Responsibilities of a labor protection engineer: inspection of electrical installations. Electrical safety clearance groups - all types and assignment procedure

Why do we need electrical safety clearance groups?

To determine the qualifications of any technical specialist, various certifications are used with entries in work book and issuing orders for the enterprise. Skilled workers have categories, engineers have categories. In theory, all this should characterize the level of complexity of tasks that can be entrusted to a specialist. In fact, ranks and categories are, at best, used to determine the level of wages.

But personnel related to electrical engineering have a different way of determining their qualification level. It's about about the electrical safety clearance group. Since the assignment of this group occurs only with the participation of a commission, the composition of which is strictly specified, and the certified specialist is necessarily issued a uniform certificate, the certificate of the admission group becomes a decisive document in the assessment of specialists.

And an assessment is needed, for example, during hiring (based on a certificate from a previous enterprise - that’s why it’s important to keep even the old “crusts” with you). Another situation where certification of an electrical safety clearance group is required is the appointment of a responsible manager and team members to carry out any work in electrical installations.

Electrical safety approval group A specialist is determined, first of all, by his level of knowledge of safe methods of working with electricity. There are five groups in total. Let's talk about each of them.

What do clearance groups mean?

1st group on electrical safety assigned to persons who do not service electrical installations (not electrical technical personnel), and also do not work on existing electrical installations (non-electrical technical personnel). That is, these are people who have nothing to do with electricity. The first group is necessarily assigned to persons from among electrical and electrotechnological personnel if they do not have even minimal work experience in electrical installations or special education.

The employer must take measures to ensure that these people are never struck by electric shock. Therefore, formally, even a loader in a warehouse must have a certificate with the first group, because the warehouse has electrical wiring and some kind of electrically driven devices. As a rule, no one pays attention to this, although to assign group 1, only instruction from a specially appointed person with a clearance group of at least 3 is sufficient. The briefing ends control questions, based on the results of which a decision is made on assigning a group.

2nd group on electrical safety assigned to electrical and other non-electrical personnel based on the results of certification in the commission of an enterprise or branch of Rostechnadzor. Formally, in order to be certified for the second group, a specialist must have 1-2 months of experience working in electrical installations, depending on his education. If certification for the second group is primary, and the person being certified does not have an electrical engineering education, then before certification he must undergo theoretical training of at least 72 hours.

Electrical technical personnel can also be certified for the second group of admission in the absence of special education and with minimal work experience in electrical installations in the first group (although representatives with the first group can essentially only be present during work, and even then at a respectful distance).

Persons with the second clearance group are allowed to work in electrical installations under supervision and without making connections. Typical specialists who need and only need to have a second group are welders, crane operators, and elevator operators.

A specialist with the second group must have knowledge in the scope of the first group, and in addition, have an understanding of general principles operation of electrical installations under his jurisdiction. Electrical first aid skills must be practical. The question of where to gain practical experience often causes difficulties, and there is only one way out - the use of simulators with special dummies.

Non-electrical personnel, in principle, are not required to be certified for the second group if their place of work is not an electrical installation. However, many employers are playing it safe, and you can easily meet cleaners and salespeople at courses to obtain the second group. The second group of electrical safety clearance is the maximum that a person under 18 years of age can receive.

3rd group of electrical safety clearance assigned based on the results of certification in the commission of an enterprise or branch of Rostechnadzor. The third group can only be electrical personnel, since it is assumed that a specialist with this group can independently inspect and connect electrical installations up to 1000 volts, and also be part of a team servicing electrical installations over 1000 volts if the certificate is marked “up to and over 1000 volts”.

A person with the third group of access can already be responsible for the safe conduct of work in electrical installations: he can allow the team to work in electrical installations up to 1000 volts, he can supervise during special hazardous work, can be a producer of work in electrical installations up to 1000 volts when performing work according to orders and in installations over 1000 volts when performing work according to instructions.

You can obtain the third tolerance group after various periods of work in electrical installations in the second group. For example, a specialist with a higher electrical engineering education can receive the third group after one month of work in the second group, and a vocational school trainee can only receive it after six months.

