Course content
This course covers the following topics:
- Uses and main objectives of gas detectors.
- Industrial, commercial, and residential applications for gas detection instruments.
- The use of air quality monitoring systems at fire stations.
- Fixed gas detectors.
- Portable gas detectors.
- Electrochemical sensors.
- Infrared (IIR) sensors.
- Catalytic bead sensors.
- Photoionization detectors (PID).
- Semiconductor sensors.
- Appropriate positioning of fixed and portable detectors.
- Detecting combustible and toxic gases and volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
- Monitoring oxygen levels.
- Alarm systems on gas detectors.
- Data logging and connectivity.
- Calibration, testing, and maintenance of portable gas detection devices.
- The importance and purpose of, and key steps involved in, bump tests for portable gas detection devices.
- Standards and regulations for gas detection equipment and safety.
- Industrial incident case studies and lessons learned.
- Optimal procedures for gas detection.











