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Lister Academy

Empowering the British Workforce with Hydraulic Training

Maintaining the health and safety of your workforce, ensuring compliance with HSE regulations, and meeting product liability insurance requirements can be overwhelming. We are here to ease that burden by offering specialised training that guarantees your staff is fully prepared for safety-critical hydraulic operations.

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​With over 50 years of hands-on experience in fluid power systems, we provide expert guidance and practical training to help your team stay compliant and confident in their responsibilities. Trust our expertise to keep your operations running safely and efficiently.

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We offer a wide range of courses and support at our training academy in the Midlands, or on your site:

  • Hydraulic Foundation Course (British Fluid Power Association) – for all staff using or assembling hydraulic hoses or equipment

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  • Parker Hannifin Parkrimp® or Karrykrimp ® operation courses – practical use and setting for all hose assembly staff

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  • Hydraulic Fitting Identification – for all hose assembly or installation staff

We also provide assistance and consultancy:

  • On-site prototype piping-up (and kit development)

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  • Setting up hydraulic/fluid transfer assembly facilities

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  • Developing/installing production logistics systems

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Explore our courses:


Basic Hydraulics

  • Understanding what is meant by the terms ‘pressure’, ‘force’, and ‘area’ and how these three factors are important.

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  • How to determine hose size, comparing how changing the three variables: flow rate, hose bore size, and fluid velocity affect one another. The difference caused by a change of fluid temperature and fluid viscosity are also considered.

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  • A basic hydraulic circuit diagram is used to show typical components used to make up a simple circuit.

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  • Contamination – why cleanliness is important in your application or to your customer and what steps can be taken to minimize contamination levels.

Hose & Connector Identification

  • The importance of understanding the application, useful factors to consider.

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  • Understanding hose sizes and choosing the right one.

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  • Industry standards for hose - EN, ISO & SAE.

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  • Hose selection based on specifications to the application’s requirements.

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  • Hose end terminations, material types, and end terminations commonly used in the fluid power industry.

 

  • Hydraulic fluid types and their properties.

Hose Installation

  • Correct installation of adaptors and hose assemblies.

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  • Environmental conditions which can cause hose and connector degradation.

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  • Good & bad practice for tightening up considering issues such as bend radius, natural hose bias, and reducing damage caused by abrasion, heat, kinking, and twisting.

Hose Assembly

  • The industry standard method of measuring hose assembly overall length.

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  • Cutting the hose to length - the importance of a good, clean cut.

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  • Skiving - internal and external.

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  • Preassembly of one piece and two-piece couplings.

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  • Angular orientation and hose bias when the hose assembly has two angled connectors.

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  • Crimping/swaging - covering all aspects from correct die selection, machine setting, correct positioning of the hose assembly within the machine, measuring the crimp diameter, reducing the crimp diameter if necessary and ensuring that the operation has been completed correctly.

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  • Typical sample inspection plan for volume hose assembly manufacture.

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  • Pressure testing of hose assemblies - ratios based on working pressure and application.

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  • Cleaning and protecting of hose assemblies prior to supplying to the customer.

Hose and Connector Failure

  • Reasons for hose and connector failure. How to reduce/eliminate the likelihood of failure occurring.

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  • Re-ending hydraulic hose assemblies - DO’s & DON’Ts.

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  • The stance of the BFPA and other bodies within the fluid power industry on these two important topics.

Health Safety & Environment

  • Health & Safety Legislation: Employer and Employee Responsibilities

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  • Defining Competency

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  • Risk Assessment: 5 Key Steps

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  • Safety in Hose Assembly & Installation and Risks of Hose Failure

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  • Site and Workshop Safety

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  • Best & Worst Practices for Hydraulic System Safety

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  • High-Pressure Injection Injuries: Identifying Pinhole Leaks

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  • Preventing Injection and Burn Injuries & Other Safety Considerations

 


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