EEA Electricity Engineers' Association

Purpose

This Technical Guide Safe Work With Cables sets out the essential safety requirements for identifying and making safe HV and LV cables.

Employees who are Cable Jointers, or undertaking cable jointing or termination work, are expected to be conversant with the relevant sections of the Line Mechanics and Cable Jointers Handbook, and this Guide does not contain the detail of the Line Mechanics and Cable Jointers Handbook, nor repeat all information relevant only to Cable Jointers or those undertaking cable jointing or termination work.

This Guide is an 'industry procedure' as defined in the Safety Manual - Electricity Industry (SM-EI), and provides a recommended method of achieving SM-EI requirements for work on cables. Specific and general requirements of SM-EI must also be followed when working on cables, and are not repeated in this Guide.