UK-WIDE PLANT OPERATOR
TRAINING
Excavator
Excavator (N202, N201, N100 & N016)
The 360 Excavator training courses typically take between 1 to 5 days to complete, depending on the operator’s experience and the level of required certification.
At DAK Plant Training, we offer NPORS 360 Excavator courses for wheeled and tracked 360 and 180 excavators below and above 10 tonnes.
Our excavator courses will teach you all essential skills and offer a route to get a relevant card, required by the vast majority of construction companies.
The training course includes the following elements:
Legislation & codes of practice.
Roles and responsibilities of the excavator operator.
Basic construction, main components, controls & correct terminology.
Correct procedures for pre-use checks, at the start, running checks and shutdown procedures.
Operation on rough or otherwise difficult (e.g. steep) terrain and in confined spaces.
Various types of excavation in different kinds of ground.
Grading, spreading, reinstating, and levelling.
Installation and use of ancillary equipment.
Hazards, underground and overhead services.
Safely mount and dismount the machine.
| Maximum Ratio Novice Course | Novice Course Duration | Maximum number of Novice test | Maximum number of refresher test | Max number of Experienced worker Tests |
| 3:1:1 | 10 Days | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Roller
What is a Roller Training Course (N214)?
A roller driver training course will teach the candidates the crucial skills and knowledge they must have to use a roller in a productive, safe, and effective manner. The course is designed so it leads to the participants obtaining the NPORS roller ticket. A ride-on road roller is a heavy vehicle, used to compact gravel, concrete, bitumen and soil when building roads and building foundations. There are numerous types of roller, typically a 3 ton articulated machine, but they do make many varieties from pedestrian to 60 ton rollers.
Roller Training Course Details.
On our roller driver course, it can take from 1 to 5 days to complete our roller operator course and get certified. This mostly depends on the driver’s experience as candidates with some or significant experience can take a shorter course. The roller driver course will give you all of the skills and knowledge required to get the NPORS standards demanded by almost all of the large construction companies as a proof that you have completed ride-on road roller training.
The roller training course includes the following elements:
| Maximum Ratio Novice Course | Novice Course Duration | Maximum number of Novice tests | Maximum number of refresher test | Max number of Experienced worker Tests |
| 3:1:1 | 10 Days | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Telehandler
Telehandler (N101, N010A & N128)
What is a telehandler training course?
A telehandler training course teaches the participants the knowledge and skills needed to productively, safely, and competently, operate a telehandler, also known as a telescopic handler or a boom lift. The courses are designed to comply with NPORS telehandler training standards.
A telehandler is a lifting machine that uses a telescopic boom that can be fitted with various lifting attachment ranging from pallet forks to buckets to brushes and winches. Pallet forks are the most common attachment.
Telehandler Course Details:
The telehandler training courses usually take between 1 and 4 days to complete, depending on the participant’s experience and how quickly they learn. We run NPORS telehandler training. During the course you will learn the crucial skills required to get the NPORS telehandler card — functionally equivalent to a telehandler licence. There are two categories: J2 Industrial Telescopic Handler up to 9M, J3 Industrial Telescopic Handler above 9m but excluding 360-degree slew. Crucially you will be trained to lift a load to 75% of the capacity of the machine.
The telehandler training course includes the following elements:
Legislation & codes of practice.
Roles and responsibilities of the telehandler operator.
Parts and controls of the machine. Including pre-start checks
Effects of a load size and weight, as well as ground characteristics on the stability of the machine.
Normal operation of the machine.
How to decide if it is safe to lift a given load. Use of LMI / RCI
Standard maintenance and servicing requirements.
Typical hazards, underground and overhead services
Health and safety in relation to working with telehandlers.
| Maximum Ratio Novice Course | Novice Course Duration | Maximum number of Novice tests | Maximum number of refresher test | Max number of Experienced worker Tests |
| 3:1:1 | 5 Days | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Dumper
Dumpers (N204, N139, N205)
What is a dumper course?
NPORS dumper courses train the participants in the knowledge and skills needed to operate forward tipping dumpers and/or articulated dump trucks in a safe, productive, and effective way. The courses are designed specifically to comply with NPORS dumper training standards.
All kinds of dumper trucks are frequently used in construction and are crucial especially in larger-scale building projects. Various types of a dumper include a forward tipping, rigid dumper truck, an articulated dumper, a tracked dumper and mini dumper.
Dumper Course Details:
The length of our dumper courses can vary between 1 to 5 days long. This depends on the type of the course (the kind of a dumper truck that the course covers), but mostly on the driver’s experience using such and similar vehicles. We run NPORS dumper training. The course will give you the important skills required to get the NPORS operator card demanded by almost all construction companies as a proof that you have adequate dumper operator training. To operate a Forward Tipping Dumper or a Dumper Truck safely you will need to learn how to manoeuvre the machine safely and efficiently both on site and on the public highway.
The dumper courses include the following elements:
Legislation & codes of practice.
Roles and responsibilities of the dumper operator.
Construction, parts, gauges and controls of the machine.
Preparation of the dumper for work. Pre-start Checks.
Driving and manoeuvring on various types of ground, including on an incline and in a confined space.
Correct positioning for loading and discharging loads in various conditions.
Shut down and securing procedures.
Loading and unloading for transportation.
Health and safety in relation to working with dumper trucks
| Maximum Ratio Novice Course | Novice Course Duration | Maximum number of Novice tests | Maximum number of refresher test | Max number of Experienced worker Tests |
| 3:1:1 | FTD 3 Days / RTD 4 Days | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Other Plant Training we offer
N202 – Excavator 360 above and below 10 ton
· N201 – Excavator 180 (inc loader compressor)
· N016 – Excavator 360 Micro (up to I ton)
· N722 – Materiel Re-Handler
· N027 – Excavation Marshall – Banksman
· N132 – Plant Mover
· N133 – Plant Machinery Marshall
· N403 – Vehicle Marshall
· N100 – Excavator as a crane
· N726 – Quick Hitch Awareness
· N204 – Forward tipping dumper (wheeled and Tracked)
· N139 – Forward Tipping Mini Dumper
· N205 – Rear Tipping Dumper (All sizes and Types)
· N010 – Telescopic Handler (All sizes ex Slew)
· N010A – Industrial Telescopic Handler
· N138 – Telescopic Handler – Suspended Loads
· N009 – Rough Terrain Forklift
· N001 – Industrial Counterbalance Forklift
· N108 – MEWP – Boom
· N109 – MEWP – Scissor Lift
· N214 – Road Roller
· N723 – Harness and Fall Arrest Course
· N404 – Safe Working at Height
· N140 – Compact Crane
· N014 – Marine Knuckle Boom Crane
· N101 – Mobile Crane
· N106 – Log Handler
· N107 – Lorry Loader
· N402 – Slinger Signaller
· S001 – Safety Awareness
N304 – Plant Supervisor Awareness
N305 – MEWP Supervisor Awareness
N036 – Lift Truck Supervisor Awareness
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