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Greater awareness for foundation profession
Joop van der Wal wants to bring the knowledge and skills about and in the foundation profession to a higher level. For this purpose he founded the foundation training school. The new courses start in September.
The idea for a course focused purely on the foundation profession came about twelve years ago. Joop: "At the time, the plan and the hope was that MBO colleges would pick this up. In practice this unfortunately turned out differently. A missed opportunity as far as I'm concerned. There is a shortage of professionals and the foundation profession is unknown to many. While it is a beautiful profession with much diversity. After all, you can go in many directions, think of foundation worker, machinist, work planner, mechanic and project leader."
Joop offers foundation training within his Crescendo training center in Hoorn. The training is divided into three categories:
1. Foundation Worker
2. Piling and drilling boss and machinist.
3. Work planner/performer/supervisor.
Each category includes different training modules focused on specific tasks within the work area. For example, within the Foundation Engineering training module, the work planner learns more about on-site organization, while a machinist learns more about machinery and equipment. A foundation worker, on the other hand, mainly learns more about engineering. Other modules include Working in contaminated soil, Working at height and Communication and feedback. According to Joop, "Each module is tailored to the particular occupational group and is therefore customized."
The training courses are designed for both people working in the foundation industry and lateral entrants. For example, there is also an introductory training course Foundation Worker, especially for employees who have recently started working in the foundation industry. "During the foundation worker introductory training, we teach the participant the most important things they need to know in order to start working safely. Upon completion of the training, the participant receives a certificate Introductory Foundation Worker from the NVAF and the Safe Tacking of Loads certificate."
The modules are designed so that Joop says they can be easily scheduled into work. The foundation worker training is a total of 15 days, with one class week every three weeks. Category 2 training (including pile drivers) spans a total of four weeks with three weeks between each class week. And those working as a work planner, foreman or supervisor have one Friday in the month course for ten months. All modules conclude with an exam.
In principle the classes are on location in Hoorn, but if there is a group from a number of foundation companies in a certain region, the training can also be given on location elsewhere. The next course weeks start in September.