A specialist with the third group of admission must have knowledge in the amount provided for the previous two groups. But besides this, he must know electrical engineering as such, know the structure of electrical installations and their order Maintenance, have the skills to free a person from the action of electric current.

4th group on electrical safety is also assigned based on the results of certification by the enterprise/Rostechnadzor commission. Specialists with the fourth group of admission can perform a wide range of duties: they can issue orders for work in electrical installations up to 1000 volts and issue orders for work in installations over 1000 volts from the list approved by the person responsible for electrical equipment. If the certificate is marked “up to and over 1000 volts”, a specialist with the fourth group can be a performer of work and allow installations over 1000 volts.

A specialist with a higher electrical engineering education can receive the fourth group of admission after two months of work, and a person without secondary education - only after six months of work in the third group of admission. In principle, trainees cannot obtain the fourth group of admission.

The fourth admission group presupposes knowledge to the extent provided for by the three previous groups, but a specialist with this group must already know electrical engineering full program Vocational schools, be able to read diagrams, know fire and electrical safety, and also have the skills to conduct instructions and train personnel.

5th electrical safety clearance group assumes the maximum responsibility of a specialist and his ability to perform any work in electrical installations, as well as to supervise such work up to the performance of the duties of a person responsible for electrical facilities. The fifth group is assigned only based on the results of certification by the enterprise/Rostechnadzor commission. If the certificate is marked “up to and over 1000 volts”, a person with the fifth group can be the issuer of the order/order, the permitter, the responsible manager and the performer of work in any electrical installations.

A specialist with a higher electrical engineering education can receive the fifth clearance group after three months of work, and a person without secondary education can only receive twenty-four months of work in the fourth clearance group.

The fifth group of admission requires knowledge of the circuits and layout of all electrical equipment under the supervision of a specialist, knowledge of safety standards, rules for using protective equipment, as well as the timing of their testing. A person with the fifth group must know the requirements of regulatory documents on electrical and fire safety, and also be able to convey and explain these standards when conducting instructions. A specialist with the fifth group of admission must be able to organize the management of work of any complexity in any electrical installations.

Who should be included in the certification committee?

The composition of the enterprise commission intended to certify electrical safety specialists depends on the level of the person being certified. To certify electrical and electrical engineering personnel, a commission of five people is required, the chairman of which is the person responsible for electrical equipment.

The commission usually includes a labor safety engineer, who must monitor the operation of electrical installations, as well as the leading (chief) engineer of the enterprise. All members of the commission must be certified in the Rostechnadzor department or with the participation of an inspector from this organization, and the chairman must have V group approval if the organization operates installations over 1000 volts and group IV if the organization does not have such installations.

Based on the results of the certification, the commission draws up a protocol signed by all members, in which a record is made of the assessment of the knowledge of the person being certified, the assigned electrical safety group and the date of the next certification. The same data is entered into a special table in the certificate of the person being certified, but only the signature of the chairman appears there.

The knowledge of electrical and electrical engineering personnel working directly in electrical installations is tested annually. The same applies to administrative and technical personnel with the right to work in electrical installations according to their position. Other administrative and technical personnel, including labor protection engineers, are certified once every three years.

What is contained in the admission group certificate?

In addition to information about the passed certification, an electrical safety certificate on the first, title page contains the following information:

Last name, first name and patronymic of the specialist;

Position and place of work of the specialist;

Category of specialist from the point of view of electrical safety (repair personnel, operational personnel, operational repair personnel, administrative and technical personnel, administrative and technical personnel with the right to the position).

The title page is certified by the seal of the enterprise and the signature of the person responsible for electrical equipment. The certificate of the person responsible for electrical equipment is signed by the head of the enterprise.

The last page of the certificate is a table with the heading “Certificate of the right to conduct special works" As the title suggests, marks are made here about the right to carry out special work, for example, work at height, or work on testing and measuring in electrical installations (for specialists in electrical engineering laboratories).

