Crawler – Tractor/Dozer (novice)

Duration

Minimum

42 hours including assessment time

• 1 learner. 1 trainer. 1 machine
• 2 learners.1 trainer. 2 machines

70 hours including assessment time

• 3 learners.1 trainer. 1 machine

56 hours including assessment time

• 2 learners. 1 trainer 1 machine
• 3 learners. 1 trainer. 2 machines
• 4 learners. 1 trainer. 2 machines

Learners must cover all learning outcomes of the standard in full, the trainer must decide and be able to demonstrate and document their decisions for choosing the learners route based on their knowledge and skills through a documented profiling approach. Evidence of the profiling and decisions must be kept and made available on request.

The duration must not be reduced.

Learners pre-requisites

The learner does not hold a current industry recognised card within the plant category and/or has limited or no demonstrable practical experience of operating the category of plant in a construction environment. However, candidates must have prior experience working on active construction sites and preferably transferable plant experience.

Purpose/scope

The purpose and scope of this standard is to provide the learner with the skills and knowledge to support the following:

• operation of a crawler - tractor/dozer to carry out basic earthmoving type operations including bulk pushing and finishing type work, ripping, production dozing, levelling, grading forming stockpiles, batters and slopes.
• site the machine safely and efficiently for dozing and levelling duties
• carry out checks and minor adjustments and prepare the machine for work
• travel the machine within site conditions
• understand the capabilities, purposes, and limitations of using the crawler - tractor/dozer for earthmoving duties
• comply with all safety requirements
• interpret given information to carry out earthmoving duties to given tolerances

Occupational relevance

Training delivered against this standard would be relevant to the following occupational group(s):

• operative

Instruction/ supervision

As a minimum, course trainers must be able to demonstrate that, in relation to this standard, they have:

Essential:

• either
  a) a current card issued by one of the CSCS partner plant schemes at instructor/trainer/assessor level bearing the category of crawler - tractor/dozer
  or
  b) a current card issued by one of the CSCS partner plant schemes at operator level bearing the category of crawler - tractor/dozer
• Level 3 Award in Education and Training or equivalent qualification listed in Appendix 3 of the Requirements for Approved Training Organisations
• health and safety qualification at or equivalent to construction site management level, examples of which can be found in Appendix 6 of the Requirements for Approved Training Organisations
• Any instructor should exhibit an in-depth practical working knowledge of dozer operations along with effective/efficient instructional techniques.
• in addition to the required qualifications, the trainer must be able to demonstrate occupational experience of operating the crawler - tractor/dozer relating to the training they are delivering. This can be demonstrated with a valid and in date blue card from a ‘Recognised Organisation.’ Evidenced and authenticated experience of a minimum of 5 years operating experience of the Dozer

Desirable:

• S/NVQ Level 2 Plant Operations in the specific category being trained
• Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement

Delivery

Training and assessment may be delivered in an on or off-site environment.

Where training and assessment takes place within a working construction site environment, training must be segregated from productive work within a prescribed training area, which has been risk assessed and has appropriate control measures in place as required by current legislation and regulations.

All equipment required for the training must be set aside specifically for the training session and be available for the entire training duration. Equipment is not to be shared with the working construction site. The equipment used for training and assessment must be a Crawler - Tractor Dozer with a minimum operating weight of 15 tonnes. If smaller equipment is used, the excavation length for the assessment may be reduced to 10 metres.

Welfare facilities must be provided wherever training and assessment takes place, and this should meet relevant legislation.

All materials and equipment must be of a suitable quality and quantity for Learners to achieve learning outcomes delivery and assessment criteria, and must comply with relevant legislation, regulations and industry agreed requirements.

The class size and learner/trainer ratio must allow training to be delivered in a safe manner and enable learners to achieve the learning outcomes.

Irrespective of the number of learners, effective learning must be maintained for all learners. Equal and sufficient practical engagement needs to be considered.

The following training methods may be used in the delivery of this standard:

• face to face learning environment (such as a classroom/workshop/site office) for theoretical learning & assessment
• on or off the job site environment for practical learning and assessment
• simulator for practical training

note – if a simulator is used, it can only comprise of a total of 10% of overall practical training and not used in any assessment.

Assessment

For the successful completion of training, learners must complete an end of course practical assessment and knowledge test that has a clear pass or fail criteria as set out by the card scheme. The marking criteria must effectively measure every aspect of each learning outcome and additional guidance for training and assessment.

Assessment must adhere to all points on the CITB Requirements for Approved Training Organisations including Appendix 6 which provides further guidance for assessment.

Quality assurance

Recognised standard

CITB will gain assurance through the Recognised Organisations’ quality arrangements.

Approved Training Organisations’ will be required to supply confirmation of approval (centre approval and scheme approval) with the related Recognised Organisations’ awarding organisation or body. In most cases this will be an approval certificate provided by the Recognised Organisations’ awarding organisation or body, listing the routes, qualifications, and categories they are approved to deliver. In addition, a copy of the most recent external quality assurance monitoring report will be required, relating to the standard that you wish to be approved for.

This information will be reviewed by CITB’s quality assurance team. Approval will be subject to the required Recognised Organisations’ documentation being supplied by you. As part of the quality assurance checks, CITB may confirm the accuracy of documentation with the issuing organisation.

Please refer to the Requirements for Approved Training Organisations Appendix 6 for further guidance on quality assurance.

Renewal

There are no mandatory renewal or recommended refresher requirements for this standard.

Classification

Lifetime (Please note standards using this classification will only be grant aided once per learner)

Learner outcomes

Including additional guidance to support training delivery and final assessment - Crawler – Tractor/Dozer (novice) (PDF, 326KB)

Additional information about this standard

• The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
• Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
• The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015
• Road Traffic Act 1988
• Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER)
• Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER)
• A guide to workplace transport safety HSG 136 - HSE
• Safety signs and signals. The Health and Safety Regulations 1996
• Avoiding danger from overhead power lines GS6 (Fourth edition)– HSE
• ENA (Energy Networks Association) - LOOK OUT - LOOK UP
• Excavation and underground services
• Avoiding danger from underground services HSG47
• The Work at Height Regulations 2005
• The Confined Spaces Regulations 1997
• HSE FOD 2 – 2017 Track tensioning