CHAPTER
4
Qualified Personnel
This product must only be modified, commissioned, operated and serviced by qualified personnel. Qualified personnel
are defined as persons who
• due to their specialist training and experience have adequate knowledge for the work at hand,
• have been instructed by the responsible robot operator in the operation of the robot or its parts and the currently
valid safety guidelines,
• are sufficiently familiar with the applicable official health and safety regulations, directives and generally recog-
nised engineering practice (e.g. DIN standards, VDE stipulations, engineering regulations from other EC mem-
ber states) that they can assess the work safety aspects of the product and
• have access to this manual and who have read it.
The following groups of persons are generally not considered qualified:
• Employees, interns or other academic staff not familiar with the product,
• visitors and quests,
• all members of other departments of the company or institution in which the product is operated.
This list is not intended to be exhaustive.
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