This Lantra Awards training course is for anyone employed in the agriculture, horticulture, landscaping, and grounds maintenance industries that operates, or will be required to operate and/or maintain, hand held machinery, whether it is petrol or battery operated, or a blend of both.
Hand held hedge trimmers, trimmers for grass cutting, leaf blowers and vacuums are popular and efficient pieces of equipment, but they also have the potential to be some of the most dangerous machinery in common use. Participants learn to use the equipment safely and with confidence. They will also learn how to optimise performance and carry out routine maintenance.
Upon completion, learners will be able to:
- Produce a site-specific risk assessment for landscape tool operations
- Understand current legislation, regulations and industry guidance
- Identify the necessary personal protective equipment (PPE) required
- Identify the health and safety features required on your landscape tool
- Identify defects on a landscape tool and cutting equipment and decide which the operator can remedy, and which require a service engineer’s attention
- Correctly carry out all routine maintenance in accordance with the machinery manufacturer’s operator’s manual (MOM) and/or this course
- Prepare the landscape tool for use with the correct fuel/oil mix
- Start the landscape tool from both hot and cold starts in a safe manner
- Carry out pre-start checks
- State the possible hazards/risks when carrying out maintenance or operational tasks
- Maintain the landscape tool and relevant cutting heads in a safe and efficient working
condition - Adjust the landscape tool for safe and comfortable operation
- Select the correct cutting head for the relevant operating conditions
- Operate the equipment in a safe manner having regard for the safety of the public, property and environmental factors
- Install, remove, transport and store a battery
- Safely dispose of the battery, battery charger and machine
- Carry out maintenance of battery equipment
- Clear the site correctly and professionally
- Carry out the relevant checks on the machine after use
- Store and transport the equipment safely and correctly
This course is physical so learners must be fit and able to carry out the tasks required. Inexperienced learners may require longer than the stated guide times to fully understand the information and training provided. The course does not cover Brushcutters, but we are able to deliver the Lantra course alongside this course upon request.
This is an integrated training and assessment course. Upon successful completion learners will receive a Certificate of Competence.
