Outline

• ITSSAR Accredited delivered at clients site using clients equipment
• Excavators are heavy construction equipment consisting of a boom, bucket and cab on a rotating platform known as the “house”.

Content

• Responsibilities under the Health & Safety at Work Act, 1974,
• PUWER 98 & LOLER 98
• Operators Safety code
• Re-fuelling of 360 Excavator
• Pre-use checks and Maintenance
• Factors affecting stability
• Motive and hydraulic controls of the 360 Excavator
• Manoeuvring the 360 Excavator in open and confined areas
• Excavating deep and shallow
• Trenching, back-filling and levelling
• Mound work

Course assessment

• Theoretical assessment of 5 open and 20 multiple choice questions, which can be conducted orally where language barriers.
• Practical Test of basic operating skills, confirming skills taught on the Forklift training course