Makita Wall Chaser - Required Training?

[AyresomeBoro]

What training would be required to operate a 110V Makita wall chaser with dust extractor on a building/construction site?

My employer has recently provided what I would describe as an afternoon awareness course for Makita battery power tools, in which a Makita representative briefly informed on use and safety of a selection of power tools (including the 110V wall chaser). I also have not had any abrasive wheels training. I'm told by my supervisor I can operate the equipment but cannot change the blades myself.

Is this information correct?

 

[telectrix]

sounds about right. as long as you follow H&S guidelines on use of chaser ( goggles are a must ).

 

[Richard Burns]

The rules about training requirements will vary from company to company.
So long as your training file states that you have had 4 hours awareness training on general use of Makita battery tools and you have confirmation from your supervisor that this is sufficient training to allow you to operate that specific tool then you can proceed so long as you are confident that you can use this tool without significant risk.

 

[LankyWill]

What training would be required to operate a 110V Makita wall chaser with dust extractor on a building/construction site?

My employer has recently provided what I would describe as an afternoon awareness course for Makita battery power tools, in which a Makita representative briefly informed on use and safety of a selection of power tools (including the 110V wall chaser). I also have not had any abrasive wheels training. I'm told by my supervisor I can operate the equipment but cannot change the blades myself.

Is this information correct?

Training? if you can read a manual i am sure you can change a blade, has common sense gone out the window....

 

[westward10]

Who has to change the blades then.

 

[Leesparkykent]

Who has to change the blades then.

probably someone with an abrasive wheel ticket.

 

[Wilko]

probably someone with an abrasive wheel ticket.

Is that the new C&G course - the £40K guaranteed wages one ?

 

[LankyWill]

bloke sounds like a right wet blanket, my boss would have laughed me out the office and told me to get on with it...

 

[Wilko]

Sorry - I'm a bit Brahms and Liszt just now and sarky me took over. There is actually a guide doc from HSE on the end o this :
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/priced/hsg17.pdf

 

[uksrevivor]

probably someone with an abrasive wheel ticket.

Comes under the Abrasive wheels act. Any DIY er can go and purchase a grinder fit the wheel and crack on working with it. If the wheel was not suitable for the job for instance and the DIYer gets injured then tough titty on him. Put this into an industrial or workplace environment and any accident or injury to the user or others will be investigated and if no appropriate training has been given or proof of training can be found then someone will be liable to prosecution. The user must of received adequate training on the use of the equipment and I believe this is a H&S requirement. Very few people in workplace environments I bet have been asked by the HSE Inspector or health and safety rep when he has visited if they have had the required training to change the wheels or use the grinder they are chasing a wall out with but if something goes wrong while using the grinder then thats the first question to be asked.
Lets look at it in another way. Would a lot of you be happy to give a lets say (nipper) on his apprenticeship a grinder or wall chaser and let him crack on with it I very much doubt it. I was taught in the steel industry this thing cuts steel and it will cut through bone like butter lol. Training over now cut the box section straight and away i was with a 9" grinder lol those were the days.
Bloody hell a bit off topic there lol but the point was to the OP you can and probably will change the blades we all do but in a workplace environment you are supposed to have the abrasive wheel certification to do it and without it in the event of an accident someone will be liable due to inadequate training.
The best thing with a handheld grinder is if you do get bitten by one you very rarely bleed as the disc conveniently quaterieses the cut for you lol.