Jones Engineering Services & ExVeritas have partnered up and delivered Ireland's first CompEx
Centre.
Explosive atmospheres occur in onshore and offshore petrochemical plants and refining plants. They
are also found in distilleries, paint spraying plants, flourmills, woodworking machine plants, chipboard
and MDF pre-production areas, the water industry and all fuel forecourt environments. Failure to
ensure safe working practices in these circumstances could result in the ignition of explosive gases or
dust clouds leading to injury or even fatalities and the destruction of capital asset
investments damaged by explosive blasts and fire.
The CompEx Scheme is now the global solution for validating core competency of employees
and contract staff of major users in the gas, oil & chemical sectors, both with offshore and
onshore activities.
Based upon the IEC Standards, primarily IEC 60079: Parts 10; 14 & 17, Competency Validation and
Certification for electrotechnical and mechanical craftspersons and Application Design Engineers
working in explosive atmospheres is available in over 12 modules (see Course Units) and the
CompEx Certification Body, JTLimited is accredited to ISO/IEC 17024:2012 Conformity
Assessment - General Requirements for bodies operating certification of persons who work in
explosive atmospheres.
Irish Practitioners/Operatives/Technicians can now be validated for core competency for CompEx ExF
Foundation & Ex01-04 Gas & Vapour Modules at Little Island, Cork. On the horizon will be Ex 11
Mechanical & Ex01R - Ex04R Refresher modules. CompEx now has 45 centres worldwide with
KIQUSATTS S. Korea & ENDRESS+HAUSER, Manchester also licensed earlier this year.