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Providing a safe workplace for both students and staff
Book Your Accreditation Training today
Providing a safe workplace for both students and staff
TMA Training Consultancy provides bespoke training and professional development including machine training and Health and Safety training and audits. Our available course are listed below, if you would like to book or discuss our training further please Contact us today.
This course will familiarise you with the DATA CORE Level Training Standards covering risk assessment and enable you to complete an individual D&T H&S portfolio for accreditation through completion of 10 areas.
The course is suitable for both teachers and technicians, working in all material areas of the subject.
The course will extend and update your knowledge and understanding of health and safety and will have a range of activities covering:
This course is suitable for all colleagues who have completed the Core Level Training Standards and the personal Health and Safety portfolio and whose DATA accreditation is now due for renewal.
The course will extend and update your knowledge and understanding of health and safety and will have a range of activities.
Please Note: Colleagues attending should have access to their personal Health and Safety portfolios along as a reference and to use during the course. There will be an opportunity to update this portfolio to meet the requirements for re-accreditation of the DATA Core Level Training Standards during the session.
This course is suitable for Teachers, Technicians, TA’s and those supporting learners in the workshop.
This course will enable colleagues to acquire H&S accreditation certification through a ‘hands on’ approach using the following:
This course will enable delegates to acquire H&S accreditation certification through a ‘hands on’ approach.
The course will cover the areas of STHS and will involve practical experience in the use of sewing machines, overlocker, batik, embellisher and heat processes. Delegates will complete a series of small practical tasks and complete a mini project. All the activities conform to the current DATA Association Training Standards.
Course colleagues will undertake a variety of hand on practical exercises over the day to prepare them for the range of woodworking machining processes required to prepare materials accurately and safely within school workshops.
Machines covered will include the circular saw, narrow band saw, vertical saw and chop/radial arm saw. Course colleagues will receive a course pack covering current legislation and the knowledge, skills and understanding required to safely use this range of woodworking machinery in schools.
The course is suitable for teachers, technicians and other staff who are required to use this equipment. All the activities conform to the current DATA Training Standards.
This course will enable colleagues, whose DATA accreditation is now due for renewal, to acquire health and safety accreditation certification through a ‘hands on’ approach.
The course will cover the areas of S1HS and S8HS and will involve practical experience in the use of a circular saw, radial arm saw, narrow band saw and combined planer-thicknesser. Course colleagues will receive a course pack covering current legislation and the knowledge, skills and understanding required to safely use this range of woodworking machinery in schools.
All the activities conform to the current DATA Training Standards.
This course will enable colleagues to acquire health and safety accreditation certification through a ‘hands on’ approach using the machinery to complete a simple set of tasks.
The tasks included will be Facing Off, Turning Down, Taper Turning, Drilling, Knurling and Parting Off. All the activities conform to the current DATA Training Standards.
This course will enable colleagues to acquire health and safety accreditation certification through a ‘hands on’ approach using metalworking machinery (centre lathe and vertical milling machine).
Colleagues must provide evidence of previous training in advance of the course. All the activities conform to the current DATA Training Standards.
This course will enable colleagues to acquire health and safety accreditation certification through a ‘hands on’ approach using the different electric welding techniques.
Colleagues will have opportunity to develop skills in Manual Metal Arc (MMA), Metal Active Gas (MAG), Metal Inert Gas (MIG), Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG), Spot welding and plasma cutting. All the activities conform to the DATA Training Standards.
This course will enable colleagues to acquire health and safety accreditation certification through a ‘hands on’ approach using metal-arc welding equipment (MMA, MAG, MIG and TIG).
Colleagues must provide evidence of previous training in advance of the course. All the activities conform to the current DATA Training Standards.
This course will enable colleagues to acquire health and safety accreditation certification through a ‘hands on’ approach using the for using a Vertical Milling Machine for shaping metals and plastics to complete set tasks.
This will include setting up the mill, clamping blanks plus use of end mills, slot drills and fly cutting. The course is suitable for both teachers and technicians. All the activities conform to the current DATA Training Standards.
This course will enable colleagues to acquire health and safety accreditation certification through a ‘hands on’ approach using metalworking machinery (centre lathe and vertical milling machine).
