CompTIA A+ Core 2: Safety Procedures & Environmental Impacts

CompTIA    |    Beginner
  • 12 videos | 57m 13s
  • Includes Assessment
  • Earns a Badge
Environments should be designed and maintained with personal safety best practices and safety standards in mind. Enforcing safety standards helps ensure that operators are kept safe and prevented from causing harm to their systems. In this course, you'll learn when and where to use electrostatic discharge straps, mats, and bags. Explore personal safety measures, including disconnecting power before repairing a PC, lifting techniques, electrical fire safety, safety goggles, and air filtration masks. Discover material safety data sheet (MSDS) handling and disposal recommendations, including proper battery disposal, proper toner disposal, and proper disposal of other devices and assets. You will also learn the importance of temperature, humidity-level awareness, and proper ventilation, including equipment placement, dust cleanup, and compressed air and vacuums. Lastly, explore the impact of power surges, under-voltage events, and power outages and discuss when to use battery backup and surge suppressors. This course helps prepare for CompTIA A+ certification exam 220-1102.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

  • Discover the key concepts covered in this course
    Outline how and when to use electrostatic discharge straps
    Recognize the purpose of electro discharge mats
    Recognize the importance of equipment grounding
    Outline proper power and component handling methods and techniques
    Recognize how and when to use antistatic bags
  • Recognize compliance and government regulations
    Outline common personal safety measures including disconnecting power before repairing pc, lifting techniques, electrical fire safety, safety goggles, and using air filtration masks
    Recognize material safety data sheet (msds) handling and disposal recommendations, including proper battery disposal, proper toner disposal, and proper disposal of other devices and assets
    Recognize the importance of temperature, humidity-level awareness, and proper ventilation, including equipment placement, dust clean-up, and compressed air and vacuums
    Recognize the impact of power surges, power loss, and under-voltage events, and identify when to use battery backup and surge suppressors
    Summarize the key concepts covered in this course

IN THIS COURSE

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