P1E - Part 1 Entrance Certificate

The Foundation Course is the basic level training course offered by the LEEA. It is a prerequisite for studying at
Advanced Programme level. The course does not include visual inspection criteria.

This foundation course does not offer a LEEA qualification for inspection or examination of lifting equipment but
must be completed before a delegate can undertake the Advanced Programme or Specialist Module courses.

Course Duration: 24 learning hours

1. Legislation

2. Standards & Codes of Practice

3. Materials

4. Basic Heat Treatment

5. Unit of Measure

6. Basic Force, Stress and Strain

7. Basic Mechanics of Simple Machines

8. Methods of Manufacture

9. Verification of Lifting Equipment

10. Wire Rope & Wire Rope Slings

11. Chain & Chain Slings

12. Rating and Marking of Lifting Equipment

13. Textile Slings - Fibre Rope & Fibre Rope Slings

14. Textile Webbing Slings

15. Textile Roundslings

16. Components for slings

17. Shackles and eyebolts

18. Turnbuckles

19. Manual chain hoists

20. Lever hoists

21. Jaw Winches

22. Jacks

23. Crane forks and C hooks

24. Powered Lifting Machines

25. Runways and Crane Structures

26. Overhead Travelling Cranes

27. Offshore Containers

28. Mobile Cranes

Current availbility: LEEA Academy e-learning, Intensive Programme (IP - UK on-site, Huntingdon HQ and Overseas)