Description
NVQ Description – Plant Operations, Tracked Loading Shovel
NVQs in Plant and Lifting Operations are competency-based qualifications used to demonstrate your experience and skill in a specific type of plant machinery or lifting on a live site.
Our Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Plant Operations, Tracked Loading Shovel, is designed to assess your competence across varying aspects of preparing and operating a Loading Shovel required for general excavating operations in Construction.
Loading Shovel Operators work closely alongside other ground worker team members on a construction site to ensure that all digging operations are carried out safely.
The CPCS Red Trained Operator card is valid for 2 years, during which time you are required to undertake the relevant plant NVQ to upgrade to the Blue Competent Operator Card. On completion of your NVQ qualification, along with passing the relevant CPCS tests and the CITB HS&E test (within the last 2 years), you will be able to apply for the Blue CPCS card. This will not only demonstrate you can work safely but also boost career and earning potential.
Who Will Benefit From Attending
Any person who has current experience and is looking to acquire their Level 2 NVQ and gain a blue competence card. The qualification will assess your competence in your current job role. Therefore, you must be working as a Loading Shovel Operator to complete the NVQ. You must also be aged 16 or above to enroll.
NVQ Details
- Duration: The NVQ duration is based on your ability to gather the relevant evidence to complete the qualification and can be completed at your own pace.
- Delivery Methods: This NVQ is completed on site and either through a digital e-portfolio platform or a traditional manual paper-based portfolio.
- Assessment: An Assessor will use a variety of methods to assess your competence, including visual observations, Q&A, professional discussions, previous paperwork and process evidence, and witness testimonies.
- Certification: Upon successful completion, delegates will receive an accredited NOCN Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Plant Operations – Excavating (Loading Shovel).
What Does the NVQ Entail
- Health, Safety and Welfare.
- Productive working practices.
- Preparing and operating a tracked loading shovel to excavate ground and loose materials.
What Will You Gain
- Blue CPCS Card.
- Nationally recognised accredited qualification and a lifetime qualification (Never expires).
- Demonstrate your skillset and experience to any potential employer.
- Help employers prove competence to would-be project clients/contractors.
- CITB Skills and Training Fund and Grant claimable.
