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Mobile plant training and competence
WBB Minerals > East Golds Quarry, Devon > 01626 322326
WBB Minerals has established a dedicated mobile plant training team. All members had
achieved or were working towards their NVQ A1 assessor qualification. Each has also gained
EPIC competency certificates on a number of items of mobile plant.
As part of the EPIC Instructional Techniques course, the instructors had to produce individual training
breakdowns. Since then, they have amalgamated the individual breakdowns to create one company
training breakdown for each vehicle, as well as one company training plan which covers all vehicles.
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As well as introducing new standards for training, initial training now takes place in designated
training areas, away from the pressures of production. Until the instructor is confident the trainee has
demonstrated an acceptable level of control and knowledge of the vehicle, he will remain in the training
area. Once this level has been achieved, training can continue in the production environment under
supervision until the trainee reaches the required standard. At all times, the instructor is in contact with
the trainee using voice-activated two-way radios.
In Devon, it’s been possible to establish a dedicated training area. Using standard traffic cones, basic and
advanced steering exercises can be carried out by the trainee to gain confidence in general (and more
precise) vehicle manoeuvring. These exercises are laid out to represent actual areas on site. One area is a
bay made of four cones 3m wide by 7.5m long – this represents the distance between the steel legs holding
up a powder silo.
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Translation of hauliers’ rules
Hanson Aggregates > 01454 316000
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Language barriers are no longer an obstacle in safety training for haulier drivers. Although over 1,200
delivery drivers have now been trained, the concrete business in London employs many Romanian
contractors who have little or no English.
The company translated the training presentation and hauliers’ rules into Romanian to allow the course
to be successfully delivered to 24 drivers. They were all individually assessed and there was a 100 per cent
pass rate.
A refresher course is planned and also a similar exercise in the central region for Polish delivery drivers.
Handbook for drivers
Brett Concrete > Divisional office, Kent > 01622 793800
Brett Concrete has produced a handbook for drivers covering safety, environmental quality and business
considerations – from ensuring that drivers have correct loads, to authorising maintenance on their trucks;
and from personal protective equipment (PPE) requirements to guidance on approaching plants at low
speed to minimise noise and disturbance to residents.
The company closed its business units over two days and trained all company and owner-drivers and plant
staff on the contents of the booklet.