ESD Training Course

ONE DAY

1. ESD Awareness
• What is Static Electricity
• What is ESD
• What causes ESD
• What types of materials can generate static electricity
• What effects ESD can have on electronic components
• Problems related to ESD and the relative costs
• Difficulties in identifying ESD related failure
• Categories of ESD failure
2. Material Handling
• How to control generation of static electricity; how to control ESD
• Work area control techniques
• Proper packaging and handling techniques
• Personal Grounding
3. Working in an ESD-Protected Area
• ESD Protected Area controls
• Elements of an ESD-safe workstation
• Proper use of footstraps