03.09.2013

Konecranes’ UK training centre

Finnish overhead crane and lifting equipment specialist Konecranes has opened a training centre at its UK headquarters in Castle Donington, Leicestershire.

The new centre will provide training for Konecranes’ technicians and inspectors as well as customer service staff and crane operators. The courses will cover product and maintenance specialist training, health and safety, and Tech 1 and 2 Service Technician Certification programmes. It will also be used for induction training of all new employees.

The training centre features a combination of practical and theoretical training areas as well as two purpose-built training rooms, the first of which is equipped with audio-visual and presentation equipment, with the second featuring mobile workbenches and a variety of hoists.
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The new UK training centre features a combination of practical and theoretical training areas

To assist with the training there are two, fully automated and synchronised, 2.5 tonne SG CXTS single gantry electric wire rope hoists as well as a combination of Konecranes’ latest CXT hoists and CLX overhead cranes.

Konecranes’ UK training manager Martin Wadeson said: “Right from the outset it was our aim to create a training facility that would be the envy of the lifting equipment industry. Not only does the centre possess the resources that are required for effective training to be delivered across a broad spectrum of subject areas, the suite of specific training courses that we will be presenting will match this.”

In order to support the implementation and delivery of training initiatives and programmes, Konecranes is also developing a new support framework of 14 to 21 district specialists.