TRAINING OF FIELD PERSONNEL

Basic Skills to Advanced Skills

The only thing worse than training your employees and having them leave is not training them and having them stay. — Henry Ford, Founder, Ford Motor Company

We can't say it any better than Mr. Ford. Training must be an integral part of your organization and its operations. The success of your employees and therefore, the success of your company depends on a quality, comprehensive training program. We can design and implement a training program to suit your unique needs, evolving from basic concrete cutting skills to advanced, comprehensive field and classroom instruction which qualifies your cutter as CSDA Certified Operators.

Concrete Cutting Consultants, LLC offers training classes at your location tailored to CSDA specifications.

Training modules include:

CORE DRILLING

  • Applications and Advantages of Diamond Core Drilling
  • Components of a Core Drilling System
  • Core Drilling Safety
  • Setting Up
  • Coring Basics
  • Types of Drilling
  • Special Applications and Equipment
  • Problems You May Encounter
  • Equipment Care and Maintenance

SLAB SAWING

  • Slab Sawing Basics
  • Frame and Support System
  • Wheel System
  • Cowling System
  • Blade Guard System
  • Safety
  • Theory of Diamond Blade Operation
  • Blade Basics and Selection
  • Factors that Affect Cutting Performance
  • Inspecting Blades
  • Blade Problem Causes and Remedies
  • Mounting the Blade
  • Starting the Saw
  • Saw Operation
  • Special Considerations (Air Powered Saws, Hydraulic Saws, Electric Saws)
  • Stopping the Saw
  • Cutting Operations
  • Saw Maintenance

WALL, HAND, & CHAIN SAWING

  • Components of a Wall Saw System
  • Wall Sawing Safety
  • Setting Up to Cut
  • Cutting Basics
  • Types of Wall Sawing
  • Special Applications and Equipment
  • Removing the Pieces
  • Problems that You May Encounter
  • Equipment Care and Maintenance

WIRE SAWING

  • Basics of Saws and Wires
  • Safety
  • Methods of Operation
  • Pre-Job Preparations
  • Wire Saw Set Up
  • Operation
  • Maintenance
  • Wire Problems & Solutions
  • Wire Sawing Job Stories

Best Practices

A best practice is a method or technique that has been generally accepted as superior to any alternatives because it produces results that are superior to those achieved by other means or because it has become a standard way of doing things.

Concrete Cutting Consultants, LLC has the knowledge and experience to train your cutters in the best practices for equipment use and cutting applications. You, as well as all concrete cutting service providers, are in the enviable position of belonging to an industry that has numerous best practices already in place. The Concrete Sawing and Drilling Association (CSDA) has adopted 17 best practices, supporting a wide range of concrete cutting services. Concrete Cutting Consultants, LLC is authorized by CSDA to make these best practices and associated training available to its clients.

Take advantage of years of accumulated experience and gain the wisdom and knowledge of others who have tried various techniques, procedures, and approaches to effective concrete cutting. We will walk your operators through CSDA's best practices, giving them that extra edge over your competitors.

Topics include:

  • Slurry Tips
  • Equipment Maintenance Management
  • Hazard Identification and Debris Removal Tips
  • Introduction to Remote Control
  • Compliance with American Disabilities Act
  • Hydraulic Concrete Cutting Equipment
  • Ground Penetrating Radar for Concrete Scanning
  • Polished Concrete Floors
  • Green Construction
  • Hi-Cycle Concrete Cutting Equipment
  • Establishing and Maintaining the Work Area
  • Mechanical Anchors
  • Care of Quick Disconnect Flanges
  • Green Polishing and Grinding Practices
  • Silica Data Analysis Chart
  • Depiction/Marking of Existing Subsurface Embedments
  • Robotic Demolition

Don't re-invent the wheel. Let us help you to take advantage of what other cutters already know. Production will increase, operating costs will decrease, and service quality will improve.