Pedestrian Mower
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Pedestrian Mower
5th March 2020 @ 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Build your skills with our pedestrian mower course
Overview in brief
A wide range of mowers are used across horticultural and landscape businesses.
With proper training, most pose little risk to either the user or anyone near to the machine.
Our course will give you that training, ensuring you can operate a pedestrian mower safely and efficiently.
Once you’ve successfully completed the course, you’ll receive a certificate of competence.
The finer details
Our course will give you an insight into both safety awareness and risk assessment.
You’ll also run through the machine’s capabilities and learn how to maintain the mower.
After that, you’ll gain practical experience, including mowing on slopes.
Course sessions:
- Legislation
- General safety
- Risk assessment
- Hydrostatic drive
- Cutting mechanisms
- Controls and equipment
- Daily checks
- Safe methods of operation
- Working on slopes
- Transportation
- Driving on public roads
- Safety with fuel.
