Objective
The participants will improve their understanding of governing aspects in safety, design and maintenance & repair aspects of a Beaver Dredger. At the end of the training they are able to troubleshoot and maintain their Beaver dredger within their area of expertise in a substantial more efficient and safer way. This in-depth training course on the equipment will allow participants to improve dredging maintenance operations in both a technical and an economical way.

Participants
The course is designed for personnel who maintain and troubleshoot the different systems onboard of a Beaver dredger:

• All-round operational personnel maintaining and repairing all systems on board of an IHC Beaver Dredger on a daily basis
• Mechanical engineers
• Electrical engineers

To be able to follow this course the participants should have at least a medium level of technical education, a basic understanding of dredging and a good understanding of English.

Training Programme
There are three different training packages to choose from. It is also possible to follow only separate modules. The three training packages are for:

• All-round Engineers
• Mechanical Engineers
• Electrical Engineers

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Training Fee
The training fee depends on the selected training package and/or selected modules.

• All round engineer training, 10 days, € 4850,-* p.p.
• Mechanical engineer training, 8 days, € 4000,-* p.p.
• Electrical engineer training, 5 days, € 2600,-* p.p.
• Separate modules, duration varies, € 550,-* p.p. per day

*This fee includes tuition, course literature, lunch, transportation between selected hotels and training location and refreshments during course days. Not included are costs such as airport transfers, hotel accommodation, meals, etc. Full payment of the course fee has to be transferred to our bank account at least two weeks before the start of the course.

Topics
All topics that will be adressed during the course aim to enable the trainees to perform:

• inspection on the components and systems
• maintenance on the components and systems
• troubleshooting on the components and systems
• the use of schematics in order to look for critical parts of the components and systems at the end of the training.

Below topics will be adressed:

• Operation and systems
• Maintaining a Beaver dredge
• Safety in dredging
• Hydraulics
• Mechanical systems and components
• Engines
• Electrical systems
• PLC systems
• Dredge instrumentations, sensors
• Dredge automation systems

Setup
The mechanical and electrical engineers each will follow a different training programme. The all-round participants will follow a combination of relevant subjects from the mechanical and electrical training programmes. The training is set-up for both the Classic and New Generation Beaver series. The specific differences between the Classic and the New Generation design will also be discussed during the training. 　

During the course a mixture of presentations, discussions and extensive workshops in the classroom and onboard will be applied. The result is a highly practical training in which there is enough time to discuss the participants’ challenges from the field.