NPORS Tiltrotator system training – N020

What is a tiltrotator system?

A tiltrotator is connected between the excavator’s arm and the bucket and can be compared to a wrist that allows the operator to tilt (up to 45 degrees) and rotate the bucket or other tool infinitely in both directions.
This is included in the TUPPCO NPORS Tiltrotator system training – N020

What does the TUPPCO NPORS Tiltrotator system training course include?

• Have a basic understanding of the industry, the dangers of working in the industry and their responsibilities as a plant operator
• Have a working knowledge of the manufacture’s handbook for the tiltrotator and explain their functions
• Identify and maintain PPE appropriate for tiltrotator use
• Be able to explain the different types of tiltrotator devices
• Conduct all pre-operational checks in accordance with manufactures and legislative requirements
• Conduct all necessary safety checks at the designed change over area
• Fit and remove attachments safely and efficiently
• Demonstrate and explain checks for attachment security
• Environmental considerations
• Carrying out all end of shift and shut down procedures

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
• 360° Excavator with tiltrotator, digging and grading buckets
• Operators’ manuals
• Risk assessment completed

PPE Requirements:

• Suitable head protection
• Suitable eye protection
• Suitable hearing protection
• Suitable work clothes including wet weather
• Gloves
• Suitable work boots including steel toe protection
• High Viz

HSE further information:

• Avoiding danger from overhead power cables guidance GS6 https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/gs6.pdf
• Avoiding danger from underground services HSG47 https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/priced/hsg47.pdf
• PUWER Regulation
• https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/priced/l22.pdf
• LOLER Regulation
• https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/l113.htm

Theory assessment:

• 20 multiple choice questions
• 5 written questions
• 4 marks per question
• 80% pass mark required

Practical assessment criteria:

• Pre use and operational checks
• Excavate a “V” shape trench using a digging bucket
• Back fill trench demonstrating various tilt angles
• Using the grading bucket use various tilt angles
• Using the grading bucket and various different angles form a 45° angles batter with a 90° return
• Excavator and tiltrotator parked safely and isolated
• (Operator must have valid excavator qualification)
• Time allowed is 1 hours 30 minutes

Where are the TUPPCO NPORS Tiltrotator system training coursen-site training courses 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

Attachments:

Attachments training can be included