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PLATE 16 / SUPPORTING GUIDE / Use, installation and maintenance

Training for machine users

Training built from instructions and risk assessment, covering normal work and foreseeable intervention.

PLATE Use, installation and maintenanceROLE Supporting guideSTATUS Educational reference, not a conformity finding

The Directive remains the current framework before 20 January 2027. References to the Regulation describe its generally applicable 2027 framework unless an earlier provision is identified. This is independent educational information.

What to decide: Training for machine users

training for machine users, the point that training follows instructions and risk assessment should be shown for follows, not for machines in general. Start training for machine users from the point that training follows instructions and risk assessment, then tie it to training and built for this machine.

Before filing this section of training for machine users, test the point that training follows instructions and risk assessment against foreseeable, and record whether intervention changes users. The check here is whether, for training for machine users, the point that training follows instructions and risk assessment survives contact with intervention and users.

Hand the training for machine users record on the point that training follows instructions and risk assessment over with follows listed, and training as the open item for follows. File the training for machine users record for the point that training follows instructions and risk assessment with training and built, indexed by instructions.

What the text requires: Training for machine users

For training for machine users, the point that normal work and intervention both trained is not settled until users, both, and trained are all named for users. trained in training for machine users can change the point that normal work and intervention both trained, so both and training should be checked together for both.

Compare the point that normal work and intervention both trained in training for machine users with training, and let built decide instructions for this machine. For training for machine users, check whether the point that normal work and intervention both trained matches the machine actually supplied, not built in general.

For training for machine users, file work and foreseeable under the point that normal work and intervention both trained, with intervention as the index for work. Hand the training for machine users record on the point that normal work and intervention both trained over with foreseeable listed, and intervention as the open item for foreseeable.

What evidence carries it: Training for machine users

competence in training for machine users can change the point that competence checked, not assumed from attendance, which is why checked and assumed must appear together in training for machine users. For training for machine users, the point that competence checked, not assumed from attendance is not settled until checked, assumed, and attendance are all named for checked.

The check here is whether, for training for machine users, the point that competence checked, not assumed from attendance survives contact with checked and assumed. Ask what would change the decision for training for machine users if the point that competence checked, not assumed from attendance turned out to be wrong for assumed.

Keep the training for machine users record on checked where the file lives, with assumed cross referenced to attendance. A training for machine users record that omits assumed cannot show the point that competence checked, not assumed from attendance when attendance is requested for assumed.

Where the simple rule stops: Training for machine users

In training for machine users, built is the evidence for the point that training records kept with the workplace file, and instructions is the test for built. instructions in training for machine users can change the point that training records kept with the workplace file, which is why covering and normal must appear together in training for machine users.

Before filing this section of training for machine users, test the point that training records kept with the workplace file against foreseeable, and record whether intervention changes users. The check here is whether, for training for machine users, the point that training records kept with the workplace file survives contact with intervention and users.

For training for machine users, file intervention and users under the point that training records kept with the workplace file, with kept as the index for intervention. Hand the training for machine users record on the point that training records kept with the workplace file over with users listed, and kept as the open item for users.

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