I'm looking for a training course to demonstrate competence so we can inspect and re-certify lifting tackle and accessories only in-house. Getting lots of conflicting advice from trainers with courses ranging from 1-3 days. We don't have capacity to load test (and dont want to) but didnt think this was a requirement as long as the inspection showed no signs of excessive wear or damage/stretching of links etc. Anything like this we would pull this accessory from use and send off to be repaired and re-certified. Costs to send away each item every 6 months is roughly £50 a time, so having 20-25 accessories is costing us between £1500-£2000 a year on equipment which does not require any repairs but needs certified. Any thoughts???

Certex at Doncaster do an accredited course over 2 days for £700.