Management of Hot Work Handbook

Updated in 2020, this handbook is Ideal for any individual with responsibility for overseeing, permitting, and carrying out temporary hot work activities during construction, maintenance, and renovation. It explains the relevant legislation and uses case studies to illustrate the extent to which hot work can have disastrous consequences if inadequately managed.

This handbook covers:

• Legislation and guidance
• Understanding fire
• Principles of fire risk assessment
• The permit to work: pre-work, during-work, and post-work checks
• Hot work hazards
• Modern methods of construction
• Actions in the event of a fire
• Portable fire extinguishers
• After a fire.

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