From our article you will learn which electrical safety group an occupational safety specialist should have, his responsibilities when inspecting electrical installations, as well as how his electrical safety certificate is issued.

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Electrical safety group for occupational safety specialist

OHS specialists are not classified as electrical engineering (electrotechnological) personnel. In terms of their level of competence, they are equal to state inspectors. To work, they need to obtain a Group IV certificate with the right to inspect. But for enterprises in the electric power industry, this qualification is not enough; V is needed, just like energy inspectors.

It is important that all responsibilities of an occupational safety specialist, including electrical safety, are recorded in his job description. The main regulatory document on which he must rely in his work is the Rules on labor protection during the operation of electrical installations, approved.

Inspection of electrical installations by a labor protection specialist

Inspection of electrical installations is the responsibility of SOT employees. The main control measures during the operation of electrical installations include:

• Visual observation, .
• Checking regulatory, design, and operational documentation. These are, for example, reports on insulation resistance measurements, logs of walk-throughs and inspections of operating equipment, certificates of assignment to an electrical safety group, projects for the electrical supply of facilities, etc.
• Control over the availability and quality of personal and collective protective equipment, safety signs, and propaganda posters.
• Constant monitoring of compliance with ES rules various stages work.
• Monitoring compliance with labor regulations, industrial sanitation and hygiene, fire safety.

It should be noted that the term “inspection” is not explained in the regulations. The scope of this work is determined by the management of the enterprise in each specific case and based on the specifics of the enterprise's activities.

An employee of the OT service has personal access to rooms with electrical installations and the installations themselves at any time. He has the authority to issue, which is binding. He also has the right to completely stop work and remove personnel from the dangerous area. This occurs if the situation created at the production site is dangerous to the life and health of people, or may harm the environment.

Electrical safety certificate for occupational safety specialist

An electronic security certificate not only confirms the employee’s knowledge, but also gives him certain rights. All employees of the OT service must receive this document. It doesn’t matter what the structure and size of the enterprise is. This rule applies to large thermal power plants, industries with powerful electrical installations over 1000 V, and small organizations, with installations up to 1000 V.

Please note: the received certificate with the right to inspect is valid only at the enterprise where it was received. If you change your place of business, you will have to obtain this document again. for employees of the occupational safety service is carried out only in the territorial Rostechnadzor, even if the enterprise has created its own commission.

The training itself and the exam take place as usual. No distinction is made with other employees. Receipt specific group will depend on length of service and vocational education. For example, an employee without higher technical education to obtain IV gr. must work for at least six months in the previous, III gr.

How to prepare for the Group IV exam as an occupational safety specialist: tips, cheat sheet and test

To prepare for the Group IV exam, use the cheat sheet and test that the editors of the journal "Handbook of Occupational Safety and Health Specialists" developed based on Rostechnadzor exam questions. Learn what skills you need to inspect electrical installations and how to interact with your utility's electrical service.

There are certain nuances in making an entry in the protocol or logbook for testing knowledge on electronics. A labor protection specialist is classified as non-electrical personnel. However, this moment is omitted so that he can conduct instructions for group I on electrical safety.

The entry in the knowledge test protocol will look like this: “Okay, IV up to 1000 V, with the right to inspect electrical installations.”

What are electrical safety groups?

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positions (professions) of non-electrical personnel,

requiring assignment to electrical safety group I

№ p/p	Position (profession)	Structural subdivision
1.	Accountant	Administration
2.	Economist	Administration
3.	Secretary	Administration
4.	Cleaning woman	AXO
5.	Driver	AXO

Access groups II to V are assigned to workers whose daily work is associated with the operation or adjustment of electrical equipment.

characteristics of electrical safety approval groups

II tolerance group assigned to personnel whose work involves the operation of electrically driven equipment. Professions that require group II: electric welder, elevator operator, dispatcher, cook, heat operator, turner, etc. Personnel with access group II do not have the right to independently connect equipment to the power supply. This can only be done by an employee with access group no lower than III.

