Excavator Training

Location: 

Please contact us for details.

Duration:

One month.

Registration procedure:

Admission Form to be collected from our offices in Tarkwa, Tema or Kumasi.

                                                 

Once training commences, you are required to bring two passport sized photographs, with you to the training centre.

                                                 

 Please also be advised that the following items are required for the course -

    Hi-Vis Vest

    Safety Boots

    Safety Helmet

    Safety Gloves

    Safety Goggles

 

Training Schedule:

 

Week One

 

Administration welcome

Pre-use checklist

Types of Excavator- Controls and Components

Hydraulics and Fuel System

Longitudinal and Lateral instability

Accident prevention

Hazards

Revision of the week

 

 

Week Two

 

Precautions and Pre-shift checks 

Mounting using an Excavator

Parking procedure and knowledge of Excavator

Move and Travel procedures

Basic and Split level Trenching

Ditching and Bank Battering

Face shovels Excavator, working at face

Revision of the week

 

 

Week Three

    

Safe stop position

Back filling trenching

Back filling heap

Attachments- working stock pile

Vehicle loading

Over power lines signals

Group work

 

 

Week Four

 

Practicals

Theory exams