Posted By Darryl
If a company gets hire equipment to use on its premises by employees, do they require training by an official trainer or does the hire companies so called training surffice?
The equipment would be a type Hilti gun to fire bolts into steel work. Thank you in advance.

Posted By Jimmy
The Hilti gun can be a very dangerous tool if the operator is not fully aware of its capabilities. Unlike the old ramset bolt gun,(going back a bit) the hilti is inherantly more safe, but will still command a certain amount of healthy respect.
Consider if the steel is too thin or too thick for the charge, what about stand-off, what about mis-fires----get the man trained by Hilti I say-or drill and tap the steel if you need a fixing! Like any tool it can be mis-used, but the fact that it is in effect a "gun" would seem more attractive to the more inquisitive.
The hire company will not be held responsible to ensure handover to a competent person, all they will provide are manufacturers instructions and possibly a hirers cert to "state" that the weapon, oops tool, is in good working order