A31 Ride On Roller CPCS Course

Course Description

This CPCS A31 Ride on Roller training course is for Dumper Operators who want to take a CPCS test to gain their Red Trained Operator Card.

A31 Ride on Roller Course Details

• Roles and responsibilities.
• Regulations and legislation.
• Undertake all pre-use inspection checks.
• Configure and set for compacting duties.
• Travel over rough, undulating ground, substantial inclines and level surfaces.
• Manoeuvre in confined spaces.
• Actions required for hazards, underground and overhead services.
• Compact loose granular materials to specification.
• Compact in straight lines and around radii.
• Compact supported and unsupported edges.
• Explain the principles, requirements and techniques of good compaction.

Testing and Further Courses

Theory Test – a verbal test with one to one questions with the tester.

Practical Test – a test including:-

• Pre-start and running checks.
• Travel to the work passing through a restriction.
• Drive up and down an incline and on uneven ground.
• Prepare an exclusion zone and set the Ride on Roller for work.
• Compact the straight run.
• Compact the radius.
• Carry out the shutdown and securing procedures.

You will need to undertake a Health & Safety test within 2 years.

Next step – CPCS blue competence card and NVQ Level 2.

Requirements:

A good level of written and spoken English is required to successfully complete this course. If you have any concerns regarding this please contact our office and we discuss available options (e.g. hiring a translator at an additional cost).

What is awarded after completion of the course?:

Once the course has been completed candidates will be eligible to receive a CPCS Red Trained Operator Card.

CITB Grants

On all the CPCS and CITB courses that we offer, you can claim money back if you are a ‘CITB Levy Payer‘. If you have any questions please contact us for more information.

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