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Plant Machinery – Excavator

Who is this for?

This course is for you if you are operating an Excavator as part of your work, on any land other than a construction site or state forestry (i.e. Forestry Commission or NRW Land – this will require Forest Machine Operations certificate for excavator base instead).

Please note, this qualification is not suitable for any site that requires a CPCS card.

Duration:

1 days Training with an additional 1 day City & Guilds NPTC Assessment

Attendees:

max. 3 per course

Venue:

This is normally completed on your site with your machinery.

Pre-requisites:

None

Qualification:

City & Guilds Certificate of Competence in the Safe Use of Plant Machinery

CERTIFICATE TYPE:

mwmac Training Certificate & City & Guilds NPTC Qualification Certificate

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

Identify and comply with manufacturer’s instructions for excavator in accordance with the operators’ manual, and other information sources, and applicable legislation.
To understand HSE requirements including PUWER and LOLER.
Can carry out and complete a Risk Assessment for tasks
Identify the basic construction and components of the excavator and the purpose and use of all controls and gauges.
Carry out pre start checks, and daily maintenance checks.
Travel over different types of terrain.
Manoeuvre in a confined space using both forward and reverse.
Set the machine to excavate and successfully excavate a specified area.
Grade spread and level different types of terrain.
Remove and re-attach buckets.
Place the machine in out of service condition.

Course Information Sheet:

Course Information Sheet – Plant Machinery – Excavator