Rear Tipping Dumper – Transporting loads
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Awarding Body:
SQATraining course type:
Level 2 Certificate 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:
16Restrictions:
Workplace experience using rear tipping dumpers. CITB test for operatives with in 24 monthsInstructor:
Bertie Tupper & Tuppco assessors
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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 rear tipping dump trucks to receive, transport and discharge materials in the workplace
Venue and equipment requirements
• Suitable and safe area to operate and manoeuvre dumper
• Excavator/loading machine
• Bulk material to load and move
• Varying terrain and slopes
• Suitable and safe area to complete paperwork
• Suitable welfare facilities
• Rear tipping dumper
• 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 rear tipping dumper?
A rear tipping dumper is commonly used on construction sites. It is used to transport large loads of materials across a site, usually on rough, undulating terrain. Its ability to handle a mixture of terrain and carry large loads makes it a flexible piece of equipment.