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Glossary

Lockout: making an installation safe before working on it

Lockout puts an installation out of energy and keeps it that way throughout the intervention. It follows a strict sequence and is verified before every action on the equipment. Isolate, lock, dissipate, verify, mark: five moves, in that order.

A sequence, with no step skipped

Lockout guarantees that an installation cannot restart during an intervention. It chains five moves: isolate the energy source, lock the isolating device with a secured mechanism, dissipate residual energy, verify that energy is genuinely absent, then mark the equipment. Each move leaves a named trace, and restoration follows the reverse sequence.

  • Isolate, lock, dissipate, verify, mark
  • The absence-of-energy check is done on site, every time
  • Restoration follows the reverse sequence, trace included

The five moves of lockout

The Industrial Maintenance and Energy programme has candidates run the full sequence on simulated installations, through to restoration and the return-to-service test. The Industrial Site Safety certificate covers it from the issuing side: verifying lockout before authorising an intervention.

  1. 01

    1 — Isolate

    The installation is cut from every energy source: electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, thermal.

  2. 02

    2 — Lock

    The isolating device is locked by a named mechanism only the worker can remove.

  3. 03

    3 — Dissipate

    Residual energies are released: capacitors discharged, pressure bled, masses secured.

  4. 04

    4 — Verify and mark

    Absence of energy is confirmed on site, then the installation is marked as locked out.

Programmes where you practise it

2 catalogue programmes put “Lockout” to work: 138 credits and 1380 taught hours in total. The official rule holds throughout — one credit stands for 25 hours of work, 10 of them taught. Every line below is recomputed from the programme page: level, duration, credits, taught volume and fees in Guinean francs appear exactly as filed in the official catalogue.

ProgrammeLevelDurationVolumeFees
Industrial Maintenance and EnergyBachelor's degree2 years120 credits · 1200 taught hours5 400 000 GNF per year
Certificate in Industrial Site Safety ManagementProfessional certification6 months18 credits · 180 taught hours3 800 000 GNF in total
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