Dumper Rigid Up to 50T courses

These refresher or conversion courses are for anyone with experience who uses the dump truck (rigid chassis up to 50 Tonnes), in either land-based industries or the construction industry, and will provide you with the opportunity to practice and update your skills, and gain certification.

Course Objectives:

To enable course members to:

- Identify the basic construction and components, and the purpose and use of all controls and gauges.
- Identify and comply with manufacturers’ instructions in accordance with the operator’s handbook, other information sources and applicable legislatio.
- Carry out all pre-use and running checks.
- Set the dump truck for site and road travel.
- Travel over differing types of terrain, including rough undulating ground, in a loaded and unloaded state.
- Travel up and down substantial inclines in a loaded and unloaded state.
- Manoeuvre in confined areas using forward and reverse direction, in a loaded and unloaded state.
- Position the dump truck to receive loads.
-Comply with loading procedures.
- Ensure load integrity and security.
- Discharge loads into trenches and over edges.
-Place the dump truck in an out-of-service condition.
- Explain the loading and unloading procedures on and off a transporter.

Duration: 1, 2 and 4 days + ½ day assessment depending on the course selected.

Cost: P.O.A – we deliver these as bespoke courses and can provide a quote to suit your specific requirements.

Pass rates: We achieve 96% pass rates on Chainsaw Maintenance & Crosscutting courses.

Instructor/Trainee Ratio: Max 1:2,4 and 6 depending on course selected.