MCEexpert®
Seminar contents and imparted competences 

Subject area 1

• Introduction to product safety legislation
• Machinery Directive 2006/42/EG and Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230
• General principles and terms
• Requirements for “partly completed machinery”
• Technical documentation, EU declaration of conformity, CE marking
• Outlook and current developments in machine safety
• Conformity of production lines and large plants
• Carrying out the risk assessment in accordance with 
  EN ISO 12100
• Fundamental health and safety requirements
• Definition of the term: “state of the art”

Objectives and competences:
At the end of this module, participants will be able to clearly delineate the scope of the Machinery Directive (MRL) and its associated standards. 

They are familiar with the essential terminology and structures of the MRL and the associated standards. Furthermore, they know the basic structure of a risk assessment according to EN ISO 12100.

Subject area 2

• Mechanical hazards
• Hazards due to materials and substances
• Ergonomic requirements
• Fire and explosion protection on machines
• Further hazards
• Danger due to mobility and lifting operations
• Requirements for special machine types
• Requirements for the maintenance of machines
• Information, warnings and markings on machines
• Requirements for the operating or assembly instructions

Objectives and competences:
At the end of this module, participants will be familiar with various hazards of different origins which, according to the Machinery Directive, must be assessed as part of a risk assessment in accordance with EN ISO 12100. In addition, they know basic requirements from the areas of maintenance and servicing as well as from the area of operating and assembly instructions.

Subject area 3

• Pneumatic and hydraulic hazards
• Noise and vibration hazards
• Radiation hazards
• Electrical hazards
• Requirements for the electrical equipment of machines
• Requirements for control devices
• Safety guards against reaching danger points

Objectives and competences:
At the end of this module, participants will be familiar with various hazards of different origins which, according to the Machinery Directive, must be assessed as part of a risk assessment in accordance with EN ISO 12100. In addition, they know the basic requirements for electrical equipment and control devices of machines. They are also introduced to the systematics of fixed and movable safety guards and can distinguish between them.

Subject area 4

• Introduction: “Functional safety of machinery”
• EN ISO 13849-1: Safety-related parts of control systems – “Verification”
• Terms and definitions, general design principles
• Determination of the Performance Level (PL)
• Calculation of safety functions
• EN ISO 13849-2: Safety-related parts of control systems – “Validation”
• Validation process
• Validation through analysis / testing

Objectives and competences:
At the end of this module, the participants are familiar with the essential terminology of functional safety according to 13849-1 and -2. They know the scope of the standard and the structures stored in the standard. Furthermore, they can classify and evaluate the area of functional safety in the overall context of CE marking according to the Machinery Directive.