Course description
Cable Laying and Winching has the potential to cause many serious incidents. These incidents can have many consequences, such as manual handling injuries (i.e. sprains, strains and hernias), Entrapment & Entanglement in the rope, winch bond or capstan, slips, trips and falls, crushing injuries from machinery and damage to equipment and materials.
Quinn’s Training Services have created a bespoke course which can be tailored to the needs and requirements of the company. It can be delivered as an in-house course or as a EUSR approved endorsed training programme registered with EUSR and added to the candidate's EUSR Card. It provides management and operatives with the essential training needed to install and lay cables in a safe and competent manner, assisting with preventing serious incidents and injury and protecting the built asset.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
This qualification is essential for any individual, at any level of the company, who is involved in cable installation and the use of winches.
Prerequisites
There are no pre-course requirements for this course.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
On completion of this course, delegates will be able to:
- Discuss examples of Cable Laying incidents and near misses
- Describe a variety of cable installation methods and what equipment is needed in each case
- Understand how to offload cable drums from lorries or trailers and how to move and position them safely using mechanical equipment and manual handling
- Understand the different kinds of drum jacks and spindles, cable trailers and methods needed to wind and unwind cable drums
- Understand the different duct sizes and bending radii required for a variety of different cables
- Describe the various safety rules for winches, including safe use of portable winches & larger winches, the winch rope/bond and maintenance and movement of the winch
- Describe the safe techniques and requirements for pulling cable by hand
- Be able to safely complete the practical elements of the course including:
- Installing a Shorting End Cap
- Installing and removing a cable drum from a cable trailer
- Set out a safe route and use of correct rollers and bellmouths
- Safely operating a winch (various sizes dependant on course requirements) to perform a short cable pull.
Training Course Content
The Cable Installation & Winch Appreciation course consists of the following areas:
- Cable Installation Methods
- Equipment Requirements
- Moving and Positioning of Cable Drums Using Mechanical Equipment
- PPE Requirements and Other Considerations
- Winching and Hand Pulling
- Laying and Protecting Cables
Course delivery details
Onsite Delivery Requirements:
A classroom environment with a table and chair for each delegate, power, a clear wall or screen for presenting and suitable welfare facilities. This course also requires a suitable amount of space needed to carry out practical demonstrations and assessments.
Equipment requirements (provided by the client):
• SEB Winch/Grundowinch and/or Capstan Winch and Drum trailer
• 2 vehicles with a suitable hitch point
• Winch rope/winch bond
• Cable drum with cable (approx. 20mtrs cable minimum)
• Double eyed cable sock/stocking suitable for the cable supplied on drum
• Shorting End Caps suitable for the cable supplied (1 per person)
• Bellmouths x 2, corner rollers x 4 with pins, trench rollers x 8
• spinner/swivel
• Suitable hand tools for installing SECs i.e. hammer cable cutters etc.
• Ratchet Straps to attach the Capstan Winch to the vehicle if using
• Full PPE to be worn by delegates.
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Top 10 Winner - 2024
We're delighted to announce that Quinns Training Services Limited is a winner in our Top 10 Electrical Courses 2024 category.
Each year, we select the Top 10 most popular courses on our site in some of the most popular categories to make it easier for our users to find the right course for them - so you can book with confidence.