UK Plant Operator of the Year competition tickets now available
Free visitor tickets are now available to book for the UK Plant Operator of the Year competition (UKPOOTY). The competition is run by UK Plant Operators (UKPO) Magazine while working with the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), providing visitors the opportunity to see the best UK plant operative talent compete in a range of highly skilled challenges.
The event, now in its fifth year, will enjoy its third successive final at CITB’s National Construction College (NCC) in Bircham Newton, Norfolk.
This year’s UKPOOTY competition – the largest independent plant operator event in the UK – will take place on Saturday 6 September and will feature ten unique challenges for plant operators to showcase their skills. The overall winner collects the grand prize of £10,000, with further case prizes awarded to runners up, in addition to the winners of each challenge being awarded a trophy and £250. The event brings together the best plant operator competitors, global manufacturers, national and regional plant hirers and contractors. The ‘festival of construction’ is also attended by industry professionals and stakeholders, those wanting to join the industry, and their families.
The ten unique category challenges are held simultaneously to find a respective winner, the challenges include: Excavators, Mini-Excavators, Site Dumpers, Backhoes, Articulated Dump Trucks, Tiltrotators, Grapple Grabs, Fork Attachments, Dozers, and Wheeled Loaders. No other UK plant operator competition offers finalists the variety of brands to compete on.
Plant operatives are one of the most in demand occupations in the construction industry. Recent research by CITB estimates that the sector needs over 2,000 more plant operatives over the next four years to meet forecasted construction growth.
Finals day is a celebration of construction, and the brands sponsoring the challenges will have stands to welcome and interact with visitors, helping highlight the career opportunities on offer.