III tolerance group gives the employee the right to independently connect/disconnect to the electrical network, inspect or maintain electrical installations. Professions that require group III: electrician, electrician, electromechanic, installer of low-current systems.

IV tolerance group assigned to employees who already have significant experience working in electrical installations.

Workers with Group IV have significant competencies: they have the right to carry out organizational measures for the admission of personnel to work in electrical installations, provide control and supervision of the progress of work, and conduct electrical safety briefings.

Specialists who need IV group: Chief Power Engineer, work foreman, site manager.

V tolerance group assigned to engineering and technical personnel performing work in electrical installations up to and above 1000 V, as well as to workers authorized to perform special work, for example, testing equipment with high voltage.

Persons with qualification group III-V have the right to service electrical installations with voltages up to 1000 V, and up to and above 1000 V. The voltage limit is indicated in the certificate.

The list of positions and professions requiring assignment to electrical safety groups II-V is determined by the person responsible for electrical equipment and approved by the manager.

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positions (professions) of electrical and electrical engineering personnel,

requiring assignment to groups II-V for electrical safety

No.	Electrical Safety Group (not less)	Position (profession)	Structural subdivision
1.	III up to 1000 V	Department head	Technical department
2.	III up to 1000 V	Engineer	Technical department
3.	III up to 1000 V	Senior Engineer	Technical department
4.		Department head	Construction department
5.		Producer of works	Construction department
6.		Electrician	Construction department
7.	III up to 1000 V	Electrician	Construction department
8.	III up to 1000 V	Installer of low current systems	Construction department
9.	V up to and above 1000 V	Head of Electrical Laboratory	Electrolaboratory
10.	V up to and above 1000 V	Engineer	Electrolaboratory

Important! Managers who are directly subordinate to personnel with electrical safety groups II-V must have an electrical safety group no lower than that of subordinate personnel (clause 1.4. 3. Regulation dated January 13, 2003 N 6 PTEEP).

Who is the person responsible for electrical equipment?

The work of personnel in the company is inextricably linked with the use of equipment powered from the mains. Workers use power tools - hammer drills, grinders, and portable lamps. Office employees perform work duties surrounded by computer equipment and peripheral devices.

To organize control over the safe operation of electrical equipment, each company must appoint a person responsible for electrical equipment (clause 1.2.3).

Responsible person ensures that the necessary measures are taken to allow personnel to work in electrical installations, controls the implementation of scheduled preventive maintenance, periodic testing of protective equipment, and ensures the uninterrupted operation of electrical equipment.

If the company has electrical installations with a capacity of 10 kVA or higher, a deputy responsible for electrical facilities is also appointed by order of the manager.

The person responsible for electrical equipment and his deputy are appointed by order of the manager.

A sample order is shown in the figure:

The person in charge of electrical equipment and his deputy must have IV tolerance group if the company has electrical installations with voltages up to 1000 V and V tolerance group if there are electrical installations with voltages above 1000 V (clause 1.2.7. Etc. dated January 13, 2003 N 6 PTEEP).

The regulatory document allows not to appoint a person responsible for electrical equipment in cases where the company does not have equipment powered from a network voltage higher than 380 V (clause 1.2.4 Etc. dated January 13, 2003 N 6 PTEEP).

In this case, responsibility for safe operation The manager is responsible for electrical installations. However, such a decision requires approval from the territorial bodies of Rostechnadzor.

What is electrical safety training and who provides it?

Assignment to group I is carried out in the form of instructions; special training for personnel is not required.

The instruction is conducted by a company employee with an electrical safety group of at least III. Usually this is the person responsible for the company's electrical facilities.

Registration of assignment of group I is carried out in the “Register of assignment of group I for electrical safety to non-electrical personnel”.

A sample of a completed journal is shown in the figure.

To initially obtain the II group of admission, personnel with secondary education or without secondary education must undergo training in electrical safety at the training center under the program “Norms and Rules of Work in Electrical Installations” for at least 72 hours and pass exams in certification commission Rostekhnalzor.

Those who successfully pass the knowledge test are assigned admission group II and issued a certificate in the established form.

