Energy Isolation and Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) Awareness
A visual, plain-English introduction to controlling hazardous energy when plant and equipment is serviced. Learn the energy sources that injure people, how locks and personal danger tags work, the standard isolate-and-verify sequence and how group lockout and permit systems control higher-risk jobs - as paced slides with diagrams, a real maintenance decision scenario and quick self-checks. Awareness level: it explains the principles but does not authorise you to isolate plant.
~40 minutes100% online, self-paced6 months access from the day of course start
What You Will Learn
Recognise the main types of hazardous energy found in plant and equipment
Explain the difference between lockout and tagout, and what a personal danger tag means
Describe the standard sequence for isolating plant, including releasing stored energy and verifying a zero-energy state
Outline how group lockout and permit-to-work systems control higher-risk servicing
Identify when isolation requires site-specific competency and authorisation beyond this awareness course
Course Content
1. Hazardous energy and why we isolate
2. Locks, tags and how they work
3. The isolation procedure, step by step
4. Group lockout and permits to work
5. Restoring energy and staying within your authority
6. Apply it: a maintenance decision scenario
Final Assessment - 10 questions, 80% pass mark, retakes available
Who This Course Is For
Operators, maintenance and trades assistants, new plant and production workers, supervisors and anyone who works near machinery that is serviced, cleaned or cleared and needs to understand lockout/tagout before working within a site's isolation system.
Accreditation: This is a non-accredited awareness course. It builds understanding of energy isolation and lockout/tagout principles but does not certify competency and does not authorise you to isolate plant or perform lockout/tagout. Performing isolations requires site-specific training, procedures and formal authorisation from your employer, consistent with the plant provisions of the WHS Regulations and AS 4024 (Safety of machinery).
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$49 per person
$39.00
Prices are in Australian dollars and include GST.
Duration
~40 minutes
Format
100% online, self-paced
Lessons
6
Assessment
10 questions (80% to pass)
Certificate
Instant, verifiable
Access period
6 months access from the day of course start
Who it’s for
Operators, maintenance and trades assistants, new plant and production workers, supervisors and anyone who works near machinery that is serviced, cleaned or cleared and needs to understand lockout/tagout before working within a site's isolation system.
Level
Beginner
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