180° Excavator – Extracting and Excavating
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Awarding Body:
SQATraining course type:
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Plant Operations (Construction). Work-place on-site assessmentNovice training course duration:
Up to 1 year to complete all NVQ unitsCard options:
5-year NPORS CSCS competent operator blue card. 5-year CPCS CSCS competent operator blue cardMinimum age:
16Instructor:
Bertie Tupper & Tuppco assessors
Save as PDFAssessment pre-requisite
- Workplace experience using 180° excavators
- CITB test for operatives within 24 months
What’s involved in the assessment?
The candidate will be assessed on NVQ units relating to health and safety and machinery operation by means of:
- Observation
- Questions
- Demonstrations
- Professional discussion
- Witness testimonies
Assessment criteria
Mandatory core NVQ units:
- Conforming to general health, safety and welfare in the workplace
- Conforming to productive working practices in the workplace
- Preparing and operating 180° excavators to extract and excavate ground and loose materials in the workplace
Venue and equipment requirements
- Suitable and safe area to dig trenches and backfill
- Varying terrain and slopes
- Bulk material to load vehicle
- Vehicle or hopper to load (dumper, trailer)
- Suitable and safe area to complete paperwork
- Suitable welfare facilities
- 180° Excavator with digging and grading buckets
- Operators’ manual
- Risk assessment completed
PPE Requirements
- Suitable head protection
- Suitable eye protection
- Suitable work clothes including wet weather
- Gloves
- Suitable work boots including steel toe protection
- High Viz
On-site NVQ assessments delivered
Southwest – Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Dorset, Devon, Cornwall, Avon, Somerset, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire
Southeast – Oxfordshire, Kent, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex, Middlesex
Midlands – Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Shropshire
East Anglia – Hertfordshire, Essex, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Aylesbury, Banbury, Basingstoke, Bath, Bedford, Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Cirencester, Cheltenham, Coventry, Exeter, Gloucester, Hereford, Hungerford, Milton Keynes, Newbury, Northampton, Oxford, Peterborough, Plymouth, Reading, Salisbury, Southampton, Stroud, Swindon, Taunton, Warwick, Winchester, Witney, Worcester, Yeovil
What is a 180° Excavator?
A 180° Excavator gets its name from the boom attached to the vehicle which can pivot from left to right through 180°. It is also known as a Backhoe, which refers to the action of the shovel rather than its location on the machine. It is a versatile machine that can be used for a variety of different jobs.