How often is the group confirmed?

The next test of knowledge of personnel with qualification group I is carried out annually.

The next test of knowledge of personnel with qualification groups II-V is carried out:

• for electrical personnel who directly organize and carry out maintenance work on existing electrical installations or perform adjustment, electrical installation, renovation work or preventive tests, as well as for personnel who have the right to issue orders, orders, conduct operational negotiations - once a year;
• for administrative and technical personnel not belonging to the previous group, as well as for labor protection specialists authorized to inspect electrical installations - once every 3 years.

Important! Do not miss the deadlines for the next electrical safety certification, since if there is a break between knowledge tests of more than three years, the group is lost irretrievably and you will have to start again, with the assignment of admission group II (clause 1.4.19. Etc. dated January 13, 2003 N 6 PTEEP).

When changing place of work, the employee must undergo an extraordinary re-certification to confirm the current group and receive a certificate indicating the new place of work and position. Certificate with previous place work at a new place of work is not valid.

An employee can take the next knowledge test either at a training center or at a commission formed within the company.

The commission must consist of five people, three of whom (including the chairman) must be certified by Rostechnadzor. As a rule, the chairman of the commission is the person responsible for electrical equipment.

When conducting a knowledge test, at least three members of the commission must be present, incl. chairman

Knowledge testing is carried out according to developed and approved programs, taking into account the specifics of the enterprise’s activities.

Confirmation of the admission group of the person responsible for electrical equipment is carried out only by the Rostechnadzor commission.

How to improve the electrical safety group?

Testing employees' knowledge is divided into primary and periodic (regular and extraordinary).

An initial knowledge test is carried out for workers who first entered a job related to the maintenance of electrical installations, or when there is a break in knowledge testing for more than 3 years; next - in the order established in clause 1.4.20. Etc. dated January 13, 2003 N 6 PTEEP); and extraordinary - in the manner established in clause 1.4.23. Etc. dated January 13, 2003 N 6 PTEEP).

clause 1.4.20. The next inspection should be carried out within the following periods:

For electrical personnel directly organizing and carrying out work on servicing existing electrical installations or performing adjustment, electrical installation, repair work or preventive tests in them, as well as for personnel who have the right to issue orders, orders, and conduct operational negotiations - once a year;

For administrative and technical personnel not belonging to the previous group, as well as for labor protection specialists authorized to inspect electrical installations - once every 3 years.

The time of the next test is set in accordance with the date of the last knowledge test.

clause 1.4.23. An extraordinary knowledge test is carried out regardless of the date of the previous test:

When the Consumer introduces new or revised rules and regulations;

- when installing new equipment, reconstruction or modification of main electrical and technological schemes(the need for an extraordinary inspection in this case is determined by the technical manager);

When assigned or transferred to another job, if new responsibilities require additional knowledge of rules and regulations;

If employees violate the requirements of labor protection regulations;

At the request of state supervisory authorities;

According to the conclusion of commissions that investigated accidents with people or disruptions in the operation of an energy facility;

- when increasing knowledge to a higher group;

When testing knowledge after receiving an unsatisfactory grade;

If there is a break in work in this position for more than 6 months.

clause 1.4.38. Based on the results of testing knowledge of device rules electrical installations, these Rules, safety rules and other regulatory and technical documents for electrical engineering, electrical technology personnel are assigned an electrical safety group.

What risks does an employer face if employees are not trained in electrical safety?

An employer who allows uncertified personnel to perform work on electrical installations may be subject to administrative punishment.

From article 9.11. Code of Administrative Offenses: “Violation of the rules for the operation of electrical installations entails the imposition of an administrative fine:

For officials - from 2000 to 4000 rubles;

For persons carrying out entrepreneurial activity without forming a legal entity - from 2000 to 4000 rubles or administrative suspension of activities for up to 90 days;

On legal entities- from 20,000 to 40,000 thousand rubles or administrative suspension of activities for up to 90 days.”

