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1.5 Personnel qualification
To ensure that all the operations carried out on the pump take place in safe conditions, the operators in charge
must possess the qualifications and prerequisites required to carry out the relative operations.
The operators are classified as follows:
FIRST LEVEL OPERATOR:
unqualified personnel, in other words, without specific skills, capable of carrying out only simple tasks.
MECHANICAL MAINTENANCE SPECIALIST
:
qualified technicians that are capable of performing adjustments, maintenance and repair operations
upon the machine's mechanical components. This person is not qualified to work on live electrical
systems.
ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE SPECIALIST:
qualified technician responsible for all electrical operations. This person is capable of operating on the
machinery even with live electrical cabinets and junction boxes.
1.6 Personal protective equipment
This operating manual presumes that the pump has been installed in a workplace where all of the compulsory
safety requirements are observed. Specifically, personnel must be provided with personal protection
equipment in relation to the operations that they must fulfil.
PROTECTIVE GLOVES
These must be suitable for the hand of the operator who must wear them and they must be long
enough to cover the operator's elasticised garment at the wrist. They must guarantee a secure and
quick grip, as well as high resistance to the product being handled. They must also guarantee
protection and comfort against low and high temperatures and good absorption of perspiration.
Protective gloves must be used in the event of work and maintenance operations on the pump.
EYE PROTECTION
These must be of suitable dimensions for the operator’s face, they must provide maximum visual
field and comfort and be suitable for prolonged use. They must provide maximum safety against
possible infiltrations and they must protect from drops and sprays.
Eye protection must be used each time work or cleaning instruments are used that imply the projection of solid
particles, even very small ones.
PROTECTIVE FOOTWEAR
The footwear must have an anatomic, anti-stress insole, allow proper breathability of the foot for
the comfort of the foot and the upper part must be impenetrable to contact with the product
being used. They must completely cover the ankle, overlapping with the trousers and they must be
the type that allow rapid removal of the foot in the event that this should be necessary.
They must have a steel toe for protection against impact and crushing.
Protective footwear must be used throughout the entire period that work and maintenance is carried out on
the pump.
