ATEX & IECEx Training.
insightEx one is an unlimited Ex training membership for equipment manufacturers. Eight e-learning courses cover every role you employ, from shop-floor awareness to Authorised Person, for one annual price per organisation rather than per head.
Per-head pricing is why teams are undertrained.
When training is charged per person, someone has to decide who goes without. Usually that is the people furthest from the design office, which is exactly where an assessor starts asking questions.
insightEx one removes the decision. One annual price, unlimited access, every course open to everyone who needs it. Train the operator and the certification engineer on the same subscription, and train the new starter in week one rather than at the next budget cycle.
Courses cover the history and the reasoning behind each subject, not just the clause. People who understand why a rule exists apply it correctly in situations the course never covered.
Eight courses, one membership
Every tier includes all eight. Start people where their role sits and let them climb as their responsibilities grow.
Ex Awareness
An understanding of what the Ex industry is and why it exists, and the recognition that everyone plays a part in Ex safety. The right starting point for shop-floor, warehouse, admin and non-technical staff.
Ex Supervisor
A deeper understanding of how the Ex industry is organised and regulated, for people carrying responsibility for others or for a process step that affects conformity.
New Ex Engineer
Develops the technical skills engineers need to understand, interpret and apply Ex principles with confidence rather than by precedent.
General Principles
Builds essential knowledge and confidence in hazardous area safety across the protection concepts, gas groups and temperature classes. A one-day course and the technical backbone of the collection.
Cable and Cable Gland Selection
The requirements of IEC 60079-14 for safe cable and gland selection in hazardous areas, taught through our own five-step selection process.
QAN QAR Awareness
The requirements, responsibilities and expectations of QAN and QAR for Ex manufacturers, so an audit is not the first time your team meets them.
Ex Authorised Person
The additional responsibilities that come with the Ex Authorised Person role, including the legal requirements that sit behind the signature.
Certification Workshop
From start to finish, and everything in between. This workshop takes you on a journey through the stages of a product certification project (and the standards) to help you succeed.
Ex competence is not just an engineering problem
ISO/IEC 80079-34 expects documented competence across ten roles, from the shop floor to marketing. Open a role to see what is required and the evidence an assessor asks for.
Ex Authorised Person0000010020030040050060077.2 a–d; 4.2; Annex A
- Full working knowledge of the applicable Ex standards (IEC/EN 60079 and IEC/EN 80079 series)
- The manufacturer’s QMS and conformity assessment procedure
- The type-examination and technical file
- The testing and inspection regime, and the conditions attached to each product certificate
- Understanding of the schedule of limitations and critical characteristics
- The route by which a design change triggers re-assessment
- Exercises technical authority for product release and DoC sign-off
- Written mandate as ExAP, with a role description signed by the appointee and management
- Evidence of formal Ex training with assessment
- CPD log
- Records of design reviews and release decisions signed by the ExAP
- Periodic re-assessment of competence
Manufacturing0000017.2 a–d; 8.5.1; Annex B
- Basic understanding of Ex safety
- Understanding of the Ex-critical manufacturing steps for the products they produce, for example flamepath machining and protection, potting and encapsulation, torque and sealing values, gasket and O-ring handling, protective conductor continuity
- Knows what constitutes an Ex-critical deviation and when to escalate
- Ex training records
- Signed-off training records mapped to the specific work instruction and product
- Practical demonstration of Ex-critical tasks verified by the supervisor
- Non-conformance log showing correct escalation behaviour
- Refresher training on a defined cycle
Engineering0000010020030040077.2 a–d; 8.3; Annex A
- Knowledge of the ATEX Directive 2014/34/EU
- The 60079 and 80079 series of standards, where applicable
- The UKCA regime
- The relevant protection concepts (Ex d, e, i, m, n, p, t and the dust equivalents)
- Temperature classification, EPL and service conditions
- CE marking and the Essential Health and Safety Requirements
- Applies design change control and knows when a change is significant enough to require re-certification
- Formal Ex engineering training with assessment
- Design change control records signed by a competent engineer
- Participation in technical file reviews
Inspecting0000010037.2 a–d; 8.6; 9.1.2
- Basic understanding of Ex safety
- Understanding of the calibration requirements of 80079-34
- Knowledge of the applicable inspection procedure. For production this is the manufacturer’s own routine and sample inspection regime, mapped to the certificate and the protection concept
- Able to identify the visual, close and detailed inspection criteria relevant to the product, and to interpret gauge readings, coating thickness and joint integrity
- Ex training records
- Inspection procedure and checklists signed off against the learner
- Witnessed inspection by a qualified supervisor
- Training certificates per protection concept, where applicable
- Periodic re-assessment
Testing0000010037.2 a–d; 8.5.2; 9.1
- Knowledge of the routine and type tests applicable to the product, for example pressure, temperature rise and ingress protection where applicable
