PROFILE GRINDER GP 4000
1.7
Qualification of the personnel
The only persons allowed to handle the machine are persons
who meet the following requirements. All other persons are
not allowed to handle the machine.
– They have completely read and understood this operating
manual.
– They are in good health and in full possession of their
mental and physical powers.
– They are rested and are not under the influence of drugs,
alcohol or medicines which can impair the ability to
react or impair mental receptiveness.
– They are regularly instructed regarding complications,
hazards and special rules of conduct including the fire
protection regulations.
– They always take care to ensure an orderly workplace.
– In order to ensure occupational safety, they wear the
necessary personal protective equipment (see Chapter
1.8 "Personal protective equipment" on page 15).
– They always observe the safety and accident prevention
regulations of the employer and the statutory regula-
tions with regard to personal safety and the safety of
other persons.
1.7.1 Operator
The operator is the person who operates the machine for
commercial or economic purposes himself or who organizes a
third party to do the work and during operation legally bears
responsibility for the product for the protection of the operating
personnel, personnel or third party.
Obligations of the operator:
– The operator must be familiar with and implement the
applicable regulations for occupational safety and
accident prevention.
– He must regularly check whether the operating instruc-
tions correspond to the current status of the regulations.
– He must clearly regulate and define the responsibilities
for the correct transport, correct assembly, operation,
troubleshooting, inspection, maintenance, repair, cleaning
and disposal.
– He must ensure that the personnel have completely read
and understood the operating manual.
– He must train the personnel at regular intervals and
inform the personnel about hazards.
– He must provide the personnel with the required personal
protective equipment.
– He must store the keys necessary for operation of the
machine such that they are not available to unauthorized
persons and may only make these keys available to
authorized persons.
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1.7.2 Operating personnel
The operating personnel of the machine are defined as
follows:
– The operating personnel have sufficient technical
expertise to operate the machine in all situations, are
able to remove errors and are able to clean the machine.
– The operating personnel have the authorization to
drive the means of transport required for the filling of
the machine.
– The operating personnel receive continual training with
regard to new technical information and have the neces-
sary basic knowledge of the fitted technology.
– The operating personnel have the technical expertise to
handle the machine with regard to:
» operation,
» error detection,
» cleaning.
– The operating personnel receive initial training by
Goldschmidt Thermit GmbH or in-company training from
the employer with the focus on the following items:
» function of the machine,
» explanation of the individual components,
» explanation of sources of risk,
» use of the machine,
» recognition of malfunctions,
» correct cleaning of the machine.
1.7.3 Maintenance personnel
The maintenance personnel are defined as follows:
– The maintenance personnel are trained in the areas of
electrical engineering and mechatronics or have a quali-
fication as a qualified industrial mechanic, i.e.:
» The maintenance personnel are qualified for the
» Due to their technical training and experience the
» The maintenance personnel are able to completely
» The maintenance personnel are able to read circuit
» The maintenance personnel have completely read and
special area where they are working and know the
relevant standards and regulations.
maintenance personnel are able to work on machines
driven by petrol or diesel engines and to independently
recognize and avoid possible dangers.
understand the function of the fitted safety
equipment.
diagrams and connection plans and to carry out elec-
tro technical maintenance work with the aid of circuit
diagrams and connection plans.
understood the maintenance manual.