Dumper Trucks
Course overview
This course is designed to provide training to novice and existing operators who have received no formal training in forward and side tipping, rigid and articulated dumpers and to train operators to correctly prepare, safely drive and correctly maintain a dumper truck.
Course duration
1 day
What the Course Covers
- Drive efficiently and safely under differing site conditions, including gradients
- Position the dumper correctly for discharging into and loading from excavations
- Tow and reverse small trailers
- The various checks and maintenance to be carried out before start of work
- Correct and safe methods of starting and stopping engines
- Safety precautions that must be carried out
- Capacities and limitations
- Legal requirements