Foundation Course (FOU) : Description
Foundation Course (FOU) : Description
com/individual-trainee
LEEA
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
Delegates
Course Contents
1. Legislation
2. Standards & Codes of Practice
3. Materials
4. Basic Heat Treatment
5. Unit of Measure
6. Basic Force, Stress and Strain
7. Basic Mechanics of Simple Machines
8. Methods of Manufacture
9. Verification of Lifting Equipment
10. Wire Rope & Wire Rope Slings
11. Chain & Chain Slings
12. Rating and Marking of Lifting Equipment
13. Textile Slings - Fibre Rope & Fibre Rope Slings
14. Textile Webbing Slings
15. Textile Roundslings
16. Components for Slings
17. Shackles & Eyebolts
18. Turnbuckles
19. Chain Hoists
20. Lever Hoists
21. Jaw Winches
22. Jacks for Lifting
23. Crane Forks & C-Hooks
24. Powered Lifting Machines
25. Runways & Crane Structures
26. Overhead Travelling Cranes
27. Offshore Containers
28. Mobile Cranes
Delivery Options
e-Learning
Instructor Led Training at Huntingdon Training Centre
Requirements
Description
Lifting Equipment General is an Advanced Programme which focuses on the inspection and thorough
examination of lifting accessories.
Duration
Delegates
Course Contents
1. Legislation
2. Heat Treatment
3. Stress and Strain
4. Verification of Lifting Equipment
5. Components for Slings
6. Chain and Chain Slings
7. Steel Wire Rope Slings
8. Fibre Rope Slings
9. Textile Webbing Slings
10. Textile Roundslings
11. Shackles & Eyebolts
12. Rigging Screws & Turnbuckles
13. Plate Clamps
14. Clamps
15. Lifting Beams
16. Lifting Magnets
17. Vacuum Lifters
18. Crane Forks & C-Hooks
Delivery Options
e-Learning
Instructor Led Training at Huntingdon Training Centre
Instructor Led Training on your premises (members only)
Blended learning (members only)
Description
Lifting Machines Manual is an Advanced Programme which focuses on the inspection and thorough
examination of manually operated lifting machines.
Duration
Delegates
Course Contents
1. Legislation
2. Mechanics of Machines
3. Verification
4. Load Chain
5. Load Rope
6. Screw Brake Mechanisms
7. Hand Chain Hoists
8. Lever Hoists
9. Lifting and Pulling Machines
10. Hand Operated Winches
11. Travelling Trolleys
12. Mechanical and Hydraulic Jacks
13. Pulley Blocks
14. Site Testing & Examination of Manual Lifting Machines
Delivery Options
e-Learning
Instructor Led Training at Huntingdon Training Centre
Instructor Led Training on your premises (members only)
Blended learning (members only)
Requirements
Description
Lifting Machines Power is an Advanced Programme which focuses on the inspection and thorough
examination of power operated lifting machines.
Duration
Delegates
Course Contents
1. Legislation
2. Lifting Media - Chain
3. Lifting Media - Wire Rope
4. Load Hooks & Sheave Blocks
5. Suspension & Trollies
6. Principles of Electrical Machines
7. Principles of Pneumatic Machines
8. Power Supply Systems
9. Electric Chain Hoists
10. Electric Wire Rope Hoists
11. Pneumatic Hoists
12. Powered Winches
13. Brakes
14. Limit Switches - Over Travel
15. Overloading Protection - WLL
16. Overload Protection - Electrical
17. Safe Use of Powered Hoists
Delivery Options
e-Learning
Instructor Led Training at Huntingdon Training Centre
Instructor Led Training on your premises (members only)
Blended learning (members only)
Requirements
Description
Duration
Delegates
Course Contents
1. Legislation
2. Standards
3. Lifting Media – Load Chain
4. Lifting Media – Wire Rope
5. Materials
6. Crane Construction
7. Crane Configurations
8. End Carriages
9. Hoist Construction
10. Rope Drums & Pulleys
11. Power Feed Systems
12. Motion Limit Switches
13. Overload Devices
14. Braking Systems
15. Electric Motors and VFDs
16. Duty Classification
17. Safety Essentials when working on OTC
18. Testing as Part of the Thorough Examination
19. The Thorough Examination
20. Gantry Alignment
Delivery Options
e-Learning
Instructor Led Training at Huntingdon Training Centre
Instructor Led Training on your premises (members only)
Blended learning (members only)
Requirements
Description
Duration
Delegates
Course Contents
1. Legislation
2. Standards & Code of Practice
3. Terms, Definitions and Symbols
4. Design & Construction
5. Pad Eyes
6. Marking Requirements & Data Plates
7. Certification
8. Chain Slings
9. Steel Wire Rope Slings
10. Shackles
11. Lifting Set Design
12. Examination of Offshore Containers
13. Examination of Lifting Sets
14. Testing of Offshore Containers
15. Testing of Lifting Sets
16. Inspection Report Requirements
17. Pre-Trip Inspections
Delivery Options
e-Learning
Instructor Led Training at Huntingdon Training Centre
Instructor Led Training on your premises (members only)
Blended learning (members only)
Requirements
Description
Runways & Crane Structures is an Advanced Programme which focuses on the inspection and thorough
examination of runways and crane structures.
Duration
Delegates
Course Contents
1. Legislation
2. Standards
3. Runways
4. Supporting Structures
5. Deflections & Measurements
6. Runway Beams with Cantilevers
7. Runway Beam Fixings – Bolted Connections
8. Welding of Structural Steel
9. Site Testing & Examination
10. Purpose Built Runways
11. Cranes & Components
12. Beam Clamps
13. Mobile Gantries
14. Swing Jib Cranes
15. Davits
16. Examination & Testing of Swing Jib Cranes
17. Power Feed Systems
18. Safety Essentials when Working on RCS
Delivery Options
e-Learning
Instructor Led Training at Huntingdon Training Centre
Instructor Led Training on your premises (members only)
Blended learning (members only)
Requirements
This course is currently under development and the new version will be available in 2020.
The information below refers to the current course and will be updated when the new version launches.
Description
Mobile Crane Examination is an Advanced Programme which focuses on the inspection and thorough
examination of mobile cranes.
Instructor Led Training - 7 days (split into two sessions with a break in between).
Delegates
Course Contents
1. Legislation
2. Standards and Codes of Practice
3. Health and Safety Requirements and Site Risk Assessments
4. Mobile Cranes (Development)
5. Thorough Examination – Statutory Requirements
6. Verification Methods and Equipment
7. Testing
8. Crane Types
9. Load Charts
10. Rated Capacity Indicators
11. Crane Signals
12. Conducting the Thorough Examination of Mobile Telescoping Cranes
13. Basic Hydraulic Systems for Mobile Telescoping Cranes
14. Thorough Examination of the Mobile Telescoping Crane Superstructure
15. Telescoping Booms
16. Limit Switches and Safety Devices
17. Wire Rope Examination
18. Reporting Procedures
The course is delivered in 2 sessions. Session 1 lasts 5 days and is followed by a weekend break. Session 2
lasts 2 days and includes a comprehensive practical evaluation and theory assessment.
Delivery Options
More delivery options will be available when the new version of the course launches.
Requirements