BERGHOF DC1005 - Qualified Personnel; Due Diligence

BERGHOF Automation General
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1.3. Qualified Personnel
Only qualified personnel may install, operate and maintain the DIALOG
CONTROLLER.
Within the context of this documentation and the safety information it contains,
qualified personnel constitutes trained specialists who have the authority to mount,
install, commission, ground and identify equipment, systems and power circuits in
accordance with the standards of safety technology, and who are familiar with the
safety concepts of automation technology.
1.4. Due Diligence
The operator or original equipment manufacturer (OEM) must ensure:
• That the DIALOG CONTROLLER is only employed for its intended use;
• That the DIALOG CONTROLLER is only employed in a fault-free,
operational state;
• That the equipment manual is always maintained in a complete and
legible condition and is available at the point-of-employment of the
DIALOG CONTROLLER;
• That only properly qualified and authorized personnel mount, install,
commission and maintain the DIALOG CONTROLLER;
• That these specialists receive regular and ongoing instruction in all pertinent
questions related to work safety and environmental protection and that they
are familiar with the contents of the equipment manual, in particular, with the
safety information it contains;
• That the equipment identifiers as well as safety and warning information ap-
plied to the DIALOG CONTROLLER are not removed and that they are main-
tained in a legible condition;
• That all international, federal, state and local ordinances governing the
control of machinery and equipment applicable at the location at which the
DIALOG CONTROLLER is employed are complied with;
• That the users always have available all relevant information they require
with regard to the DIALOG CONTROLLER and its employment.