Colleagues must provide evidence of previous training in advance of the course. All the activities conform to the current DATA Training Standards.
This course will enable colleagues to acquire health and safety accreditation certification through a ‘hands on’ approach using the machinery to complete simple set tasks.
The tasks included will be preparing timber, parallel turning, taper turning, convex turning, concave turning, finishing & parting off. Colleagues will undertake several exercises, including turning between centres and using faceplates and chucks. All the activities conform to the current DATA Training Standards.
This course will enable colleagues to acquire health and safety accreditation certification through a ‘hands on’ approach using a surface planer and thicknesser.
The training will cover a variety of ways this machine is used. The course is suitable for teachers, technicians and other staff who are required to use this equipment. All the activities conform to the current DATA Training Standards.
This course will enable colleagues to acquire health and safety accreditation certification through a ‘hands on’ approach using the machinery to complete set tasks.
The machines covered include the portable grinder, portable saw, portable biscuit cutter, portable jig saw, portable planning machine and portable router. All the activities conform to the current DATA Training Standards.
This course will enable colleagues to acquire health and safety accreditation certification through a ‘hands on’ approach using the types of grinding machines that can be safely used in school workshops.
Areas covered include:
All the activities conform to the current DATA Training Standards.
Aim of the course
The aim of this health and safety training course is to provide both new and existing workshop technicians with the essential knowledge and understanding of health and safety that will help them to provide quality support to staff and students in schools and colleges.
Who should attend the course?
This training will benefit all workshop technicians in Secondary schools, colleges, and other education establishments. The course is suitable for both new technicians wishing to gain a basic understanding of health and safety and best practice within a modern D&T department, and will also be of benefit to experienced technicians wishing to extend their existing knowledge and understanding of health and safety.
Content of the course
The course provides certification on the DATA Health and Safety Training Standards S12HS ‘Health and Safety for Technicians’ and covers 5 key topics, i.e.:
Technicians attending the course will undertake a variety of practical activities to develop their knowledge and understanding of these 5 topics. The course is workshop based, and technicians attending the course should bring along suitable aprons/workshop coats and eye protection to use to complete the practical activities.
Following this introductory course, DATA advises all technicians to attend further training to achieve certification on the Specialist and Specialist Extension Level Health and Safety Training Standards, and in order to develop their practical knowledge, skills and understanding of working across the range of machinery and equipment used in design and technology workshops.
All the activities conform to the current DATA Training Standards.
This course is suitable for colleagues wishing to demonstrate or use the sand casting process in a school environment and will enable colleagues to acquire H&S accreditation through a ‘hands on’ approach.
The course will involve practical experience in the manufacture of a “casting” in aluminium. All the activities conform to the current DATA Association Training Standards.
This course will enable delegates to acquire H&S accreditation certification through a ‘hands on’ approach in oxy-acetylene welding and cutting that can be safely used in school workshops.
Delegates will have opportunity to develop skills using a BOC set and Albee system. All the activities conform to the current DATA Association Training Standards.
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Andy provided a very well organised and enjoyable day.
Excellent delivery and some very interesting ideas to put into practice.
Interesting and insightful theory to work alongside some great little projects. Andy is a very knowledgeable trainer.
Extremely useful resources that can also be used with the students in the classroom.
The day was really interesting and was a great way to refresh H&S knowledge and skill.
Loved the practical project applications and the visual and verbal presentation made everything really clear.
Great course as it gave me so much confidence to operate the machinery.
Excellent activities and presentation. Thanks Andy
Andy provided an excellent level of training with excellent resources and materials.
Very clear and concise information. I’ve learnt a lot!
Thank you very much for the excellent training you provided, which was insightful, educational and entertaining.
Great to do this course as a refresher.
Training was clear and concise and covered all that was required.
I was very pleased with the content of the course and the friendly and helpful manner in which it was delivered.
I especially appreciated the advice that Andy gave me, and I feel that it's put me in a better position to improve my department.
The training was very informative, and I have learned a lot about health and safety. I am working on putting this into practice every day.
Thank you so much Andy.
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