Duration

Description

 

A course designed to instruct the excavator operator in the fundamentals of excavator operation to a productive, efficient standard. It demonstrates how, through regular inspection and maintenance, an operator can ensure that the machine is in a sound, safe mechanical condition prior to operating.

 

What you will learn

 

Participants will be trained and assessed in the following:

 

·         Operating a Excavator safely

·         Load Truck

·         Trench

·         Ascend & Descend the Bench

·         Build Ramps

·         Face up benches

·         Clean areas

·         Work safely in a productive environment

 

Outline

 

·         Machine and General Safety

·         Excavator Terminology

·         Pre-Start Inspections

·         Start-up and Shut-down Procedures

·         Operating Procedures

·         Trenching

·         Bulk excavation

·         Loading materials on to trucks

·         Pipe laying

·         Lifting loads

·         Backfilling trenches

·         Cutting drains

·         Duration

Description

 

A course designed to instruct the excavator operator in the fundamentals of excavator operation to a productive, efficient standard. It demonstrates how, through regular inspection and maintenance, an operator can ensure that the machine is in a sound, safe mechanical condition prior to operating.

 

What you will learn

 

Participants will be trained and assessed in the following:

 

·         Operating a Excavator safely

·         Load Truck

·         Trench

·         Ascend & Descend the Bench

·         Build Ramps

·         Face up benches

·         Clean areas

·         Work safely in a productive environment

 

Outline

 

·         Machine and General Safety

·         Excavator Terminology

·         Pre-Start Inspections

·         Start-up and Shut-down Procedures

·         Operating Procedures

·         Trenching

·         Bulk excavation

·         Loading materials on to trucks

·         Pipe laying

·         Lifting loads

·         Backfilling trenches

·         Cutting drains