Course Details

Course Duration: Half Day (3.5hrs)
Open Course Price: £95.00 + VAT per person
Group Rate Price: Please call 01349 862226
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

Abrasive Wheels