Training of the Month

Training Focus – PASMA towers for users course

Our training focus for October is Hird’s PASMA towers for users training course, not least because us human beings love a tower. For nearly 4,000 years, the tallest object constructed by humans, anywhere in the world, was the 146m Great Pyramid in Egypt. Now, of course, the sky’s barely the...

Training Focus – RTITB below the hook vacuum lifter training

There is no such thing, anywhere in the universe, as the perfect vacuum – but Hird does offer an ideal vacuum lifter training course. Our RTITB Below the Hook Vacuum Lifter training course is the subject of this month’s Hird Training Focus. Vacuum lifters have become increasingly important in many...

Training Focus – LEEA Counterbalance Floor Crane

Counterbalance floor cranes are increasingly popular and important in a wide range of industrial sectors – which is why our training course to learn how to use them safely and productively is also in demand. This month, our Training Focus looks at the LEEA Counterbalance Floor Crane training course. There...

Training of the Month – LEEA Vacuum Robot Course

Hird has played a big part in expanding the use of glazing robots in the UK so it was only natural that we would pioneer the development of training to use them. Our Training of the Month aperture for July is filled by the LEEA vacuum robot course – giving...

Hird Training Focus – A66 Compact Crane

The Hird Training Focus for June is A66 compact crane training. Because compact cranes are the velociraptors of the lifting world. During the Covid-19 lockdown, we have had the opportunity to enjoy watching all the Jurassic Park blockbusters again…and again. And there is no doubt whatsoever that the powerful, ferociously...

Hird introduces IPAF and PASMA eLearning courses

The growth in eLearning – the process of accessing training courses remotely via the internet – is making it much easier for businesses and their employees to gain the skills they need. That is why our Training Focus for April is Hird’s growing portfolio of e-learning training courses which include...

Training focus – A40 Slinger Signaller Novice Course

A slinger signaller is one of the most important roles in the lifting industry and is critical to keeping people safe on construction sites. That is why our Training Course Focus for March is the A40 Slinger Signaller Novice Course, including CPCS Technical Test. The training qualifies candidates to act...

Hird training focus: Crane Lifting Operations Supervisor

Carrying out crane lifting is one of the most complex and potentially risky tasks that can be carried out on a work site. That is why having the right crane lifting training is so important. Hird’s Crane Lifting Operations Supervisor Novice (A62) course gives delegates the opportunity to gain a...