Plant & Machinery
This course is designed for individuals who are required to safely prepare, operate and maintain a 180 Degree Excavator within construction, utilities, agriculture, forestry, grounds maintenance, civil engineering, land-based and associated operational environments.
The programme provides learners with the knowledge, practical skills and occupational competence required to inspect, prepare, manoeuvre, excavate, load, stockpile, shut down and secure a 180 Degree Excavator in accordance with safe systems of work and organisational requirements.
Learners will develop competence through tutor-led theory, practical hands-on machine operation, supervised workplace activities and scenario-based learning designed to replicate realistic operating conditions. Emphasis is placed upon hazard identification, risk management, machine stability, excavation techniques, environmental awareness, workplace communication, equipment inspection and operational safety.
Successful learners will be able to apply their skills within a range of workplace environments where excavation, loading, stockpiling, trenching and groundworks activities are undertaken using 180 Degree Excavators.
The course supports employers and operators in meeting legal duties relating to competence, workplace transport safety, machinery operation and safe systems of work whilst reducing the risks associated with plant movement, excavation activities, underground services, overturning incidents, collisions, environmental damage and operator error.
Relevant legislation may include, but is not limited to:
1. Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
2. Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
3. Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER) 1998,
4. Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER) 1998
5. Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992
6. Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992 (as amended by the Personal Protective Equipment at Work (Amendment) Regulations 2022)
7. Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR)
8. Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations 2002 (fuels, oils, exhaust fumes)
9. Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005
10. Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005
11. Applicable HSE guidance relating to workplace transport and plant operations.
National Occupational Standards (NOS) may include, but are not limited to:
1. Preparing plant or machinery for operational activities.
2. Operating plant and machinery for excavation and extraction activities.
3. Maintaining safe working practices in operational environments.
4. Communicating and working effectively with others.
5. Selecting, inspecting and maintaining plant, tools and equipment.
6. Carrying out excavation, loading and material movement activities.
7. Managing workplace hazards, risks and environmental considerations.
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