Section 1   Advanced Leadwork
Section 2   City & Guilds 6055 Certificate
Section 3   Table of College's
Section 3   The Lead Sheet Association

Advanced Leadwork

The continuing high demand for quality leadwork installation, whilst welcomed by LCA members, has nevertheless put them under increasing pressure to rapidly expand or develop a skilled labour force that remains adept in meeting the demands of the craft's more intricate design features.

Basic induction and early stage development training is available through the City & Guilds 6055 Leadwork Certificate courses operated by the Lead Sheet Association and co-ordinated by them through a network of approved FE colleges.

Until recently, however, there has been no co-ordinated facility to "fast-track" a competent leadworker on to a more advanced level, with most specialist contractors having to conduct their own "on the job" training.

Recognising this urgent need, the Lead Contractors Association has designed advanced leadwork courses for its membership, conducted at its own customised training centre within the grounds of Leicester College.

The courses are set at two levels, silver and gold, based upon the criteria for leadwork under the Roofing Industry Council "Hallmark" scheme. Each type of course provides intensive training and instruction for the already experienced leadworker, setting a series of demanding tasks on the full scale model roof and life size timber models of domes, turrets and spires.

The instructors and demonstrators are drawn from the industry itself and are all knowledgeable, experienced masters at the very peak of the craft.

In establishing an advanced training programme for the industry by the industry, the LCA is ensuring the leadwork craft skills developed by its top exponents are being passed on to the next generation of craftsmen and the hard won quality standards reputation of the specialist leadwork contractor is being protected and preserved.
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City & Guilds 6055 Certificate

The City & Guilds 6055 Leadworkers Certificate represents a national qualification in leadwork, which is co-ordinated by the Lead Sheet Association through a network of approved FE colleges.

Designed for those that want to acquire the skills for working lead sheet, the course is broken down into four separate modules covering (1) Flashing details (2) Weatherings (3) Flat and Pitched roofs (4) Cladding and Dormers. The course is mainly practical with related technology integrated with lectures covering design, repair, maintenance, fire prevention and ventilation details for roof structures.

Those with little or no previous experience of leadwork should preferably have obtained the Lead Sheet Association Basic Bossing and Welding Certificates. Although there are no special entry requirements for Module 1, some experience of working lead sheet would be an advantage, as this will give students the best opportunity of satisfactorily completing Modules 2, 3 and 4.

As alternative to attending college, those with some leadwork experience can gain the Certificate through the Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL), an assessment of past working experience and qualifications based upon on-site observations and verifying a portfolio of evidence.

The Lead Sheet Association can be contacted directly at the address shown. The following training centres offer the City & Guilds 6055 Leadworkers Certificate training course.

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