- Understanding of the calibration requirements of 80079-34
- Understands the acceptance criteria, recognises a marginal or failing result, and knows the escalation route
- Training record for each test procedure
- Equipment-specific sign-off
- Calibration schedule
- Routine test records with reviewer signature
- Role-specific assessment demonstrating understanding of pass and fail criteria
Quality control0000010030050060077.2 a–d; 8.6; 9.1.2; 10.2
- Detailed Ex training including Ex marking, protection concepts, the ATEX scheme, the IECEx scheme where applicable, CE marking, the EU Declaration of Conformity, ISO/IEC 80079-34, QAN and QAR, and the Ex Authorised Person role
- Understands the routine inspection and test plan
- The product release criteria and the documentation required for product release
- The escalation route for non-conformity
- Understands the EU Declaration of Conformity, what it asserts, and what must be in the technical file to support it
- Ex training record
- QC inspection records with signatures
- Competence verification by the QMS auditor or Technical Manager
- Internal (vertical) audit records
Sales0000017.2 a–d; 7.3
- Basic understanding of Ex safety
- Understands what each product is certified for: protection concept, gas and dust groups, temperature class, EPL and service conditions
- What a product is and is not certified for
- The legal boundary around sales claims
- Training record covering Ex product certification
- Role-specific assessment
- Documented quote-approval process requiring a technical sign-off stage
- Records of approvals granted
Marketing0007.2 a–d; 7.3
- Basic understanding of Ex safety
- Understanding of the factual constraints of marketing certified Ex equipment, and gaining technical approval for documents containing zone, category, EPL or temperature class
- Knows what the CE and UKCA marks and the EU Declaration of Conformity are
- Ex training record
- Marketing document approval process with technical sign-off
- Periodic vertical audit including published materials
Purchasing0000017.2 a–d; 8.4
- Basic understanding of Ex safety
- Understands that concessions are not permitted for Ex products
- Understands that bought-in parts and materials with Ex-critical characteristics, such as fasteners, seals, enclosure castings and potting or sealing compounds, must be procured only from approved sources to the specification recorded in the technical file
- Knows the change-control route for supplier substitution
- Liaises with quality control on supply chain management
- Ex training record
- Approved supplier list
- Supplier change control records
- Role-specific training and assessment
- Retention of material certificates
- Non-conformance records for supplier deviations
Calibration0000017.2 a–d; 7.1.5
- Basic understanding of Ex safety
- Understands which measuring instruments affect product conformity
- Understanding of the calibration requirements of 80079-34, including accreditation, required accuracy, measurement uncertainty and interval for each instrument, and the traceability chain to national or international standards
- Knows how to handle an out-of-tolerance result
- Ex training record
- Calibration schedule and master equipment register
- Traceable calibration certificates with uncertainty statements
- Out-of-tolerance procedure and records of its use
- Training record for the calibration activity
Roles as defined in ISO/IEC 80079-34 Note 1. Where a person holds more than one of these roles, the competence and evidence requirements are cumulative. Course mapping is our recommendation, not a requirement of the standard, and we will work through yours with you.
Where does your team
actually stand?
Answer a short set of questions about the roles above and get a scored view of your Ex competence, showing where you already hold evidence and where the gaps sit. Takes a few minutes, no cost.
Take the scorecardThree tiers, one annual price
All three include every course for unlimited users. The higher tiers add the evidence and the support around the training.
one
plus
infinity
Prices shown are annual, per organisation, excluding VAT. The figure scales with the size of your organisation, so twenty people and five hundred people are not priced the same, and there is a discount where you need to cover multiple sites. Tell us your headcount and we will give you a firm number.
Questions about the membership
Still not covered? Send us the question. An engineer answers, not a chatbot.
Is insightEx one priced per person?
No. It is an organisation-wide subscription, so the price does not change as you train more people. One annual figure covers unlimited access for everyone who needs it, which is the point: competence should not be rationed because the training budget is per head.
How quickly can we get started?
Onboarding takes about fifteen minutes. We set up your portal, add your team, and they can begin the same day. Courses are e-learning, so nobody waits for a scheduled date or travels to a venue.
Does the training produce audit evidence?
Yes. Every completion is recorded against the individual and the course, and the plus and infinity tiers add a competency matrix mapping your Ex-relevant roles to the training each requires. That is the document an assessor asks to see.
What happens when you add new courses?
On infinity, new courses are included automatically for the life of the subscription. On the other tiers they are available to add. We added the iEx007 Certification Workshop most recently.
See it before you buy it.
A twenty-minute demo walks you through the portal and the courses with your own team's roles in mind. No obligation and no sales script.
Ex training and compliance support for hazardous area equipment manufacturers.
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