Winching Course – from £295.00 per day
On the winching course you'll be guided and trained in the safe operation of a drum type electric or hydraulic winch mounted to a Land Rover vehicle. You will also be taught the necessary driving skills required during a winching operation.
This course includes basic winch handling skills, direct and indirect self-recovery, use of pulley blocks, third party vehicle recovery.
Full Day Trailer Handling Course – from £295.00
Our tailer handling course is designed to teach off-road trailer handling techniques using a Land Rover with a flatbed or box trailer. This course is challenging, and will take into consideration your current trailer handling skills, experience and future application. It will help you understand basic off-road driving techniques and the controls and workings of the vehicle and trailer, including maintenance checks.
We can also provide more specific information about horseboxes and caravans.
LANTRA Training
Does your employer require you to have a certificate of competence to enable you to drive off-road at work?
Our practical, hands-on courses Go Beyond simple instruction in the safe use of equipment to look at increased effectiveness, reliability and how to improve service life too, helping your business minimise total costs and maximise productivity. Your off-road driving skills will meet the nationally recognised standards of PUWER -the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998, making you a qualified user of 4x4s at work
We cover:
- Health and Safety briefings
- Site specific risk assessment
- Four Wheel Drive systems and technology
- Tackling obstacles
- Vehicle Recovery techniques
- Practical sessions
- Moving away and stopping
- Hill climb, start and descent
- Failed hill climb - wheelspin and stalling
- Side slopes
- Deep water
- Gear change on the move
- Emergency Stop on slippery ground
Health and Safety
Our two-day Professional User Course is run in collaboration with Lantra Awards, the nat ionally recognised training organisation for the land-based industries. On successful completion of the course, drivers receive a nationally recognised ID card to allow them to use a 4x4 vehicle for work purposes.