EXPERT COLUMN | LEEA
DON’T TAKE THE RISK: KNOW TRAINING
With improving skills being vital to the lifting industry, the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association continues to evolve its member led, global training. Available via a variety of channels and validated by the exclusive TEAM card, it will improve the bottom line as well as safe practice, as Andrew Wright, head of Learning and Development at LEEA, explains.
courses to our catalogue. The scheme has been piloted in Australia and New Zealand, which has produced great learning outcomes. The next step is the Middle East. LEEA’s training centre offers classrooms,
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to assiduously adhering to best practice and quality in their field to support supply chains throughout industry. The benefit will show up on the bottom line but, more importantly for the lifting industry, training nurtures best practice when it comes to working in safety. With a range of training courses on the inspection and examination of lifting equipment, LEEA’s training offer keeps evolving to ensure it is more engaging and occupationally relevant so that trained workers contribute to their organisational challenges and improve safety. The Association is working with partners to help deliver our training globally and raise competency in all countries through our Licensed Training Scheme. The aspiration is that LEEA produces content which our third party trainers will be delivering, increasing capacity in our training network. This benefits everyone who uses LEEA
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training because they get it sooner, the training reflects regional variations and they don’t have to travel as far. It’s more effective and more efficient and it frees us up here at HQ to concentrate on delivering better quality training materials and adding new
hrough creating sustained expertise, training allows LEEA members to add enormous value to their customers, in addition
a workshop and breakout areas. Facilities include modular practical areas for the courses offered, which include: Foundation Certificate (FOU), Lifting Accessories (LAC), Manual Lifting Machines (MLM), Powered Lifting Machines (PLM), Bridge and Gantry Cranes (BGC), Supporting Structures (SUP), Mobile Cranes (MOB) and Offshore Containers (OSC). Each LEEA training course incorporates an assessment to verify the trainee has retained key knowledge and skills during the course. Training courses on LEEA’s Academy
2 platform are available online through our eLearning portal, face-to-face at Huntingdon or on site, and by virtual classroom (webinar) using technology we invested in during 2020. LEEA was an early embracer of the
new world of digital training, which has enhanced the way we do things for our membership. Most of LEEA’s suite of training courses
are available in languages other than English: Bahasa, Simplified Chinese, Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, French and Spanish, and we continue to add others to meet the needs of our global membership. ‘End User Guidance’ and ‘Introduction
to Lifting Equipment’ are new courses introduced to provide members and industry stakeholders with specific, information supporting their continuous professional development. New qualifications will be added digitally to the TEAM card. The all-new, grey colour- scheme TEAM card, which incorporates NFC (Near Field Communication) technology, makes it easier for members
to present their qualifications: a tap against any smart phone will provide verified, live data which is instantly updated by the LEEA team as changes occur. These include new validation dates, change of employment details, a new photograph and when new qualifications are achieved. The TEAM Card is accredited by CSCS (Construction Skills Certification Scheme) and its logo, in hologram form, is shown on the card.
CONTINUING OUR TRAINING EVOLUTION Having listened to members’ feedback and their business needs for competent workers after rolling out Academy 2 in 2021, LEEA’s training continues to evolve, with work commencing on our new ‘Academy 3’ curriculum and training course design. In the Academy 3 Foundation Certificate,
our knowledge, skills and behaviours focus on ethical actions that support our vision by promoting the importance of these factors, and the consequences of their omission. It supports LEEA’s vision of a lifting industry with zero accidents, zero injuries, and zero fatalities.. The Foundation Certificate covers three
areas; Safety to ensure trainees can look after themselves; Competence, about knowing what you can and cannot do and Professionalism, which includes diligence, leading by example and communication.
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