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Education

Engineering Diploma Providing information on aspects of education and skills for members and the public on issues including the engineering diploma and skills surveys.

 

Education and skills factfiles

Health and safety

Electrical safety - a perspective based on incidents The IET has produced a series of factfiles and briefings on key aspects of health and safety for engineers, technicians and managers including colour vision defects and FTA.

 

Health and safety factfiles

ISA

What is Indpendent Safety Assessment (ISA)? The joint IET/BCS ISA working group ha produced a number of documents introducing key issues within independent safety assurance (ISA).

 

ISA factfiles

EMC and functional safety

EMC for functional safety The IET has produced guidance on electromagnetic compatibility for functional safety with separate downloads of process charts and checklists.

 

EMC for functional safety factfiles

Information technology

Radio frequency identification device technology (RFID) The IET has provided a number of factfiles on aspects of information technology for members and the public including RFID, identity management and communicating by email.

 

Information technology factfiles

Safety competence

Managing competence for safety related systems (Part 1) The HSE and IET/BCS has produced guidance to help companies manage the competence of their staff who are involved with electronic safety-related systems.

 

Managing safety competencies

Energy

Solar power The IET has produced a number of factfiles and briefings on key energy issues including UK energy policy, smart grids and on nuclear power and renewable energy.  

 

Environment and energy factfiles

Mobiles, pylons and health

Biological Effects of Low-Level Electromagnetic Fields of Frequencies up to 300 GHz The IET has been looking into the possible health effects of mobile phones, base stations, electricity power lines and pylons since 1991.

 

 

Mobiles, pylons and health factfiles

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