Description
Duration
Description
A course designed to instruct the excavator operator in the fundamentals of excavator operation to a productive, efficient standard. It demonstrates how, through regular inspection and maintenance, an operator can ensure that the machine is in a sound, safe mechanical condition prior to operating.
What you will learn
Participants will be trained and assessed in the following:
- Operating an Excavator safely
- Load Truck
- Trench
- Ascend & Descend the Bench
- Build Ramps
- Face up benches
- Clean areas
- Work safely in a productive environment
Outline
- Machine and General Safety
- Excavator Terminology
- Pre-Start Inspections
- Start-up and Shut-down Procedures
- Operating Procedures
- Trenching
- Bulk excavation
- Loading materials onto trucks
- Pipe laying
- Lifting loads
- Backfilling trenches
- Cutting drains
