Training Resources

• Online or Instructor Led Courses

  • Introduction to IEC 62368-1 (One-Day Workshop)
    
    
  • Introduction to IEC 62368-1 Comparison Summary Document v1 (15-Minute Online Course)
    
    
  • Applied Safety Science and Engineering Techniques (ASSET)™
    
    
  • High-Tech Training Courses
    
    

• White Paper

  
  IEC 62368-1: A New Safety Standard for High-Tech Products
  
  This white paper provides background on the new standard and looks ahead to the challenges and potential impact of its implementation.  You will also learn about the Three Block Model, a core concept of Hazard Based Safety Engineering (HBSE) that characterizes the new standard.  Download the White Paper and the Executive Summary.
  

• Technical Briefs - 2012

  What is IEC 62368-1; What is it Not? (March 16, 2012) (registration required)

• Technical Briefs - 2011

  • IEC 62368-1 Technical Brief: Use of Components as Safeguards in IEC 62368-1 (January 7, 2011) (registration required)
    
    
  • IEC 62368-1 Technical Brief: New Tests & Test Equipment Associated with IEC 62368-1, Edition 1.0 (January 21, 2011) (registration required)
    
    
  • IEC 62368-1 Technical Brief: Requirements for Circuits Supplying External Wiring (February 11, 2011) (registration required)
    
    
  • IEC 62368-1 Technical Brief: Requirements For Protective Conductors Used as Safeguards (May 13, 2011) (registration required)
    
    
  • IEC 62368-1 Technical Brief: Requirements for Investigation of Safeguard Robustness (May 27, 2011) (registration required)
    
    
  • IEC 62368-1 Technical Brief: Requirements for Wound Components (June 10, 2011) (registration required)
    
    
  • IEC 62368-1 Technical Brief: Classification & Electrical Measurement of PS1, PS2 and PS3 Power Sources (July 3, 2011) (registration required)
    

  • IEC 62368-1 Technical Brief: Assessment of Interconnected ES3 and ES1 in Secondary Circuits (July 15, 2011) (registration required)

  • IEC 62368-1 Technical Brief: IEC 62368-1’s Treatment of Enclosure Openings (July 22, 2011) (registration required)

  • IEC 62368-1 Technical Brief: National Differences to be Associated with CSA/UL 62368-1, Edition No. 1 (Part I) (August 5, 2011) (registration required)

  • IEC 62368-1 Technical Brief: National Differences to be Associated with CSA/UL 62368-1, Edition No. 1 (Part II) (August 12, 2011) (registration required)

  • IEC 62368-1 Technical Brief: National Differences to be Associated with CSA/UL 62368-1, Edition No. 1 (Part III) (August 19, 2011) (registration required)

  • IEC TC108’s Ongoing Refinement of the Requirements for Surge Protection Devices, Including MOVs (September 9, 2011) (registration required)

  • Requirements for Non-ionizing Optical Radiation from Lasers & LEDs (September 30, 2011) (registration required)

  • Flammability Requirements for Internal and External Wiring (October 14, 2011) (registration required)

  • Requirements for Liquid Filled Components (LFC) (November 4, 2011) (registration required)

  • Use of IC Current Limiters (November 18, 2011) (registration required)

  • Requirements for Battery Cells, Batteries (Packs) and Fuel Cells (November 30, 2011) (registration required)

  • Planned Changes to IEC 62368-1 for Edition No. 2 (December 19, 2011) (registration required)

• Technical Briefs - 2010

  • IEC 62368-1's Scope (April 9, 2010) (registration required)
    
    
  • HBSE's Three Block Models (April 16, 2010) (registration required)
    
    
  • Ordinary vs. Skilled vs. Instructed Persons (April 23, 2010) (registration required)
    
    
  • Introduction to Safeguards (May 7, 2010)  (registration required)
    
    
  • General Energy Source Classifications: Class 1, 2 & 3 (May 21, 2010) (registration required)
    
    
  • Electrical Energy Source (ES) vs. SELV and LCC (June 4, 2010) (registration required)
    
    
  • Potential Ignition Sources (PIS): Arcing & Resistive (July 9, 2010) (registration required)
    
    
  • Fire Cones: Concept & Application (August 13 2010) (registration required)
    
    
  • IEC 62368-1's Two Options for Safeguarding Against Fire Under Fault Conditions (September 3 2010) (registration required)
    
    
  • IEC 62368-1's Accessibility Probes (September 24 2010) (registration required)
    
    
  • IEC 62368-1 Technical Brief: Fan K Factor Ratings (October 1, 2010) (registration required)
    
    
  • IEC 62368-1 Technical Brief: Touch Temperature Limits (October 22, 2010) (registration required)
    
    
  • IEC 62368-1 Technical Brief: Standard Format of Instructional Safeguards in IEC 62368-1 (November 12, 2010) (registration required)
    
    
  • IEC 62368-1 Technical Brief: External circuits (new terminology) vs TNV circuits (old terminology) (November 24, 2010) (registration required)
    
    
    
  • IEC 62368-1 Technical Brief: IEC 62368-1 Equipment Markings (December 17, 2010) (registration required)