construction training courses
  • Training for the construction industry

    Skills & Training fund

    Did you know that CITB registered SME employers with up to 99 employees can apply for funding of up to £10,000 to cover the cost of their short duration courses? This includes any Site Safety Plus courses. Employers can submit one claim every 12 months.

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  • Training for the construction industry

    The first phase of the changes being made by CITB will see new standards introduced for the following:

    Excavator 360, above 10 tonnes (tracked), Forward tipping dumper (wheeled), Rear tipping dumper/ dump truck: articulated chassis (all sizes), Ride on Roller, Telescopic handler: all sizes excluding 360 slew, Industrial forklift, Plant and Vehicle Marshaller, Slinger, Signaller: all types, all duties

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  • Training for the construction industry

    CITB Approved Training Organisation (ATO)

    As a CITB Approved Training Organisation, as well as the automatic claims for CPCS courses and NVQ's, we can now claim on your behalf for NPORS and In-house courses. The rates are tiered in the same way the CPCS courses are. For more information give one of our sales team a call on 01189700200 or...

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Padworth's Leading Abrasive Wheels Training Providers

Obtain your NPORS (National Plant Operators Registration Scheme) card in Padworth with our industry leading Abrasive Wheels training course that can be hosted on our site, or our qualified training instructors will come to you. 

Abrasive Wheels training will equip you with the basic knowledge and practical skills which involve the safe mounting, selection of abrasive wheels and cutting discs to the official NPORS standard. Abrasive Wheels training will hugely benefit you and your business and it will be delivered by a CITP's fully CITB - accredited expert instructors. 

Held at our Silver Birches Yard in Berkshire the Abrasive Wheels training promises to provide you with a great skill set, the training can even be held at your own site, providing you have the required equipment for the course to go ahead. We like to make sure that all candidates are comfortable in their surroundings so that they can complete the course and gain their NPORS card. 

So, if you're based in Padworth please call our specialist training instructors to arrange a place on the course, dial 01189 700200 for more advice and information. 

Interactive training methods 

A variety of training methods are use to encourage different ways of learning in order to develop skills of all of the applicants, the course is however comprehensive and will fully prepare candidates for the industry. 

The course is extremely interactive using practical, classroom and theory based learning methods which gives attendees the chance to present a full understanding of the training they have been given. 

1 Day Course 

Abrasive Wheels training takes just 1 day for our candidates to complete the course. All criteria of the course will be covered in this time, our instructors all stress that is important that those on the course fully understand the content and the skills being shown. They will be on hand throughout, to guide you through the procedures which will help you successfully complete the course. 

 Course content 

  • The Health and Safety at work Act 1974
  • Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1996
  • COSSH Regulations 2002
  • PPE Regulations 2002
  • PUWER 1998
  • Safety in the use of Abrasive Wheels HS (G) 17
  • Manual Handling Regulations 1992 
  • Types and functions 
  • The selection, testing, mounting and storage of abrasive wheels and cutting of discs 
  • The care, maintenance, transport and handling of abrasive wheels and cutting of discs 

For course date and costs please call us today on 01189 700200 to speak with a member of our friendly and helpful team or send us a message through our contact page.