Overview
Objectives
The aim of this course is to equip attendees with the knowledge and practical skills to enable them to provide supervised support during the erection, dismantling and modification of temporary demountable structures.
Certification
Upon successful completion of this course, attendees will be awarded an ESITS certificate, which will enable them to apply for an ESITS TDS Trainee Technician (Red) Crew card.
Progress
Following successful completion for this course and attainment of the required site experience, attendees will be eligible to attend at the TDS Technician course.
Requirements
Attendees for this course must have successfully completed the GECO course and have a minimum of 3 months post-course site experience; or have passed a Level 1 Health and Safety test or equivalent test with a minimum of 3-years’ demonstrable site experience. Attendees are required to have a good understanding of the English language.
Course bookings
Please contact us for details.
Course content
- 1. Introduction and welcome
- 2. Course overview
- 3. Health, safety and welfare revision
- 4. Work at heights – including creating the safe zone
- 5. Use & inspection of personal fall protection equipment
- 6. Principles of TDS stability & foundations
- 7. Introduction to events Temporary Demountable Structures
- 8. TDS terminology & components
- 9. Introduction to basic design drawings
- 10. Access & egress
- 11. Tower scaffold – theory & practical
- 12. Sheeting systems – Keder and Dessa systems – theory & practical
- 13. Front of house structure – theory & practical
- 14. Stage structure (including stair and ramp access) – theory & practical
- 15. Grandstand Structure – theory & Practical
- 16. Introduction to Tube & Fitting – including TG20 Awareness – theory & practical
- 17. Introduction to trusses
- 18. Introduction to lifting operations rigging – theory & practical
- 19. Skills & Knowledge test
