LEEA releases online refresher course system for TEAM card

LEEA’s TEAM Card is now backed by an online renewal system to ensure that only properly qualified staff are working on overhead lifting equipment. After three years, TEAM card holders much take a specially designed online refresher training course before a new one is issued. 

Launched in 2009, TEAM cards are available only to employees of LEEA member companies that have passed the industry-recognised diploma qualification for the test, examination, and maintenance of overhead lifting equipment. In the UK, LOLER (Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations) requires that thorough examination of lifting equipment is undertaken by competent workers. LEEA urges all employers to insist that staff undertaking such procedures are TEAM card holders.

“We are determined that the TEAM card remains a rigorous method of identifying properly qualified workers in the overhead lifting sector,” said Andrew Wright, learning and development manager for LEEA. “The new online renewal process ensures that holders are still engaged with LEEA’s CPD programme, and will provide a convenient opportunity to maintain and further enhance their knowledge.”