Officials who are obliged to organize timely training and ensure proper access to work for electrical and electrical engineering personnel are the head of the company and the person responsible for electrical equipment (clause 1.2.9 Etc. dated January 13, 2003 N 6 PTEEP).

Other persons who have committed violations in the operation of electrical installations may also be held liable.

In addition to administrative responsibility officials may be held criminally liable for industrial accidents if they have not fulfilled their obligations by their orders, actions or inactions job responsibilities on labor protection or did not take proper measures to prevent an accident.

From Article 143 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation:

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Electrical safety groups confirm the sufficient qualifications of workers allowed to work with power tools or electrical appliances, as well as those operating and repairing electrical installations. In the article you will find a table of groups by ES and information on the order of their assignment.

From this article you will learn:

Electrical safety groups - table

The list of qualifications for electrical safety of electrical (electrotechnological) personnel is given in PTEEP dated January 13, 2003, in the Rules on labor protection during the operation of electrical installations No. 328n.

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Electrical safety approval

Assignment of an electrical safety group is confirmation that the employee has completed the required training course, passed the group exam and is able to handle electrical equipment without risk to health and life. Confirmation of the availability of admission is a certificate that indicates the position or profession, group, date and results of the knowledge test and the date of the next certification.

Without this, specialists servicing electrical installations are not allowed to work. It is strictly prohibited to allow persons who do not have the required qualifications to service and operate electrical appliances and power tools. Personnel with group 1 are not electrical engineers, therefore these employees are prohibited from visiting the premises of electrical installations - battery rooms, electrical panels, transformer rooms, mobile diesel power plants and others.

Electrical safety groups and conditions for their assignment 2018

Each organization must develop a list of positions and professions of persons from among the ATP (managerial employees) and electrical personnel, as well as a list of persons with 1 group in electrical safety.

There should be information signs on the doors to the electrical installation indicating the electrical safety groups allowed into this room, as well as the persons who have the right to conduct a sole inspection of the electrical installation.

How many electrical safety approval groups are there?

Five EB groups have been established. The first is assigned only to non-electrical personnel, II-V - for electrical personnel. Group IV with the right of inspection is assigned to occupational safety specialists and, at the same time, they are non-electrical personnel.

Assignment of an electrical safety group according to the new rules

To work in electrical installations, you must obtain a certificate and be able to. The exam can be taken both at your own enterprise and in training center. Group V within an organization can only be assigned if the chairman of the commission has group V in electrical safety with the right to work in electrical installations up to and above 1 kV.

It is impossible to conduct training and assignment of an electrical safety group in an organization for chief power engineers responsible for electrical facilities, their deputies, members of the qualification commission, specialists and heads of the labor protection service. Their training is carried out only in a training center with the participation of the chief energy inspector in the commission.

Annually, and the remaining categories - specialists and commission members - once every 3 years.

The electrical safety exam is carried out by members of the organization on the basis of an order from the manager upon the recommendation of the person responsible for electrical equipment. At least five people should be included in it, three of them should receive a group only in Rostekhnadzor (with the participation of the chief energy supervision inspector).

The qualification commission includes: the chairman of the commission - responsible for electrical facilities, the chief power engineer. Members: occupational safety specialist, one of the technical managers, leading specialists in maintenance and measurements in electrical installations.

It is forbidden to include direct managers who prepared their employees for the exam. These managers are not allowed to discuss test results.

Assignment procedure

Electrical safety approval is obtained after successful completion test task or answer to exam papers. The commission examines personnel only in individually. This means that the survey of the person being inspected is carried out by the commission, and the rest are preparing for the answer at this time, and they can be in the room where the commission is meeting.

An employee may not use it during an exam or test. mobile phones and other devices, as well as regulatory documents and drawings, electrical diagrams, etc. You can only take notes on the answer and take the exam.

The employee who has passed the exam signs the protocol, in the journal, and leaves the classroom (exam room) so as not to disturb others. During testing or an exam, it is prohibited to interfere with preparation for the exam.

