1 Day Power Press Training Course
CERTIFICATION COURSE FOR COMPANIES WHO HAVE A VERY LIMITED VARIETY OF PRESS AND GUARD TYPES
1 DAY POWER PRESS REGULATIONS COURSE FOR TOOLSETTERS, MAINTENANCE, MANAGERS AND SUPERVISORS
Course Duration: 1 Day
Course Location: Your Premises
Course Prices: Please Call
Course Objectives: To provide training in accordance with the requirements of The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (as applied to Power Presses).
Course Objectives:
To provide training in accordance with the requirements of The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (as applied to Power Presses), applicable only to a circumstance where attending delegates use a very limited variety of press and guard types; e.g.
- Only fully revolution clutch presses with fixed guards
- Only press brakes or;
- Only part revolution clutch presses
- Hydraulic presses and press brakes
Course Specification:
- The Power Press Regulations, ACOP and Guidance 1998
- The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (as applied to Presses) content applicable to the safe use of power presses e.g. Regulation 11 – Dangerous Parts of Machinery
- Relevant sections of: – The Health and Safety at Work Etc. Act 1974 and Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
- Power Press Mechanisms
- Guards and Protection Devices: types and functions, methods of installing, inspecting and testing including detection of defects
- Guard design for ease of production and tool setting. BS 13857: 2008 – the minimum distances for guards away from traps. HSG 180 the application of photoelectric sensing devices
This course is designed for:
- Press setters and all others who either set, adjust or try out tools, or install, adjust, inspect and test tool guards and protection devices
- Tool room personnel
- Supervisors and managers of the above activities
Course Schedule
| 09:00 | Introduction – Accident Causation, Statistics and Penalties |
| 09:30 | The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (as applied to Presses) |
| 10:30 | Coffee |
| 10:45 | Regulation 11 of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 – “Preventing Access to Dangerous Parts of Machinery" |
| 11:45 | Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 – particularly employees and managers and supervisors’ legal obligations. The management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 – particularly Regulation 13 – Capabilities and Training, Regulation 14 – Employees’ Duties |
| 12:00 | Lunch |
| 12:30 | Power Press Mechanisms with particular reference to their bearing on safety. Nature and function of clutch mechanisms, fly wheels, brakes and ancillary equipment. Recognition of symptoms of disorder |
| 13:30 | Safety Devices – types and function of each type; methods of installing, inspecting and testing including detection of defects. BS 13857: 2008 – Minimum distances for guards away from traps. BS 5304: 2014 – Guard Electrical Interlocking, Inch Devices and Automatic Guards |
| 14:45 | Tea |
| 15:00 | Work of the Toolsetter – Safe methods of working, Toolsetting for Safety and increased Efficient Production. The mechanics and methods of effective clamping |
| 15:45 | Power Press Quiz |
| 16:00 | Resumé |
