Upcoming Courses:

CSCS Tractor Dozer - Experienced Operator

Description

This CSCS assessment course in Tractor Dozer Operation is designed for experienced tractor dozer operators in order to gain recognition for their achievements by way of certification.

The programme will consist of a classroom session of underpinning knowledge relating to tractor dozer operations, a one-hour practical test and a one-hour related knowledge test.

Content

• Safely operate and control a tractor dozer
• Strip an area and stockpile spoil
• Backfill a trench and reinstate
• Side cast material from an embankment
• Operate ripper
• Check, inspect and maintain a tractor dozer for efficient use under construction site conditions
• Recognise and use approved hand signals and two-way radio communications
• Load and unload a tractor dozer on/off a low loader

Requirements

Candidates for this programme must:

• Have at least six months experience on a tractor dozer in accordance with the 4th Schedule - of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations 2013.
• The six months experience must be within the last two years.
• Hold a current SOLAS SafePass Card
• Have completed the Completed Candidate Pack or hold a valid New Entrant CSCS trainee operators card & fully completed log book
• Be at least 18 years of age
• 1 x Passport Photo
• PPS Number
• PPE (Personal Protective Equipment), i.e. Hard Hat, High Vis Vest, Steel Toe Capped Boots, Gloves.

Method of Delivery

• Powerpoint presentation
• Practical demonstration
• Theory & Practical Assessment

Duration

1 Day

Certification

On successful completion candidates will be awarded a QQI Level 5 Certificate and a CSCS Card.

Maximum No. of Participants

2