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Authorised Gas Tester (AGT) Level 3

Target group - those who provide safety watch duties by the ongoing monitoring of a hot work site and/or those who are required to wear Personal Atmosphere Monitoring detectors (PAM)

On successful completion and assessment candidates will be awarded an AGT3 OPTIO Approved Qualification

Course Length: Half Day

Key Areas

  • Legislative controls - summary
  • Risk Assessment
  • Properties, characteristics and behaviours of flammable and toxic gases
  • Toxic effects on the body
  • Gas sensors - personal, transportable and portable
  • Principles of operation including interpreting and documenting results
  • Hot Work Monitoring - including table top exercise
  • Multiple choice questionnaire

Target Groups

These programmes are designed to meet the initial onshore training and validation requirements for personnel preparing to work as Authorised Gas Testers for a variety of products and work environments.

JMS Consultants work with clients to tailor training to the clients specific needs across many sectors including exploration and production oil and gas companies, petrochemical and shipping companies, pharmaceutical companies, steel producers, tank cleaning and vessel inspection companies.

AGT Level 3 is required for those who provide safety watch duties by the ongoing monitoring of a hot work site.

Delegate Prior Achievement

There are no delegate pre-requisites for attendance on each of these courses.

Physical & Stressful Demands of the Courses

All personnel who participate in gas testing training should be medically fit and capable of participating fully. The responsibility for the individual completing the course, without any adverse effects to their present state of health, lies with the delegate and/or the company sponsoring the delegate.

Performance Validation

Delegates attending these training and validation programmes will be given a series of explanations and demonstrations which will identify what they are expected to know and do.

Validation of the delegates' performance will be against the stated Training Outcomes and will be achieved using a combination of Multiple-Choice Questionnaires and, where appropriate, observation/questioning during a practical exercise.

Delegates successfully completing the course validation will be judged to have been given the underpinning knowledge for Authorised Gas Tester Level 1, 2 or 3 to proceed to the workplace for site specific assessment under direct supervision of a competent person.

Modules Summary and Training Outcomes

During the initial training programme delegates will gain an understanding of the roles and responsibilities of an Authorised Gas Tester.

The training course consists of the following modules and elements:

Element 3.1 Providing safety watch duties for hot work sites

On Completion

On successful completion of the training, the delegate will be able to demonstrate an understanding of:

(1) Hot work and the creation of toxic products
(2) The implications of organisational and statutory requirements
(3) How to select, use and care for PPE and RPE
(4) How to work within the Permit to Work system
(5) How to interpret operational requirements
(6) The hazards and properties of flammable gases
(7) The behaviour of different gases
(8) How a flammable gas or vapour clouds could arrive at the hot work site
(9) Checking the controls on the equipment
(10) The importance of regular communication
(11) Completing the relevant documentation

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