SYNOPSIS

IECEx Certification of Personnel Competence (CoPC) for Explosive Atmospheres is one of the schemes under the IECEx Certification System. IECEx CoPC is for persons engaged in work and services related to explosive atmospheres which requires skilled and knowledgeable personnel to perform proper hazardous area classification, installation, inspection, maintenance, repair, overhaul, testing, inspection, design and audit of explosion protected equipment. The objective of the IECEx CoPC is to provide cross-industry competencies needed for work associated with equipment for hazardous areas. IECEx CoPC provides a single system for the assessment and qualification of persons meeting the competency prerequisites needed to properly implement the safety requirements based on the IEC Standards covering explosive atmospheres IECEx CoPC demonstrates personnel competency and provides confidence on operational of equipment complying with IECEx requirements and IEC standards related to explosive atmospheres. Certificate of Personnel Competence (CoPC) will be issued when compliance with the scheme requirements has been achieved and the personnel is competent according to the Units of Competence in the scope of the application.


BIODATA OF SPEAKER

Ir. Syed Fadzil Bin Syed Mohamed graduated from the University of Paisley, Scotland, United Kingdom with B.Eng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering. He has more than 20 years working experience in the field of Materials Research, Engineering Failure Investigation and Conformity Assessment. He is an examiner for IECEx Certification of Personnel Competence (CoPC) scheme. Currently he is a Consultant at Product Certification and Inspection Department, SIRIM QAS International Sdn. Bhd.