Enroll Today in EngWorks School of HazLoc's ONLINE Hazardous Locations Fundamentals Course

Earn 7 Professional Development Hours (7 PDHs) or 0.7 CEUs While You Learn!

The Hazardous Locations Fundamentals course provides a solid foundation for designing, selecting, installing, troubleshooting, and inspecting electrical equipment for use in hazardous locations. The course is based on Canadian Electrical Code requirements. It covers the various explosion protection concepts and discusses intrinsic safety and the use of gas detection for equipment protection. Wiring and sealing methods are also discussed in the context of the new 2021 Canadian Electrical Code.

Benefits You’ll Gain from the ONLINE Course

  • Develop Vital Skills

    Learn the skills needed to safely design, install and inspect electrical equipment in hazardous locations.

  • Stay Code Compliant

    Stay current with all new 2021 Canadian Electrical Code requirements.

  • Learn with Ease

    Learn at your own pace in an interactive learning environment. The course incorporates features such as quizzes and a question-and-answer blog.

Testimonials

Ensures Proper Equipment Selection

James D., P.Eng., PMP

I enrolled in this course to gain a better understanding of hazardous area considerations, and to ensure my company and the people who worked under me were selecting equipment appropriately. One of the big take-aways I got from this course was a better understanding of how to handle simple devices (other apparatus items, such as thermocouples and simple non sparking devices). The topics that appealed to me most included the non-incendive and intrinsically safe topics as inspectors are not always consistent in their interpretation of the code. The course helped provide direction for several applications my company is currently working on. I liked that the testing material was spread throughout the course rather than just at the very end. During COVID restrictions, being able to take the course at home, on a flexible schedule was great.

Should Be Mandatory

Dan G, Electrical Safety Codes Officer's

It’s a great course. Hazardous Location electrical installs can pose dangerous explosion risk if not properly understood. This course should be mandatory for anyone who does design, inspecting, or electrical work in hazardous locations. A must for the Oil and Gas industry.

In-Depth Information

Kaylee T., P.Eng.

I started the Hazloc course with little prior knowledge of hazardous locations. The course provided a good overview and in-depth information. What I liked most about the course were the examples at the end of each chapter as this caters to my learning style. I am glad that I still have access to the course for 1 year so that I can reference back as needed.

Enhanced Knowledge

Terry L., P.Eng.

The course has enhanced my knowledge of hazardous locations classification and its importance to safeguard people, equipment and property if applied correctly. The course has also taught me about the nature of explosive atmospheres, properties of ignitable materials and gases, and mitigation methods to eliminate or reduce potential explosion hazards. It was also a good refresher to know the differences between the zone and division classification systems and the application of hazardous equipment certifications within these two systems. The course highlight was online accessibility at my convenience and the follow-up quizzes at the end of each unit for knowledge retention. The course offers good value.

Ensure Compliance to the CEC

Nicolas L., P.Eng., Chief Electrical Engineer

I have a passion for learning about hazardous locations. I’m the person responsible for ensuring compliance to the CEC. This course is about section 18, which is applicable to the industry I work in: the petrochemical industry. I’m also educating folks on HazLoc, so EngWorks is like training the trainer. People in my role have to have a HazLoc knowledge base. I recommend this course as a way to achieve that. I appreciate the ability to come back to review newly uploaded or revised videos. It’s like coming back to the latest revision of a textbook or reference guide. Another course highlight is how it’s sectionalized, so you don’t have to do it all in one sitting. There were some nuggets in the course I had no idea of before. The course is high quality. It’s from the expert. It’s like going to the farmer’s market and getting the fresh produce—the best stuff.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome To The Course

    • Welcome from Team ENG Works!

