What is electrical authorisation?

Authorisation is the employer’s recognition of the ability of a person placed under his authority to carry out the tasks entrusted to him in safety with regard to electrical risks. Before being certified, the worker must have been trained and declared fit by the occupational physician.

The NF C 18-550 standard applies to vehicles and motorised equipment with a thermal, hybrid or electric engine and an on-board source of electrical energy in the low and medium voltage range, during: design, construction, maintenance, repair, towing and demolition.

It concerns :

• Vehicles for transporting personnel and goods on or off the road.
• Automotive, agricultural, public works and handling equipment.
• Vehicles with an on-board electrical power source.

Why electrical clearance?

To avoid accidents of electrical origin which result from :

• A lack of knowledge of electrical risks.
• Equipment failure.
• Dangerous working conditions.
• Personal protective equipment that is not used, defective or not adapted to the risks.Human behaviour: “I know, but I don’t do it”.
• Failure to follow rules and procedures.

For whom?

• Everyone, from the client to the worker, who takes into account, at his or her level of responsibility and with the appropriate degree of appreciation, the prevention of electrical risk.
• Operators who have the necessary and sufficient technical knowledge to know, in a given environment and for a given job, how to prevent electrical risk.

How?

• The above requirements are a sequence of linked decisions and actions taken by all actors. The main parameters of this sequence are the uniqueness, consistency and application of information. The control of monitoring and control procedures at all levels is an essential factor in the prevention of electrical risk.
• The NF C 18-550 standard was approved by the Union Electrical engineering in August 2015.
• The standard does not apply to thermal, hybrid and electric vehicles and machines that no longer have an on-board power source (e.g. deconstruction).
• The NF C 18-550 standard describes a set of requirements to protect against electrical risk during electrical or non-electrical operations on combustion engine, electric and hybrid vehicles and machinery.
• He must be designated by his employer to perform these operations. Assignment to a workstation may constitute an implicit designation.

Electrical authorisation is formalised by an authorisation certificate. This title is issued by the employer to the authorised worker.

The authorisation certificate drawn up by the employer must mention the authorisation symbol(s), the voltage range(s) concerned, the works or installations concerned and must, if necessary, include additional information (particularities, limitations, etc.). A model is available in appendix 8.3 of the brochure ED 6313: Electrical authorisation.
This BCL training is not for live work.
It is the employer’s responsibility to organise the training prior to authorisation and to ensure that this training is appropriate for the activities, aptitudes and skills of his employees.

Source: inrs.fr