TRAINING SYLLABUS FOR POWER PRESSES
Course Duration: 1 Day for experienced operators/refresher training
Ratio : Up to 6 trainees
Aim: To train delegates who are involved with Power Presses to understand their Responsibilities for inspection and operation of the Power Press Safety System and the Requirements of the Work Equipment Regulations
Objectives – By the end of the course trainees will:
- Appreciate their legal responsibilities when setting and re-setting Power Presses
- Appreciate their organisation’s legal responsibilities
- Apply Procedures in accordance with good working practices
- Reduce incidents involved with the use of Power Presses
Programme:
- Welcome and Introduction to the course
- Aims and Objectives
- Legal Requirement
- Work Equipment Regulations (Power Presses)
- Individual Responsibilities
- Noise at Work
- Health and Safety at Work Act
- Types of Presses
- Guarding of Presses
- Fixed Guards
- Interlocked Guards
- Automatic Guards
- Light/Infra-Red Guards
- Inspection and Testing
- Specification for different Guarding of Power Presses
- Frequency and Nature of Inspection
- Accidents
- Causation Prevention
- Loading and Unloading of Tooling
- Defect Reporting
- Programme Review and Evaluation