Description
Duration: TBD
Description
A course that covers the principles of road construction and the techniques required to produce an acceptable industry standard. Grader operators will have knowledge of correct road construction methods and standards in the application to which the operator is expected to work.
What you will learn
Participants will be able to:
- Operating a Grader safely
- Set Correct Position and blade height
- Spread heaps and level material
- Maintain level floor and spillage clean up
- Build safety windrow
- Grader position on ramps
- Use wheel lean appropriately
- Cut and fill as required
- Use basic cuts to form roads
Outline
- Road Construction Terminology
- Safe Operation of Grader
- Parts of the Road
- Reading Levels
- Identifying Soil Types
- The Construction Process
- Subgrade preparation
- Base course preparation
- Water binding
- Compaction and density
- Pre-start Inspections
- Start-up and Shut-down Procedures
- Operation Procedures
- Basic blade positions
- Moving and spreading windrows
- Working to levels
- Marking and cutting drains
