360 Excavator Over 10T Training Course

Whether you require excavator operator training courses as an individual or as a company employee, the experts at Plant Testing Ltd are here to help. We have training centres based in Nottingham and Chesterfield and also serve across the UK.

Training options available:

• Novice operators (wheeled or tracked) 10-days training course.

• Experienced operators (wheeled or tracked) 1-day assessment on site or at our training centre.

Qualification:

• NPORS 

The 360 Excavator Over 10T Training course consists of:

• Basic construction, names of components and the purpose and use of all controls and gauges

• Use of the operator’s handbook, etc.

• Pre-use, start, running checks and close-down procedure.

• Preparing the excavator for site and road travel.

• Travelling the excavator over differing types of terrain, including rough, undulating ground and up and down substantial inclines.

• Manoeuvring, progressing to confined spaces in a forward and reverse direction.

• Positioning and setting the machine to excavate.

• Precautions and actions for underground and overhead services and other hazards.

• Soil and material characteristics excavating below ground level.

• Loading vehicles and dumpers.

• Backfilling, grading, spreading and levelling different types of terrain.

• How to remove and re-attach two different buckets.

• Placing the excavator in an out-of-service condition.

• Trained operator theory test.