During training courses, you will be shown how to:

• Identify the risk associated with skip configuration and negotiating restrictions
• Identify the key components of the machine, for their purpose and correct operation
• Carry out basic maintenance and fault finding to enable correct operation
• Undertake correct start-up procedures, including all safety and function tests, and prepare to work
• Locate correct information from Operators manual
• Manoeuvre the articulated body without risk of collision with obstructions
• Manoeuvre the machine in forward and reverse through obstacles and over rough terrain
• Position the machine correctly to receive material
• Transport the material at the correct speeds to match the ground type
• Position machine correctly for unloading (for fill purposes), including inclines
• Work with other machines efficiently and safely i.e. Dozer and 360
• Identify when diff locks are needed
• Identify the risks associated with travelling on wet or soft ground and how to recover the machine in the event of it being unable to move (bogged down)
• Undertake correct shutdown procedures (machine dependent)

End Point Assessment: Knowledge & skills you will be assessed on (theory / practical)

• Pre-use, start, running checks and close down procedure
• Travelling and manoeuvring, including;
  • Travelling up and down the slope
  • Stop and start on slope in both up and down direction
  • Driving through a restriction
  • Travel over rought terrain
• Setting up for work and working tasks, including;
  • Positioning the dump truck to receive loads
  • Establish communication with the loading machine operator
  • Receiving a load which fills the body to capacity
  • Discharging a load into the edge or excavation
  • Forming a stockpile