Abrasive Wheels Awareness.

The aim of this course is to provide staff with sufficient knowledge to use and maintain abrasive wheel equipment safely, covering:

-Health and safety legislation overview

-Hazards and risk control measures associated with Abrasive Wheels

PPE

-Types of abrasive wheel machines and their safe use

-Resin & vitrified bonded abrasive wheel selection, marking, identification and inspection

-Correct use, setting, adjustment and inspection of flanges, guards and accessories

-Pre-use machine safety checks

-How to mount of abrasive wheels on various equipment including hand angle grinder, saws and bench grinders

-Set up and safe working of applying an Abrasive Wheel to a grinder

-Practical safe set up (no live cutting or grinding)