Quad Bike - ATV Training

This course is designed to provide participants with the knowledge and skills to operate an All Terrain Vehicle / Quad Bike. 

This course is recognised by the HSA, HSENI & HSE. Every employer has the responsibility to ensure that all persons who use or supervise those using work equipment have received adequate training for the purpose of health and safety.

From 20 November 2023, there is a requirement to undertake a registered training course with a registered training provider (LANTRA, QQI or CITY & GUILDS).  It also requires the use of helmets to a (generally) prescribed standard to be worn. More information can be found on the HSA’s website.

Frequently Asked Questions

By the end of the course, you'll be able to:

• Comply with legal requirements, with a particular focus on safety measures
• Identify the potentail hazards associated in operating an ATV/Quad
• Select and use appropriate PPE
• Understand the main causes of accidents
• Identify the controls and components
• Perform daily checks as per the manufacturer's operator manual
• Carry out appropriate pre-start checks
• Identify and report any faults
• Carry out an on-site risk assessment and plan the route
• Identify loading and towing capacities

This course is a 1 day course for experienced operators. We can provide addtional training if necessary. 

Maximum no. of participants for this course is 4.

This valid for 5 years’ with ‘Certification is ‘for life’, however, LANTRA (Accrediting Body) do recommend that refresher training is completed approx. every 5 years. However, this is up to the discretion of the Certification holder.

Unemployed

If you are unemployed and seeking work, you may be eligible for funding from the Department of Social Protection to cover all, or some of the costs of your training. (means depending, you may be entitled to up to €1000).

Candidates who wish to avail of this must make an appointment with a case officer in their local Intreo office, discuss their case & apply for funding. The candidate will receive a funding application form which they must sign & bring/post to us. Upon completion, we will send this back to the case officer who will then review the funding application.

Upon receiving funding approval in the post from the Department of Social Protection, candidates must then call us to reserve a place on our course. We cannot confirm a place on our course until funding approval is gained.

Employed

If employed within the private sector or are a sole trader, there may also be funding assistance available through Skillnet funding. Skillnet may fund a percentage of your training, if eligible. For more details on this, please contact us on 074 91 27786.