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This course will test your knowledge and confidence in operating the machine safely, protecting both you and those around you.
This course offers two certificate options: operating either a tracked or wheeled machine depending on your needs.
The finer details
This assessment course has been developed to assess your knowledge and understanding of how to operate a loading shovel safely.
The course duration will depend on the number of learners requiring assessment and will be from half a day to one day.
The assessment will consist of a multiple choice question paper and practical assessment using the machine. Assessment will cover:
- Plant Safety and the Law
- Machine Knowledge and Preparation for Work
- Travelling and Manoeuvring the Machine
- Machine Operation
- Attachments
- Securing Loads and Safe Transportation.
If successful in meeting the required standards assessed, you will be awarded a certificate of competence and a Lantra skills ID card for your chosen certificate option.
Delivery method
Practical observation and assessmentCourse description:
Who should attend?
This course is for you if you need to prove your ability in safely operating a loading shovel.
As you'll appreciate, this course contains some practical activity that will require a minimum level of fitness. If you have any concerns, please speak to the Provider.
What will be covered?
At the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Describe the key requirements of health, safety and environmental legislation
- Identify the appropriate sources of information relevant to safe plant operations
- Identify and explain the main components and operator controls
- Perform all pre-start and operational checks
- Configure and set up the machine for operation
- Identify potential operating hazards
- Start, drive and park the machine safely
- Travel over level, rough and undulating ground
- Manoeuvre the machine in restricted spaces
- Prepare the machine for travelling on a public highway
- Perform safe operating and loading procedures
- Handle different types of material and ground conditions
- Sort and place materials
- Identify the dangers associated with excavating and loading
- Perform safe operating procedures for changing attachments
- Handle different types of front-end attachments
- Identify the dangers associated with changing attachments
- Understand legislative requirements when transporting engineering plant on the public highway
- Make preparations for loading and unloading duties
- Load a loading shovel onto a trailer safely
- Understand the principles of load restraint
- Unload a loading shovel safely off a trailer.
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