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Module Lessons
Health and Safety and Industry Practices
Health and Safety Legislation Overview
Employer and Employee Duties
Risk Assessments
Method Statements & Permits
Identifying Hazards
Asbestos Awareness
Lead Safety
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Respiratory and Hearing Protection
Manual Handling
Emergency Response & First Aid
Electrical Safety on Site
Safe Isolation of Electricity
Bottled Gases
Oxyacetylene Equipment
Fire Safety
Working at Height (Ladders)
Scaffolds and MEWPs
Excavations and Confined Spaces
Lesson Overview
Safe electrical isolation is a mandatory procedure that ensures electrical circuits and equipment are dead and securely locked off before work begins. It protects plumbers from fatal electric shock, accidental re-energisation, and diverted neutral currents.
Learning Objectives
Explain the statutory isolation requirements under the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 and HSE Guidance Note GS38.
Carry out the correct sequence of steps to safely isolate, lock off, test, and prove circuits are dead.
Apply temporary continuity bonding correctly to prevent electric shock when severing metallic pipework.
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