The ES category is assigned for a limited period of time. Electrical technical personnel (and electrotechnological) from among the blue-collar professions undergo annual confirmation of their category in their commission, of course, if it is created. If there is no such commission in the organization, employees should be sent to training centers.

FAQ

Which electrical safety group is assigned to office workers?

Office staff need . Employees work on a PC and connect electrical appliances to the network, so annual assignment is required. The organization should develop instructions for assignment and keep a log.

Which electrical safety group should an observer receive?

An employee is appointed as an observer

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How many people should be on the enterprise commission for personnel certification?

In order to test the knowledge of the electrical and electrical engineering personnel of the organization, the head of the Consumer must appoint, by order of the organization, a commission consisting of at least five people.
The chairman of the commission must have electrical safety group V for Consumers with electrical installations with voltages up to and above 1000 V and group IV for Consumers with electrical installations with voltages only up to 1000 V. The chairman of the commission is usually appointed as the person responsible for the electrical equipment of the Consumer.
All members of the commission must have an electrical safety group and pass a knowledge test in the commission of the state energy supervision body.

Who assigns electrical safety group 1 to non-electrical personnel?

Employees from among electrical technical personnel with an electrical safety group of at least III group. up to 1000 V
Group 1 is assigned to one person who has a group of at least three (without creating a commission and with an entry in the registration log of group 1), cleaners of electrical premises working with power tools, auxiliary workers of non-electrical personnel, etc.
No certificate will be issued.

What kind of electrical safety group should managers have who are directly subordinate to electrical personnel?

The group is not lower than that of subordinate personnel, since they carry out technical manual and control over its work.

What is an "electrical safety approval"?

This is sometimes called electrical safety certification. Electrical safety permit - the right to work in electrical installations.

Which electrical safety group should a person allowed to perform work in electrical installations with voltages up to 1,000 V have?

Not lower than IV group.

Who can be appointed responsible for electrical equipment in electrical installations up to 1000 volts?

Responsible for electrical equipment in electrical installations up to 1000 volts can be assigned to a person who, after testing knowledge and instructions, is assigned group IV, certified as administrative and technical personnel.

Who can carry out maintenance of electrical installations of consumers in the organization?

Operation of Consumers' electrical installations must be carried out by a special service staffed by qualified electrical personnel. It is allowed to operate electrical installations under an agreement with a specialized organization.

What responsibilities for organizing the operation of electrical installations are assigned to the person responsible for electrical facilities?

The responsible person is obliged:

• Organize the development and maintenance of the necessary documentation on the operation of electrical installations;
• Organize training, instruction, testing of knowledge and permission to work independently for electrical technical personnel;
• Organize the safe performance of all types of work in electrical installations, including with the participation of seconded personnel;
• Ensure timely and high-quality execution technical maintenance, PPR;
• Organize calculations of consumer needs for electricity and monitor its consumption and rational consumption;
• Participate in the development and implementation of measures for rational energy consumption;
• Monitor the availability, timeliness of inspection and testing of protective equipment in electrical installations, fire extinguishing equipment and tools;
• Ensure the establishment of a procedure for admitting specialists to electrical installations to carry out work on connecting new and reconstructing existing electrical installations;
• Organize prompt maintenance of electrical installations, prevent and eliminate emergency situations;
• Must:
  a) check the compliance of power supply diagrams with actual operational diagrams and check them at least once every 2 years;
  b) control the quality of supplied electricity at least once every 2 years;
  c) improve the qualifications of electrical technical personnel at least once every 5 years;
• Monitor the availability and compliance with the permit requirements of construction, installation and specialized organizations involved in work in existing electrical installations and in security zone power lines;

Note: The rights and responsibilities of the person responsible for electrical equipment must be specified in his job description.

In what case is electrical personnel required to undergo an internship (industrial training)?

A) Before appointment independent work.
B) When moving to another job or position related to the operation of electrical installations.
C) If there is a break in work for more than 1 year.

What type of electrical personnel are divided into?

A) Administrative and technical personnel.
B) Operations personnel.
B) Maintenance personnel.
D) Operations and repair personnel.

How is the 1st electrical safety group assigned to non-electrical personnel?

