Site hazards, isolation and stop-work for field technicians
Awareness training for technicians who work on other people's premises: a point-of-work risk check on arrival, why equipment must be isolated and proven dead before servicing, the limits on live work, hidden hazards such as asbestos and confined spaces, working alone, and using stop-work authority. US (OSHA, NFPA) and UK (HSE, Electricity at Work Regulations) references are examples only. This course doesn't qualify you for electrical, isolation, asbestos or confined-space work; follow the law where you work, your employer's procedures and the site's rules.
- Level
- Beginner
- Length
- About 50 minutes
- Contents
- 3 lessons · 1 video · final exam
- Status
- Published · updated 1 Oct 2026
Skills you'll practise
- Carry out a point-of-work risk check on arrival and whenever conditions change
- Explain why equipment must be isolated, locked and proven dead before servicing, and who may do it
- Recognize that live electrical work is the exception and needs qualification, justification and precautions
- Check for asbestos information before disturbing building fabric in an older building, and stop if suspect material is found
- Recognize confined spaces and lone-working risks and follow the right process
- Use stop-work authority: stop, make safe, report, and restart only when resolved
Course outline
- 1.Site hazards, isolation and stop-work for field techniciansVideo · 3 min
- 2.Point-of-work risk checks and stop-workLesson · 16 min
- 3.Hazardous energy, isolation and live workLesson · 17 min
- 4.Hidden hazards: asbestos, confined spaces and working aloneLesson · 17 min
- 5.Site hazards, isolation and stop-work for field technicians: knowledge checkKnowledge check · 16 questions
- 6.Site hazards, isolation and stop-work for field technicians: practical exerciseKnowledge check · 1 question
- 7.One hole in an old ceilingScenario
- 8.Final exam11 questions · passing it completes the course, so people who already know the material can test out
Sources it draws on
The lessons and questions are written from these references, so learners can go back to the original.
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910.147: The control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout) (US example)
- NFPA 70E: Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace (US example)
- Electricity at Work Regulations 1989, regulation 14: work on or near live conductors (UK example)
- HSE: Introduction to asbestos safety (UK example)
- OSHA 29 CFR 1910.146: Permit-required confined spaces (US example)
- HSE INDG73: Protecting lone workers: how to manage the risks of working alone (UK example)
- Your organization's field service procedures, site rules and the customer's site requirements
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