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BOSIET, H2S and rigging certificates: who issues which
When an employer asks for "a certificate", it usually means a specific standard. Which ones only an OPITO-approved centre can issue, and which any training centre can.
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The questions we hear most from the field, with the article of the law, the name of the standard and the figure.
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At what wind force work stops
Absheron has plenty of windy days. Annex 2 of the Labour Code gives the limits for crane, welding and rig work in Beaufort force; here they are in metres per second.
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14/14 and 28/28: rotation work under the Labour Code
The Code has no separate chapter on a "rotation method". Rotas are built on the summarised accounting of working time; articles as of October 2026.
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H2S: why you cannot trust your nose
Hydrogen sulphide smells of rotten eggs in small amounts and stops smelling in dangerous ones. The figures come from the US institute NIOSH.