Personnel Qualifications; Potential Hazards Associated With The Product - Novoferm NovoDock L320 Original-Montage- Und Betriebsanleitung

2.3

Personnel qualifications

The following persons are authorized to carry out the
installation and maintenance:
• Skilled workers with relevant training, e.g.
industrial mechanic
A skilled worker is a person who, due to his/her pro-
fessional training, his knowledge and experience as
well as due to his/her knowledge of the relevant regu-
lations, is able to judge the work assigned to him/her
as well as to identify possible hazards.
The following persons are qualified to perform elec-
trical installation work and to work on the electrical
system:
• Qualified electricians
Skilled electricians must be able to read and under-
stand electric circuit diagrams, to put electrical sys-
tems into service and to maintain them, to wire con-
trol cabinets, to install the control software, to ensure
the functionality of electrical components and to
identify possible hazards resulting from handling elec-
trical and electronic systems.
The following persons are qualified to work on the hy-
draulic system:
• hydraulics specialists
Skilled hydraulics specialists must be able to read
and understand hydraulic circuit diagrams, to put hy-
draulic systems into service and to maintain them, to
interconnect hydraulic components, to adjust flow and
pressure limiters, to ensure the functionality of hy-
draulic components and to identify possible hazards
resulting from handling hydraulic systems.
The following persons are authorised to handle the
product:
• Operating personnel
The operator must have read and understood the in-
structions, in particular the "Safety" chapter and must
be aware of the hazards associated with handling the
product and the controlled dock leveller.
The operator must have been instructed with regard
to handling the controlled dock leveller.
The following persons are authorised to carry out as-
sessments and installations of dock levellers:
• Qualified person according to EN 1398:2009
Person who, by way of training and experience, has
sufficient knowledge in the field of dock levellers and
who is sufficiently familiar with relevant rules and reg-
ulations to be able to assess the safe condition of
dock levellers.
These assembly, operation and maintenance instructions must be kept for the entire period of use!
2.4 Potential hazards associated with the
product
The product has undergone a risk assessment. The
product's design and construction, which are based
on this risk assessment, correspond to the current
state-of-the-art. The product is safe to operate when
used as intended. Nevertheless, residual risks re-
main.
Hazardous voltage!
WARNING
Fatal electric shock when touching live
parts. Observe the following safety rules
when working on the electrical system:
• Disconnect from the mains.
• Secure against inadvertent switch-
on.
• Verify de-energised state.
• Work on the electrical system may
only be performed by skilled electri-
cians or instructed persons working
under the direction and supervision
of a skilled electrician in accordance
with the electrotechnical rules and
directives.
Crush hazard by moving dock
WARNING
leveller!
Limb crush hazard by moving dock lev-
eller.
• Always mount external command
transmitters within sight of the dock
leveller.
• The dock leveller must be visible
from the place of operation.
• The optional control panel must be
equipped with an emergency stop
switch.
Tripping or falling hazard when
CAUTION
loading!
With the control switched off, triggered
emergency stop switch or active restart
lock, the floating position of the dock
leveller is not active and the vertical
movements of the truck are not bal-
anced out.
• It is not permitted to drive on the
dock leveller until restart.
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