This is done through instruction. Knowledge acquisition is carried out in the form of oral questioning and testing in practice the acquired skills of safe methods of carrying out work and providing first aid to victims.

What type of testing is established for an employee if there is a break in testing knowledge for more than 3 years?

Primary. Only group II.

What type of testing is established for employees who increase their knowledge to a higher group?

Extraordinary inspection.

Where are the results of testing the knowledge of electrical workers documented?

Based on the results of the knowledge test: a protocol is drawn up; a journal entry is made; a certificate is issued.

What is necessary for certification according to PTEEP?

1. Completed electrical safety log (“Logbook for testing knowledge of norms and rules of work in electrical installations”, see IPBEE Appendix No. 7).
2. A completed certificate issued by the organization upon hiring or in case of loss of the previous certificate. The certificate must be filled out on the 1st page, certified by the seal of the organization, have the signature of the manager or person responsible for electrical equipment, the Certificate must have a number assigned by the organization. (See IPBEEAppendix No. 2).
3. In case of certification for a group higher than II, it is necessary to provide documents (magazine or certificate) confirming the previous certification.

What group can be assigned to an employee who did not present documents indicating previous certification, but only stated that he:
1. has been previously certified or
2. has extensive work experience?

In the absence of documents confirming previous certification, the employee is certified only for group II.

What is the maximum period allowed between assessments?

If there is a break in testing knowledge for more than 3 years, only the primary knowledge test for group II up to 1000 V is carried out (see PTEEP clause 1.4.19).

Can the group be promoted during an extraordinary certification due to a change in position or a change of place of work?

When changing a position or place of work, the previous (extraordinary knowledge test, see PTEEP clause 1.4.23) group is first confirmed, and then, if necessary, an extraordinary certification is carried out to increase the group.

Minimum time between certifications, if it is necessary to increase the group?

1. During the initial certification for group II, certification for group III is carried out no earlier than two months later.
2. After certification for group III for the first time, certification for group IV is carried out no earlier than three months later.
3. If the employee being certified from among managers and specialists has a higher electrical engineering education, the intervals between certifications are reduced by 1 month each (a copy of the diploma must be attached to the documents listed above)

What must be reported about an employee in an application for electrical safety certification?

1. Fully indicate the full name and position of the employee as it is recorded in personnel documents,
2. length of service in this position at this enterprise,
3. date of the last electrical safety certification and
4. group that was previously assigned. (The same information should be recorded in the log).
5. In the column about the upcoming certification, you must write which group should be assigned to the employee and as which personnel.

Who has the right to service batteries and chargers?

Specially trained personnel with electrical safety group III

Who in the organization monitors the operation of measuring and accounting instruments for electrical energy, including recording devices and devices with automatic acceleration of recording in emergency modes?

Operational or maintenance personnel

Who does the Labor Safety Rules apply to when operating electrical installations?

For employees from among electrical, electrical and non-electrical personnel, and for employers, regardless of ownership and organizational and legal forms), engaged in maintenance of electrical installations, carrying out operational switching in them, organizing and performing construction, installation, adjustment, repair work, testing and measurements

Who is covered by the Rules for the Technical Operation of Consumer Electrical Installations?

To organizations, regardless of ownership and legal forms, individual entrepreneurs operating electrical installations with voltages up to 220 kV inclusive, and citizens - owners of electrical installations with voltages above 1000 V

In which electrical installations is a person responsible for electrical equipment appointed?

In all electrical installations, except those where the owners of electrical installations above 1000 V are citizens or the electrical equipment includes only ASU, lighting installations and electrical equipment with a voltage not exceeding 380 V

Who approves the List of positions and professions of electrical personnel who need to have an appropriate electrical safety group?

Head of the organization

Where is the electrical safety knowledge of those responsible for electrical facilities and their deputies tested?

In the territorial commission of Rostechnadzor

Which electric current is more dangerous for humans: direct or alternating?

Up to 380 V, AC is more dangerous, and above 500 V D.C. more dangerous than variable