    • EngWorks HazLoc Cheat Sheet PDF

    • Onboarding Survey
  • 2

    Unit 1: Introduction To Hazardous Locations

    • Unit 1
  • 3

    Unit 2: Classification Of Hazardous Locations

    • Unit 2

    • Classification Quiz
  • 4

    Unit 3: Protection Concepts

    • Unit 3

    • Protection Concepts Quiz
  • 5

    Unit 4: HazLoc Certification Requirements

    • Unit 4

    • Certification marks Quiz
  • 6

    Unit 5: Explosion-proof (XP) and Flame-proof (Ex d) Type Protection

    • Unit 5

    • XP & Ex d Quiz
  • 7

    Unit 6: Increased Safety (Ex e) Type Protection

    • Unit 6

    • Ex e Quiz
  • 8

    Unit 7: Intrinsic Safety (Ex i) Type Protection

  • 9

    Unit 8: Non-Incendive (NI) and (Ex n) Type Protection

    • Unit 8

    • NI and Ex n Quiz
  • 10

    Unit 9: Pressurization (Ex p)

    • Unit 9

    • Ex p Quiz
  • 11

    Unit 10: Protection By Enclosure (Ex t)

    • Unit 10

    • Ex t Quiz
  • 12

    Unit 11: Other Methods Of Protection

    • Unit 11

    • Ex Other Quiz
  • 13

    Unit 12: Optical Radiation (Ex op)

    • Unit 12

    • Optical Radiation Quiz
  • 14

    Unit 13: Combustible Gas Detection

    • Unit 13

    • Combustible Gas Detection Quiz
  • 15

    Unit 14: Other Electrical Apparatus

    • Unit 14

    • Other Electrical Apparatus Quiz
  • 16

    Unit 15: Reading HazLoc Product Labels

    • Unit 15

    • Quiz #1

    • Quiz #2

    • Quiz #3
  • 17

    Unit 16: HazLoc Product Assessment

    • Unit 16

    • Limit Switch Quiz

    • Limit Switch Application

    • Disconnect Switch Quiz

    • Disconnect Switch Application

    • Luminaire Quiz

    • Luminarie Application

    • Solenoid Quiz

    • Solenoid Application

    • Immersion Heater Quiz

    • Immersion Heater Application

    • Control Panel Quiz

    • Control Panel Application
  • 18

    Unit 17: Hazardous Location Wiring Methods

    • Unit 17

    • HazLoc Wiring Methods Quiz
  • 19

    Unit 18: Sealing

    • Unit 18

    • Sealing Tutorial Zone Classification

    • Sealing Tutorial Zone Answer

    • Sealing Tutorial Division Classification

    • Sealing Tutorial Division Answer

    • Sealing Quiz

    • Sealing Review
  • 20

    Unit 19: Course Review

    • Unit 19
  • 21

    Exam

    • Final Exam (Students can retake the final exam as often as they desire. 50% is the passing grade.)

    • Post-course Survey

Get trained by Canada’s best!

Our certified instructors are dedicated to advancing worker competence in explosion safety.

All EngWorks Engineers are IECEx CoPC certified. The IECEx CoPC (Certificate of Personnel Competence) Scheme provides 3rd party certification of individuals responsible for implementing the safety requirements defined in the IEC 60079 series of standards covering explosive atmospheres. We also work with NFPA, API, NEC, CEC, and other explosion safety standards to achieve an optimal design solution for your application.

Enroll by January 1st, 2024, for a one-year enrollment at the discounted price of $200, which is usually priced at $350.

And earn 7 Professional Development Hours (7 PDHs).

Stay safe and code-compliant.

Explosion safety is everyone’s responsibility!

FAQ

  • Who is the ExHAC most suited for?

    The ExHAC is most suited for engineering consulting firms or for engineers or other safety personnel who conduct hazardous area classifications for equipment applications.

  • What does the ExHAC software do?

    The ExHAC software performs the IEC 60079-10-1 Ed. 3.0 calculations for your area classification. It also generates a report that you can download in Excel or a PDF format?

  • Does the ExHAC software create diagrams?

    No. The ExHAC is a calculation tool. It’s up to you to create the diagrams, using engineering judgement and the results from the ExHAC output.