- Legislation
- Standards and the certification process
- Explosive Atmospheres General Principles
- Area Classification
- Ex equipment marking
- How Concepts of protection work from a Designers perspective
- ATEX and IECEx Equipment Protection levels (EPL)
- Assemblies and hybrid concepts
- Detailed design and Installation Practices (Electrical and I.S) in accordance with IEC 60079-14
- Intrinsic Safety System Design – this is a very detailed part of the course
- A review of a selection of electrical and I.S. equipment and systems
- Documentation
The course includes four separate written exams (core paper, marking paper, design paper and standards paper) which take approximately seven hours in total.