What is involved in this course?
- A comprehensive course covering all the theoretical and practical skills to inspect, record and report under LOLER regulations. Industry experience required.
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
What are the pre-requisites for this course?
- Industry experience is important, usually 3-5 years aerial treework using a range of modern climbing and rigging equipment. This is not essential however, those with allied industry or leisure experience have been sucessful on this loler inspection course.
- SRWP / SRT knowledge is useful
- Training should be refreshed every 3-5 years