construction training courses
  • Training for the construction industry

    Skills & Training fund

    Did you know that CITB registered SME employers with up to 99 employees can apply for funding of up to £10,000 to cover the cost of their short duration courses? This includes any Site Safety Plus courses. Employers can submit one claim every 12 months.

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  • Training for the construction industry

    The first phase of the changes being made by CITB will see new standards introduced for the following:

    Excavator 360, above 10 tonnes (tracked), Forward tipping dumper (wheeled), Rear tipping dumper/ dump truck: articulated chassis (all sizes), Ride on Roller, Telescopic handler: all sizes excluding 360 slew, Industrial forklift, Plant and Vehicle Marshaller, Slinger, Signaller: all types, all duties

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  • Training for the construction industry

    CITB Approved Training Organisation (ATO)

    As a CITB Approved Training Organisation, as well as the automatic claims for CPCS courses and NVQ's, we can now claim on your behalf for NPORS and In-house courses. The rates are tiered in the same way the CPCS courses are. For more information give one of our sales team a call on 01189700200 or...

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The Most Proven Excavator Training in Portsmouth

Looking to broaden your horizons in the construction industry? Look no further than the insightful excavator training courses from CITP, as a plant operator in Portsmouth, it will give you the skills and expertise you need. 

Being a professional plant operator working in Portsmouth, you will be operating plant machinery to transfer loads, lift, move and excavate materials to given locations and specifications. Not only this, but you will also learn how to work safely and efficiently as part of a team and how to prepare and operate a large variety of plant machinery and equipment, which depends on the pathway you would like to take. For example, you may wish to specialise in a variety of areas such as attachments, transporting loads, erecting and dismantling, specialist lifting, excavating and constructing, cranes, road/rail attachments and forming. The diploma and certificate are varied by the size, safety and complexity issues regarding the piece of machinery.

As part of this insightful and thorough excavator training course, you will learn how to conform to general safety, welfare and health in the Portsmouth workplace and how to conform to productive working procedures. All the units of this qualification are related to the skills and knowledge necessary to become a plant operator and each pathway allows you to specialise in the area, you want to be focused on; helping you to be fully competent to carry out the role successfully and effectively. 

It is mandatory to complete all the units and the specified optional units for each pathway, please note that they will be varied for each of them. 

There are no entry requirements for this excavator qualification. In fact, anyone over the age of 16 that is seeking to demonstrate competence working in the plant operations sector can take this qualification.

Product Description

Provided to clients across Portsmouth and Hampshire, the L2 NVQ Certificate in Excavator Training and Plant Operations is a work-based qualification for experienced workers. Categories in this qualification route include: 

  • 360 Excavator below 10 tonnes
  • 360 Excavator above 10 tonnes
  • 180 Excavator below 10 tonnes
  • 180 Excavator above 10 tonnes
  • Tracked Loading Shovel
  • Trencher
  • Crawler / Tractor Dozer QCF388

Excavator training candidates will need to compile a portfolio of work-based evidence, along with an on-site assessment.

The qualification can take up to 6 months to complete, depending on work commitments, and you will be given high levels of support throughout the process.

If you already hold a Red CPCS Trained Operators Card achieving this qualification will gain you a Blue CPCS Competence Card.

LEVEL 2 NVQ PLANT OPERATIONS

Description: To upgrade to the Blue CPCS ‘Competent Operator’ CPCS card

  - 15% discount, bespoke pricing dependent on numbers and delivery style (OSAT / EWPA)

 

Level 2

Level 2

Level 2

Level 2

 

NUMBER OF NVQ’S

 

360 Excavator below

10 tonnes

360 Excavator above

10 tonnes

180 Excavator below

10 tonnes

180 Excavator above

10 tonnes

 3 excavator nvqs

£795.00*

+VAT PP

£795.00*

+VAT PP

£795.00*

+VAT PP

£795.00*

+VAT PP

2 excavator nvqs

£895.00*

+VAT PP

£895.00*

+VAT PP

£895.00*

+VAT PP

£895.00*

+VAT PP

 

1 excavator nvq

£995.00

+VAT PP

£995.00

+VAT PP

£995.00

+VAT PP

£995.00

+VAT PP

 

Get in contact with us today on 01189 700200 and we will talk you through the Excavator Training NVQ programmes we have available in Portsmouth. Our professional and friendly construction training specialists are certain to provide you with the skills and knowledge necessary for you to take your career further.