Advanced Laser Safety & Protection Course

Goals of the Laser Safety Office (LSO, RSL) Training

Appropriate training for those who should be responsible for safety in the use of laser systems (the Laser Safety Officer defined in the technical report IEC-TR 60825-14; in Spanish "Responsable de Seguridad Láser - RSL").

This advanced training course in laser safety and protection delves into the technical aspects of risk assessment and also covers legal and administrative aspects of security under the prism of the applicable legislation in the European Union and in particular in the Spanish state

Public

Technicians responsible for maintenance, production engineering, designers of laser products or systems or occupational risk prevention.
En general those responsible for the safety in the use of laser systems.

Article 8 of the Spanish Royal Decree 486/2010 and technical report IEC-TR60825-14 (Chapter 3) from the International Electrotechnical Commission specify that organizations using laser systems of Class 3R (invisible), Class 3B or Class 4 should appoint a laser safety officer (LSO) with sufficient technical knowledge.

Duration

16 hours

Subjects

The syllabus of the Laser Safety Officer (LSO) training course includes the following topics:

• Electromagnetic spectrum, optical radiation and light
• Laser (production, characterization and propagation)
• Classification, accessible exposure limit
• Accidental ocular exposure, reflections, secondary beams and laser safety products
• Dangers of laser radiation
• Fiber optic communication systems
• Accidents (statistics and main causes)
• Legislation and regulations
• Laser risk assessment
• Management of laser safety
• Administration of laser safety
• Laser safety products
• Exposure and maximum permissible exposure
• Safety glasses

The development of the course syllabus will be based on Royal Decree 486/2010 and standards EN 60825-1, EN-207, EN-208 and others.

Other details

Course language: Spanish

A copy of the course content is delivered.

Proof of comprehension of the contents at the end of the course.

Certificate for students who have attended the complete advanced laser safety and protection - LSO training course and passed the test.

Course in Virtual Classroom: Sessions from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Thursday.  

Our Laser Safety Academy will provide the answer to your questions.

America

Thanks to our remote, online training, we already provide service to people and entities in America who are aware of laser safety. We propose customized content for the legislation of countries such as Mexico, Argentina or Chile among other Ibero American countries. We can also adapt our training to your time zone (we are in Spain).

We teach our courses in Spanish and English.

Price

1.566 € (+21% VAT) / attendant