North Highland Construction Training Group

Course Details

• Course Duration: Half Day (3.5hrs)
• Open Course Price: £95.00 + VAT per person
• Maximum Delegate: 12
• Delivery Method: Classroom Based Theory
• Prerequisite: None
• Assessment: Multiple Choice Test Paper
• Certification: Each successful delegate will receive a Certificate of Training  (valid for 3 years)

Who should attend this course
Persons who operate angle grinders, cut off saws, bench grinders and bench top cut off saws.

Course Content

• Overview of health and safety legislation
• Precautions against hazards and risk control measures including contact, wheel burst, noise, respiratory and HAVS
• Personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Types of abrasive wheel machines and their safe use.
  Resin & vitrified bonded abrasive wheel selection, marking, identification and inspection – types 1, 27, 41 & 42 (including practical exercise)
• Correct use, setting, adjustment and inspection of flanges, guards and accessories
• Pre-use machine safety checks (including non-live practical exercise)
• How to mount of abrasive wheels on angle grinders, chop saws, disc cutters, bench and pedestal grinders (including practical demonstration)
• How to true, dress and balance vitrified abrasive wheels on bench and pedestal grinders
• Safe Working Practice
• Written Assessment