Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Plant Operations (Construction) – Excavating Plant

Suitable For

Any employed person wishing to gain an NVQ in Plant Operations (Construction) - Excavating Plant.

Aims

• This qualification supports the learner to attain enabling, fundamental and transferable practical skills with associated underpinning knowledge. The learner will learn key practical skills and knowledge in these mandatory units:
• Conforming to General Health, Safety and Welfare in the Workplace.
• Conforming to Productive Working Practices in the Workplace. The learner will also learn key practical skills and knowledge in one of the following optional units:
• Preparing and operating 180 degree excavators to extract and excavate ground and loose materials in the Workplace.
• Preparing and operating crawler tractor dozers to carry out dozer operations in the Workplace.
• Preparing and operating draglines to excavate ground materials in the Workplace.
• Preparing and operating 360 degree excavators to excavate ground in the Workplace.
• Preparing and operating trenchers to excavate ground in the Workplace
• Preparing and operating tracked loading shovels to excavate ground and loose materials in the Workplace. This qualification is supported by federation Construction Plant Association (CPA).

Prerequisites

• Candidates must be employed and able to carry out real jobs in the workplace.
  
  Candidates must have support from a direct Supervisor or Manager for the duration of the qualification.