This page is different from the others in this section.
Unlike the machines covered elsewhere in this section, training to mount an abrasive wheel is a specific legal requirement, not something a site chooses to add.
The Abrasive Wheels Regulations 1970 were revoked, and their requirements were absorbed into the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER). PUWER regulation 9, read together with its Approved Code of Practice, means an abrasive wheel may only be mounted by a person who is trained and competent to do so.
This training is structured, with formal theory and practical assessment, in the competence PUWER requires for mounting an abrasive wheel.
Cutting and grinding also engage other duties: the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH), for respirable crystalline silica generated by the work; the Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005; and the Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005, for hand-arm vibration from the tool.