned (MPI, Radiography)?
We’ll discuss it on site as the risk is different depending on the
philosophy.
-List of equipments (welding sets, grinding machines, etc…): are they

already on site? Are they new? Are they inspected? I can provide you
checklist that can help to inspect them if you need. We normally
recommend to attach a color-coded cable tie after inspection so that it
is easy to recognize if it is compliant or not. We’ll discuss about
maintenance on site.
-Ventilation, as vapors and fumes are a major long-term hazard for

welders (leading to bronchitis, pneumonia, metal fume fever, etc…), it
needs to be clearly assessed and addressed. We’ll discuss it during
the visit but you’ll find attached a powerpoint from BP that helps
understand the challenge.
-Consumables management: MSDS, storage area, etc… (especially for

grinding disks if you have some)
-Gesture and posture/Ergonomics: we’ll discuss it on site to see the

risk if any and how it is prevented (tables with clamp to fix steel
piece to be welded, mechanical assistance for transport, welding stools,
etc…)
-Flash arc prevention, we’ll discuss it on site but screens or

equivalent shall be provided between the booths
-Electrical cable management and organization of training booth:

depending on the number of trainees and the space available, it is
important to have a clear organization, simple tips such as suspending
cables with S hooks can help a lot. We’ll have a look at electrical
risk especially in case of adverse weather.
-HSE Training: who will be trained in first aid (level 1 or 2 depending

on the medical facility available and the distance), fire-fighting
-Health: are you providing rest areas, showers, number of toilets, their
condition, water availability, soap, etc… we’ll have a look at it
together
-Safety board: please prepare a simple white board that can be displayed
close to training area simply to communicate on HSE related topics
(emergency contacts, first aid kit, identification of personnel trained
for first aid, incident reports, safety feedbacks,etc…). I attached
few contacts that you can use but you can find many online or you might
,already have a database.fa
Hello Jonathan,
Kindly follow through the following information as requested in preparation for the field visit of the
Assessment and Skilling Center training facilities in Lwengo and Hoima
- Layout of the training facility : Please see attached the layouts of the two training facilities to be used
for the Welder Training and Certification Program namely: Lwengo Technical Institute in Lwengo and St
Simon Peter Vocational Training Center in Hoima
- Simple organization chart of the training facility: Please see attached the organization chart explaining
the hierarchy at the training facility.
- Emergency Response Plan. Please also see attached the documented Emergency Response Plan
- Risk assessment: See attached a Risk Assessment for the Welder Training and Certification facility. The
Risk Assessment format that’s attached is one that we have been using at TASC. Kindly review and
advise if it is sufficient or we adopt
- Training curriculum: Health and Safety training will be central to the Welder training program and as
such, all trainees have to take part in a weeklong Health and Safety Induction and Awareness level
Training for several HSE subjects that are closely related to the Welder Training and Certification
Program. Please see attached the training schedule for this weeklong Health and Safety Induction and
Awareness Training
- List of PPE: The PPE to be used by trainees is not yet on site, but please see attached a list of PPE that
will be availed to the delegates
-Gas cylinder management (if you’re using argon , or oxy-acetylene for
-Non-Destructive Test: The None Destructive Tests to be carried out during the training will include:
Visual Tests and Penetrant Tests, Ultra Sound Tests will be used in the Final Assessment
-Ventilation: The training container facilities fully open to allow air flow and avoid buildup of fumes in
the welding areas of the training facilities. Additionally, the containerized training facilities have been
strategically positioned in open space. as vapors and fumes are a major long-term hazard for
-Consumables management: Consumables are stored at our site stores, these include products and
materials used during training. Some of these products are chemicals. We have corresponding MSDS
documents for these chemical consumables. Attached here is a list of chemicals that we may use during
the upcoming Welder training and Certification Program
-Gesture and posture/Ergonomics: This topic is extensively covered in the HSE induction and Awareness
training that takes place in the first week of training. Trainees will also encouraged to continuously
identify any unsafe acts that occur during the course of the training and take corrective action
immediately. This will be implemented through the Safety Observation Card Tool. This tool will be
introduced to the trainees as early as the first week. Statistics accumulated by this tool will also feed
into the HSE report board that will capture among other things, the manhours completed without and
incident, toolboxes completed etc. This HSE report board will be located at the safety board
-Flash arc prevention – As we shall observe at the training facilities, We control flash arc hazard by using
welding curtains that are set up to create a welding booth
-HSE Training: All site administrators will have First aid training Level 1. These will be the designated first
responders in the event of a first aid case before escalation to further medical treatment if needed.
-Safety board: A safety board for each training facility has the information as attached here for your
review
I hope we shall discover more about processes in the process of the forthcoming inspection. O goal is to
use the inspection and results for corrective action and continual improvement.
Regards
Alex Tukachungurwa
HSE TASC

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Layout of the training facility

- Simple organization chart of the training facility: just to understand

- Emergency Response Plan. There is no need to have hundred pages but

- Training curriculum: can you please provide me the main training

-Gas cylinder management (if you’re using argon , or oxy-acetylene for

-Non-Destructive Test: are they planned to be on site or you will send

-List of equipments (welding sets, grinding machines, etc…): are they

-Ventilation, as vapors and fumes are a major long-term hazard for

-Consumables management: MSDS, storage area, etc… (especially for

-Gesture and posture/Ergonomics: we’ll discuss it on site to see the

-Flash arc prevention, we’ll discuss it on site but screens or

-Electrical cable management and organization of training booth:

-HSE Training: who will be trained in first aid (level 1 or 2 depending

-Gas cylinder management (if you’re using argon , or oxy-acetylene for

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