Abrasive Wheels Awareness (Refresher)

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)