Fuel Filling Stations (Ex07 – Ex08)

Installation and inspection of Ex electrical equipment for Fuel Filling Stations

The qualification is designed for electrotechnical personnel who work in fuel filling stations, including independent and privately owned sites.

This course ensures compliance with legal, technical, and safety standards when working with or near hazardous locations involving flammable gases or vapours.

On completion, candidates will be able to:

• Identify key regulations and standards including
• Petroleum Licensing Authority requirements
• Correctly classify hazardous areas in fuel forecourt environments
• Understand hazardous gas and vapour characteristics relevant to fuel forecourts
• Demonstrate knowledge of Ex equipment including protection methods (Ex ‘d’, ‘e’, ‘n’, ‘p’, ‘m’, ‘o’, ‘q’, ‘s’, and Intrinsic Safety (IS))
• Accurately test electrical characteristics, including supply externals, earth electrodes, and diverted neutral currents specific to forecourts

Who Should Attend?

This course is ideal for those involved in the selection, installation, inspection, testing, and maintenance of electrical systems and Ex equipment in fuel filling station environments, including:

• Electrotechnical operatives
• Engineers with relevant experience
• Those working in fuel retail infrastructure

Eligibility Criteria

Participants must be:

• Practicing competent electrotechnical professionals
• Experienced with Ex equipment and hazardous area installations

Course Details

Duration:

• Total Duration: 5 Days
• 3 days of guided learning
• 2 days of assessment

Learning Format:
The course includes:

• Theoretical Training: 15–20 hours
• Practical Training: 6–8 hours

Assessment Days: Final 2 days

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, candidates will be able to:

• Identify relevant IEC standards, directives, national regulations and specific industry guidance relating to hazardous areas involving explosive gas atmospheres.
• Identify how explosive gas atmospheres are classified, including how the properties of gases and vapours influences the zones and their extent.
• Demonstrate knowledge of non-intrinsically safe and intrinsically safe types of protection, Ex certification and marking suitable for explosive gas atmospheres, including: Ex ‘d’ equipment, Ex ‘i’ and other relevant methods.
• Perform selection and installation of non-intrinsically safe and intrinsically safe equipment in accordance with IEC standards.
• Perform inspection and maintenance of non-intrinsically safe and intrinsically safe equipment using inspection tables in accordance with IEC standards.
• Accurately interpret documentation and test values for non-intrinsically safe and intrinsically safe equipment, ensuring compliance with safety requirements throughout installation, inspection, maintenance activities, including fault reporting.

Assessment Process

Candidates are assessed via a multiple-choice examination and two practical assessments—one for each unit.

Online Theory Exam:

• Format: Multiple Choice
• Number of Questions: 60
• Duration: 1.5 hours

Practical Assessments:

• Ex07 (Duration: 5 hours 45 minutes)
  • Installation work
  • High current and earth electrode testing
  • Functional testing
• Ex08 (Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes)
  • Use of documentation
  • Inspection activities
  • External characteristics and long-lead earth continuity testing
  • Functional testing

Certification

Successful candidates will receive the internationally recognised CompEx Certificate in Core Competence, valid for 5 years.

This CompEx qualification is UKAS accredited.