Course sheet · 2027 catalogueOccupational health and safety
Lockout / Unlock (LOTO)
One day so that every worker knows how to make a machine or installation safe before working on it: identify all energy sources, isolate them, fit padlocks and tags, dissipate residual energy, verify that no energy remains, then return to service without risk. The workshop takes place on a piece of equipment from your site and ends with its lockout sheet.
Duration1 day
Request a quoteObjectives
- Identify all the energy sources of a piece of equipment: electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, mechanical, thermal, chemical, gravitational
- Apply the lockout steps: preparation, shutdown, isolation, locking off, dissipation, verification
- Use personal padlocks, tags and a group lockout box
- Carry out safe unlocking and return to service, including at a shift change
- Write or improve the lockout sheet of a piece of equipment
Programme
Day 1 — morning
- Typical accidents during machine maintenance, cleaning, unjamming or adjustment
- Hazardous energy and residual energy: pressure, springs, suspended loads, inertia, heat
- Lockout steps and the role of each person involved
- Equipment: isolating devices, personal padlocks, hasps, tags, lockout boxes
Day 1 — afternoon (workshop)
- Group lockout, work by several trades, shift handover
- Workshop: complete lockout of a piece of equipment from your site by each participant
- Writing the lockout sheet of the equipment studied
- Unlocking, tests, return to service; operations that do not allow a complete lockout; knowledge test
Teaching methods
- Practical exercise on a piece of equipment from your site, made available while shut down
- Demonstration of lockout equipment and comparison with the equipment on your site
- Case studies of accidents caused by unexpected start-up
- Review of your existing lockout procedures and sheets
- Practical observation of each participant and knowledge test
Assessment and documents
Observation of each participant during the practical lockout and a knowledge test, plus a day+1 learner feedback survey. Numbered certificate, verifiable online; training report and the lockout sheet drafted in the workshop given to the company.
Bilingual materials for every participant; each classroom course comes with its digital twin on OmniLearn.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference with BC electrical authorisation?
LOTO lockout covers all the energy sources of a piece of equipment: electrical, but also pneumatic, hydraulic, mechanical or thermal. It does not replace electrical authorisation: the lockout of an electrical installation remains reserved for people authorised for it by the employer.
Do we need to shut down a machine during the course?
Yes, for the practical workshop, for about half a day. We choose with your maintenance department a representative piece of equipment and a slot compatible with production, for example during a planned shutdown.
Are production operators concerned?
Yes, as soon as they enter a danger zone to unjam, clean or adjust. They are often the ones exposed to an unexpected restart; training them together with maintenance aligns practices.
Can this course be funded?
It can appear in your training plan submitted under OFPPT special training contracts, or be the subject of a GIAC file depending on your sector. We prepare the file with you; eligibility depends on the rules in force.
Practical information
- Duration
- 1 day
- Audience
- Maintenance technicians, machine setters, line operators, team leaders, HSE managers
- Prerequisites
- No prerequisites; knowing the equipment of one’s area.
- Group size
- Groups of 6 to 12 participants, in-company
- Format
- In-company, face to face on your site
- Language
- French, Darija or English; bilingual materials
- Funding
- OFPPT special training contracts (TFP), GIAC, Maroc PME: we prepare the applications with you, at no extra cost.
- Programme customisation
- Programme adapted to your procedures, your equipment and your audience
Organise this course
Price and dates on quote, depending on your headcount, your site and your preferred period.
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