Overview
Objectives
To equip delegates with the knowledge and practical skills to enable them to provide oversight of the erection, dismantling and modification of temporary demountable structures for either staging, seating or structures (module dependent).
Certification
Upon successful completion of this course, attendees will be awarded an ESITS certificate of attendance, which will enable them to apply for an ESITS TDS Technician (Purple) Crew card.
Progress
Following successful completion for this course and attainment of the required site experience, attendees will be eligible to attend the TDS Master course.
Requirements
The requirement for attending the TDS Technician course is having passed the TDS Trainee Technician course with a minimum of 6 Months demonstratable on-site experience.
Course bookings
Please contact us for details.
Course content
- 1. Health, Safety and Welfare revision
- 2. Work at Height revision
- 3. Small Skills Test
- 4. Work at Height rescue
- 5. Work at Height (positioning)
- 6. Roles and responsibilities
- 7. Principle of TDS stability (including wind management)
- 8. TDS Foundations (sub-structures) and loading
- 9. Work at Height (positioning)
- 10. Introduction to temporary works, design drawings and inspection of TDS
- 11. Lifting operations LOLER 1998
- 12. Use of trusses
- 13. Chain winch system
- 14. Free standing PA tower – theory and practical
- 15. Chain winch roof system– theory and practical
- 16. Beamed (Arched) Roof System – theory and practical
- 17. Ancillary structures – loading dock, wings, ramps etc
