Loading Shovel
Awarding Body
LANTRA
Target audience
This course is for you if you need to prove your ability to safely operate a loading shovel.
This course contains some practical activity that will require a minimum level of fitness. If you have any concerns, please speak to the provider.
Description
Our course will give you knowledge and confidence to operate the machine safely, protecting both you and those around you, the training can relate to either a tracked or wheeled machine depending on your needs.
The amount of instruction you will require will depend largely upon your previous experience and sessions will be adapted to meet your needs. Course duration will depend on experience and will be from one to four days.
The training will consist of theory and practical sessions, followed by assessment.
Course sessions:
§ Plant Safety and the Law
§ Machine Knowledge and Preparation for Work
§ Travelling and Manoeuvring the Machine
§ Machine Operation
§ Attachments
§ Securing Loads and Safe Transportation.
What is 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.
Duration:
3 days
Prerequisites:
None
Funding Available:
Yes
For more details or to enquire about costs and availability please contact Jimmy Hughes Services on 01597 850080 or jhsltd@btinternet.com
