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Qualification of the personnel
The only persons allowed to handle the machine are persons
who meet the following requirements. All other persons are
not allowed to handle the machine.
– They have completely read and understood this operating
manual.
– They are in good health and in full possession of their
mental and physical powers.
– They are rested and are not under the influence of drugs,
alcohol or medicines which can impair the ability to react
or impair mental receptiveness.
– They are regularly instructed regarding complications,
hazards and special rules of conduct including the fire
protection regulations.
– They always take care to ensure an orderly workplace.
– In order to ensure occupational safety, they wear the
necessary personal protective equipment
(see Chapter
1.8 “Personal protective equipment” on page 16)
.
– They always observe the safety and accident prevention
regulations of the employer and the statutory regulations
with regard to personal safety and the safety of other
persons.
1.7.1 Operator
The operator is the person who operates the machine for
commercial or economic purposes himself or who organizes
a third party to do the work and during operation legally
bears responsibility for the product for the protection of the
operator, operating personnel or third party.
Obligations of the operator
– The operator must be familiar with and implement
the applicable regulations for occupational safety and
accident prevention.
– He must regularly check whether the operating instruc-
tions correspond to the current status of the regulations.
– He must clearly regulate and define the responsibilities
for the correct transport, correct assembly, operation,
troubleshooting, inspection, maintenance, repair,
cleaning and disposal.
– He must ensure that the personnel have completely read
and understood the operating manual.
– He must train the personnel at regular intervals and
inform the personnel about hazards.
– He must provide the personnel with the required personal
protective equipment.
– He must store the keys necessary for operation of the
machine such that they are not available to unauthorized
persons and may only make these keys available to
authorized persons.
1.7.3 Maintenance personnel
The maintenance personnel are defined as follows:
– The maintenance personnel are trained in the areas
of electrical engineering and mechatronics or have a
qualification as a qualified industrial mechanic, i.e.:
» The maintenance personnel are qualified for the special
area where they are working and know the relevant
standards and regulations.
» Due to their technical training and experience the
maintenance personnel are able to work on machines
driven by petrol engines and to independently recog-
nize and avoid possible dangers.
» The maintenance personnel are able to completely
understand the function of the fitted safety equipment.
» The maintenance personnel are able to read circuit
diagrams and connection plans and to carry out electro
technical maintenance work with the aid of circuit
diagrams and connection plans.
» The maintenance personnel have completely read and
understood the maintenance manual.
– The maintenance personnel have the technical expertise
to handle the machine with regard to:
» assembly,
» disassembly,
» operation,
» troubleshooting,
» inspection,
» maintenance,
» repair / replacement,
» decommissioning,
» cleaning.
– The maintenance personnel receive continual training
with regard to new technical information and have the
necessary basic knowledge of the fitted technology.
– The maintenance personnel receive initial training by
your respective Goldschmidt Thermit Group sales partner
or in-company training from the employer with the focus
on the following items:
» function of the machine,
» explanation of the individual components,
» explanation of sources of risk,
» use of the machine,
» recognition of malfunctions,
» special points regarding maintenance and inspection.
1.7.2 Operating personnel
The operating personnel of the machine are defined as
follows:
– They have completely read and understood this operating
manual.
– The operating personnel have sufficient technical exper-
tise to operate the machine in all situations, are able to
remove errors and are able to clean the machine.
– The operating personnel have the authorization to
drive the means of transport required for the filling of
the machine.
– The operating personnel receive continual training with
regard to new technical information and have the necessary
basic knowledge of the fitted technology.
– The operating personnel have the technical expertise to
handle the machine with regard to:
» operation,
» error detection,
» cleaning.
– The operating personnel receive initial training by
Goldschmidt Thermit GmbH or in-company training from
the employer with the focus on the following items:
» function of the machine,
» explanation of the individual components,
» explanation of sources of risk,
» use of the machine,
» recognition of malfunctions,
» correct cleaning of the machine.
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1.6
General rules of conduct
The following rules of conduct must always be observed by
personnel handling the machine:
– Only use the machine in the manner intended.
– Always take care to ensure your own safety and the safety
of other persons when working with the machine and
ensure cleanliness and tidiness.
– Follow all the instructions of the operator of the machine.