Foundation Course [FOU]
Description
The Foundation Course is aimed at a beginner’s level. It covers common types of lifting equipment used across the industry and basic knowledge of key topics.
This course is a pre-requisite for LEEA’s Advanced Programmes and does not qualify you to do inspection or examination of lifting equipment.
Duration
Instructor Led Training - 3 days
e-Learning - average 18 hours
Delegates
Maximum number for Instructor Led Training - 12 delegates
Course Contents
- Legislation
- Standards & Codes of Practice
- Materials
- Basic Heat Treatment
- Unit of Measure
- Basic Force, Stress and Strain
- Basic Mechanics of Simple Machines
- Methods of Manufacture
- Verification of Lifting Equipment
- Wire Rope & Wire Rope Slings
- Chain & Chain Slings
- Rating and Marking of Lifting Equipment
- Textile Slings - Fibre Rope & Fibre Rope Slings
- Textile Webbing Slings
- Textile Roundslings
- Components for Slings
- Shackles & Eyebolts
- Turnbuckles
- Chain Hoists
- Lever Hoists
- Jaw Winches
- Jacks for Lifting
- Crane Forks & C-Hooks
- Powered Lifting Machines
- Runways & Crane Structures
- Overhead Travelling Cranes
- Offshore Containers
- Mobile Cranes
Delivery Options
- e-Learning
- Instructor Led Training at Huntingdon Training Centre
- Instructor Led Training on your premises (members only)
- Blended learning (members only)
Requirements
- No previous experience or qualifications required
- You must be over 18 years old.
- You must be employed by a LEEA member or registered with us as an Individual Trainee
Courses available on request.
