Simple Audit of Your Hazardous Area Compliance

You can carry out a simple audit of your hazardous area records to identify if you have issues regarding the compliance status of your hazardous area installations.

Check  the  five  hazardous  area  items  shown  below  to  reveal  if  you  have  hazardous  area compliance issues that need to be addressed.

1) Hazardous Area Training

(See clause 4.5 of AS/NZS60079.14:2017 and clause 4.2 of AS/NZS60079.17:2017)
All personnel including operators, managers, supervisors, technicians and engineers:

• a) Have been trained
• b) Have attended regular refresher training (every 2 years)

2) Classification of Hazardous Areas

(See clause 7.7.2.1 of AS/NZS3000:2018 and clause 5.1 of AS/NZS60079.10.1:2009)

• a) All hazardous areas have been formally classified
• b) Classification has been reviewed regularly (every 2 to 3 years)

3) Hazardous Area Electrical Inspections

(See section section 4 of AS/NZS60079.14:2017 and section 4 of AS/NZS60079.17:2017)

• a) Each item of hazardous  area electrical equipment  and wiring  has  records  of  the inspections verifying they comply with relevant Australian Standards
• b) The hazardous  area  electrical  installations  have  records  to  show  they  have  had regular inspections (every 1 to 2 years)

4) Hazardous Ares Verification Dossier

(See clause 4.2 of AS/NZS60079. 14:2017 and clause 4. 1 of AS/NZS60079.17:2017)

• a) Verification dossier for every hazardous area plant
• b) Verification dossier is up-to date

5) Hazardous Area Standards

• a) Have the relevant hazardous area Australian Standards
• b) Standards are up-to-date