Abrasive Wheels Training Course

Abrasive Wheels training course is a classroom-based course that ensures that you are competent and safe when using and inspecting different abrasive-wheel types. On the course, you will learn the steps you need to take, to safely and legally use abrasive wheels.

This will help to reduce accidents and allow you to work within the vital legislation. We offer two types of the abrasive wheels training course: a 3B Training one and a EUSR course. 

This training course meets the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER 98). The course content is delivered in the classroom through demonstrations by the tutor. The course includes a practical element in which you will familiarise yourself with changing the disks on the saw.

On the EUSR course, the delegates have a practical which is the use of the machine and a practical cut. Delegates will need to be face fit tested, and must provide a copy of their certificate before the course.

The 3B Training course does not include a practical, but you will be shown how to change discs, and when discs are damaged.

The course covers the following subjects:

• The need to train on an abrasive wheel and the statutory requirements
• Characteristics of an abrasive wheel and the types of wheel available
• Wheel speed
• Hazards and precautions to control them
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• Storage & handling
• Inspection and methods of testing for damage
• Abrasive wheel machine components
• Guarding
• Dressing and balancing
• Specific mounting procedures