Electrical equipment must be installed, operated, serviced, and maintained only by qualified personnel. No responsibility is assumed by Schneider Electric for any consequences arising out of the use of this material.
A qualified person is one who has skills and knowledge related to the construction and operation of electrical equipment and the installation, and has received safety training to recognize and avoid the hazards involved.
The qualified personnel must be able to detect possible hazards that may arise from parameterization, changing parameter values and generally from mechanical, electrical, or electronic equipment. The qualified personnel must be familiar with the standards, provisions, and regulations for the prevention of industrial accidents, which they must observe when working on the drive system.
Qualified personnel that work with designated safety functions must be trained according to the complexity of the machines and the requirements of the ISO 13849-1. The training has to include the production process and the relation between the designated safety function and the machine.
Qualification guidelines are available in the following publication: Safety, Competency and Commitment: Competency Guidelines for Safety-Related System Practitioners. IEEE Publications, ISBN 0 85296 787 X, 1999.