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0.5 Definitions
Owner
Owners (employer, company) are defined as persons who own the rail-guided
handling equipment and who use it appropriately.
Operating personnel/operator
Operating personnel or operators are defined as persons entrusted by the owner
of the rail-guided handling equipment with operation of the equipment.
Specialist personnel
Specialist personnel are defined as persons assigned by the owner of the rail-
guided handling equipment to carry out special tasks such as installation, setting-
up, maintenance and fault elimination.
Qualified electrician
Qualified electricians are defined as persons who, owing to their technical training,
knowledge and experience of electrical installations as well as knowledge of the
relevant standards, codes of practice and regulations, are able to assess the tasks
given to them and to identify and eliminate potential hazards.
Trained person
Trained persons are defined as persons who have been instructed and trained for
the tasks assigned to them and on the possible hazards resulting from incorrect
handling and who have been informed about the required protective devices,
protective measures, relevant regulations, codes of practice, accident prevention
regulations and operating conditions and who have proven their qualifications.
Experienced technician
Experienced technicians are defined as persons, who, owing to their technical
training and experience, have sufficient knowledge of rail-guided handling equip-
ment and are familiar with the relevant national industrial safety regulations, codes
of practice, accident prevention regulations, directives and generally accepted
engineering standards enabling them to judge the safe operating condition of rail-
guided handling equipment.
Assigned expert engineer (in the Federal Republic of Germany according to
BGV D8, § 23, for determining the S.W.P.)
An assigned expert engineer is defined as an experienced technician specifically
assigned by the manufacturer to determine the remaining duration of service
(service life) of rail-guide handling equipment (S.W.P. = safe working period) and
to carry out a general overhaul of rail-guided handling equipment.
Authorized expert engineer (in the Federal Republic of Germany according to
BGV D6, § 28)
In addition to the expert engineers of the Technical Supervisory and Inspection
Board, an authorized expert engineer for the inspection of rail-guided handling
equipment is defined as an expert engineer authorized by the Industrial Employers’
Mutual Insurance Association.
Rail-guided handling equipment
Rail-guided handling equipment are systems used for lifting and moving loads, such
as cranes, crabs and travelling hoist units, rail systems.
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