​Refresher – Thorough Inspection of Arboriculture Lifting Equipment - LOLER (Lantra)

 ​Refresher – Thorough Inspection of Arboriculture Lifting Equipment - LOLER (Lantra)

 

Duration:  1 day

 

Course Dates: ​28 July Refresher (1 Space)

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Course Cost: £403.30 (+£76.66 VAT)

Venue: Betchworth, Surrey

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Pre-requisites: 

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This course will refresh trainees with the appropriate techniques and underpinning knowledge to ensure that they continue to be confident when working within forestry, arboriculture or allied industries. It will also ensure awareness of current health and safety legislation, and industry good practice keeping individuals up-to-date and skilled.

The course is designed to be short, sharp and focussed and will provide refresher training for trainees already Lantra Awards trained and/or certificated for this activity.

They are not to be used as a substitute for novice operator training, nor will they offer the wide range of skills needed for inexperienced operators to work safely.

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Course Objectives: 

• Be aware of legislation pertaining to examination of arboricultural equipment

• Understand definition and status of a competent person

• Be aware of range of personal protective equipment (PPE) and other equipment appropriate to working at height in arboricultural operations

• Understand the requirements for operator pre-use checks, inspection, record keeping, storage and transport of equipment

• Identify different categories of equipment and their appropriate examination intervals

• Recognise appropriate marking of equipment, to identify individual items

• Correctly identify levels of wear and damage in a range of arboricultural equipment

• Demonstrate an ability to record findings of the thorough examination using the appropriate forms safely.

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