All candidates must have passed the CITB Construction Skills Health & Safety Test within 2 years to attend the course.
Course overview
• Conduct pre-operational checks to equipment
• Prepare the excavator for site travel
• Manoeuvre the excavator in a confined space
• Set the equipment for excavation
• Understand the hazards of overhead cables and underground services
• Carry out various excavations including trenches and square boxes
• Excavate, grade and backfill using the excavator
• Remove and attach different size/type buckets
• Place spoil/material into various types of skips, hoppers or dumpers
• Conduct isolation procedures