This Fulton one-day training course, accredited by City & Guilds of London, was introduced over three years ago and has to date satisfied the boiler operational training requirements of hundreds of clients including:
• University of East Anglia
• University of Leicester
• BAE Systems
• GE Healthcare
• Warburtons
Fulton states that the certified course bridges the gap between the more expensive courses – those that can cost many thousands of pounds per employee – and straightforward ‘toolbox’ training.
The course content includes:
• Steam principles and boiler operation in the form of a presentation
• Multi choice test to confirm understanding of theory
• Practical operation of controls and test equipment using customers own boiler
• Observational assessment using test papers
Commenting for Fulton, customer services manager Jeff Byrne says: "The addition of City & Guilds certification to our training adds value to the course and supports both the Safe Management of Industrial Steam and Hot water boilers Guidelines BG01 (SAFed) and INDG-436 (HSE) with regard to operation and training." as well as ensuring the employer is conforming to:
• Hasawa 1974
• Puwer
• PSSR 2000
Fulton Operator Routines & Maintenance course, which is designed for boiler operators, covers basic day-to-day operation and monitoring and provides employees with the knowledge required to monitor a boiler and ensure it is running efficiently and safely. It also includes training in operational procedures, daily blowdowns, and checking of water levels, alarms, etc. the course also examines the importance of correctly treated feedwater and what boiler inspectors will look for during routine insurance inspections.
“We have always promoted the benefits of operator training to our customers and we enjoy seeing technicians and engineers grow in confidence as they improve their knowledge.” says Jeff. “Training also proves invaluable to employers, as operators handle more of their own maintenance and repair and avoid call-outs to ‘boiler breakdowns’ that require no more than the simple flick of a switch to resolve. Real examples like this prove that a Fulton one-day Operator Routines & Maintenance course could potentially save the cost of many expensive and unwanted engineers’ visits.”
As no two boiler facilities are the same, Fulton prefers to run courses at customers’ own facilities so that technicians and engineers learn on the equipment they will be monitoring day-to-day. However, the in-house facility at Fulton’s Bristol headquarters can accommodate training for its range of electric, gas, oil or dual-fuel fired vertical and horizontal steam boiler systems.
For further information on its training programme, call +44 (0)117 972 3322 or email