TDS Trainee Technician
PRE-COURSE ENTRY 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 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