Tier 3
ATA Installer
Master correct installation practices and understand how anchors fail
~6.5 hours10 modulesAnchor installers, subcontractors, and trade workers
$350
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ATA Installer, Certificate of Completion in Anchor Installation
What you'll achieve
- Understand anchor theory, reinforcing bar theory, and cone breakout geometry
- Know the correct installation procedures for chemical, expansion, undercut and screw anchors
- Read ETA and technical guide data, including critical and minimum edge distances
- Recognise and avoid the common installation errors found in site proof testing
- Run a post-installed anchor job from start to finish: documents, setting out, drilling to depth, installation, records and handover
- Explain what went wrong in the Boston I-90 tunnel and Sasago tunnel anchor failures, and apply those lessons on site
- Understand substrate-specific considerations for concrete, masonry, and rock
- Identify the tension and shear failure modes in concrete and masonry
- Prepare anchors correctly for testing
- Know the procedures for replacing failed anchors
- Understand the Concrete Capacity Method (CCM) and how AS 5216 determines anchor capacity
- Explain why moving an anchor closer to an edge or another anchor needs engineer approval
- Differentiate cracked and non-cracked concrete and its impact on anchor selection
- Read prequalification documents, including legacy ETAG 001 option numbers
- Recognise seismic and durability requirements when installing specified anchors
- Differentiate capsule and injection chemical anchor installation techniques
- Work within the base material temperature limits and cure times in the product instructions
- Know how to check torque, drill bit wear and hole depth with suitable instruments
- Know the scanning requirements and limits for post-tensioned and reinforced concrete
- Understand bracing anchor rules for precast and tilt-up panels under the AS 3850 series
- Understand anchor limitations in AAC/Hebel, geopolymer, and post-tensioned concrete
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