Dock Leveller Training

For installation and maintenance companies in the field of industrial & garage doors, dhf offers 2 different training courses. Please read the descriptions below carefully to ensure that you select the correct course.

Level 2 Award in Dock Leveller Safety

Audience:

Installation and maintenance engineers of dock levellers. 

Brief overview: 

dhf has collaborated with the Association of Loading and Elevating Equipment Manufacturers (ALEM) to create this one-day theory-based course, it provides an understanding of the legislation, standards and regulations affecting the supply, installation, repair, or maintenance of a dock leveller. It outlines what essential documentation must be provided to the end user and what documentation needs to be retained by the installer.

Upon successful completion of the course, delegates have the knowledge of how to install a safe and compliant product and will be presented with a certificate from dhf. Furthermore, if accreditation has been chosen, an Ofqual branded certificate from the Awarding Body, ABBE.

Learners receive a copy of the Level 2 Award in Dock Leveller Safety On-site Guide for the Awareness of Standards & Legislation for the Design, Installation and Maintenance of Dock Levellers.

Learning outcomes:

• To understand the types of dock levellers covered by the standard EN 1398:2009 Safety Requirements
• Knowledge of the parts of a dock leveller and significant hazards
• An understanding of the requirements of Supply of Machinery (safety) Regulations (SMSR) in respect of Powered dock levellers
• Be able to understand the permitted safety strategies within EN 1398:2009
• Knowledge and understanding of what is meant by “State of the Art”
• To understand general safety requirements including loads & forces
• Have an understanding of calculations required for structural integrity
• Knowledge of the additional safety principles specific to manual and powered systems as defined in EN 1398:2009
• To understand electrical safety as defined within the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989
• Be able to understand the hydraulic and pneumatic safety as defined in EN 1398:2009
• Gain an understanding of the specific information required for essential marking as set out in EN 1398:2009
• Have knowledge of the requirements and the importance for providing instructions, and who has responsibility for issuing the instructions
• An understanding of the requirements for safety and the programme of maintenance, repair and inspection as set out in EN 1398:2009
• To identify residual hazards
• Understand strategies for dealing with non-compliance

Pre-requisite:

It is recommended that learners have prior experience working with dock levellers. However, the course could be suitable for those with limited experience to prepare them for working in this sector, or experienced workers to acknowledge their pre-existing abilities.

Book training now:

See available classroom course dates

Formal accreditation can be added to this course, see details about dhf course accreditation here.

Level 2 Award in Industrial & Garage Door Safety + Level 4 Award in Industrial & Garage Door, Powered Gate & Barrier and Dock Leveller Legislation 

This theory-based course can only be booked and taken in conjunction the following Level 2 Award.

Those learners who already hold a Level 2 Award and would like to progress to the Level 4 Award must contact the Training Department for further assistance.

Audience:

Managers and persons responsible for legal compliance within their organisation, with the influence to change legal compliance processes. It is for those who must compile O&M manuals and technical files, and those who exercise general supervision over installation and maintenance operatives and engineers.

Brief overview:

Day 1 – Level 2 Award in Dock Leveller Safety 

Day 2 – Level 4 Award in Industrial & Garage Door, Powered Gate & Traffic Barrier and Dock Leveller Legislation

This course will provide delegates with a greater understanding of legislation affecting the supply, installation, inspection, risk assessment, maintenance, and repair of automated gates, traffic barriers, industrial doors, garage doors and dock levellers. The course also focuses on technical safety procedures, covering all aspects of gate & roller shutter door safety, from the initial risk assessment through to force testing. It will ensure that installers and managers are fully conversant with all relevant safety regulations, can prepare a technical file and can issue a Declaration of Conformity.

Learners will receive a copy of DHF TS013-2: 2021 - Code of Practice for Automated Gates, Traffic Barriers, Industrial & Garage Doors Part 2: Legislation Affecting Supply, Installation & Maintenance.

Upon successful completion, learners will receive a certificate from dhf and if accreditation has been chosen, an Ofqual branded certificate from the Awarding Body, ABBE.

NOTE: Accreditation can be added to day 1, day 2 or both days of the course. Fees vary depending on the Award Level.

Learning outcomes for the Level 4 Legislation Award:

• Gain an understanding of machinery directive compliance
• Be able to understand the health and safety at work legislation in relation to door, gate or barrier safety
• To understand the workplace legislation in relation to door, gate, barrier or dock leveller safety
• Have knowledge of the electricity at work legislation in relation to powered door, gate & barrier and dock leveller safety
• Understand the difference between safety critical and requiring improvement
• To understand when to issue an unsafe system notice
• Have an understanding of when to issue a system safety unknown notice
• Knowledge and understanding of construction products regulation (CPR) compliance

Pre-requisite:

To take the qualification, learners must already be working in the door, gate, shutter or dock leveller industry. It is suitable for those with limited experience to prepare them for working in this sector, or for more experienced workers to recognise their existing abilities.

It is a pre-requisite that the learner has already attended and passed the Level 2 Award in the relevant industry sector.

Book training now:

See available classroom course dates

Formal accreditation can be added to this course, see details about dhf course accreditation here.

PLEASE NOTE: If you have already taken the Level 4 Award in Legislation for another 2-day course offered by dhf then you do not need to take the combined course again and only the Level 2 Award in Dock Leveller Safety is required.

Additional information

Please note: it is assumed that anyone attending either course will already have a working knowledge of the installation process. Neither course covers the actual installation of dock levellers. Furthermore, although electrical safety is covered during both courses, the training does not provide the detailed electrical knowledge associated with the installation of dock levellers. 

We recommend that those with barriers to learning such as dyslexia or difficulty in reading and writing to please inform dhf training staff before attending a course, so additional support can be provided where required.

All courses are run on a pass/fail basis and marked independently. No communication will be entered into with the trainer.

Terms and conditions apply to all dhf training. For queries related to training, please email the training department at training@dhfonline.org.uk