Training seminars address machine, process safeguarding

Omron Scientific Technologies Inc., Fremont, Calif., will host more than 35 regional U.S. Skill Builder training seminars from June through August of 2009. The one-day training seminars, available for a fee, are designed to educate plant personnel on the requirements and methods of machine and process safeguarding to help them identify, and sometimes correct, machine safeguarding discrepancies.

Attendees gain a greater understanding of methods for machine safeguarding and the correct application of guarding devices. They learn to identify machine hazards and assess risks, regulatory machine guarding requirements, and safety circuit design requirements.

Each seminar is limited to 30 attendees and intended for EH&S, plant maintenance, plant engineering, and production management personnel, as well as management-level personnel concerned with the safety of plant employees.

Omron Scientific Technologies Inc. is a provider of automation safeguarding products and services.