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Russell
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If looking to go employed, what would be the best digger ticket to go for on sites around london / surrey ?
doobin
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Giving up self employment??
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Russell
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It would be nice if I could find some part time work around london /surrey way and maybe do both if possible although im not desperate to stay self employed.
For me the micro jobs seem to be 1-3 days but are few and far between and now ive seen the light of digger driving I cant stand the idea of going back to roofing/carpentry/general building maintenance.
It would be interesting to drive some bigger machines plus it would be an excuse to get back on 2 wheels.
For me the micro jobs seem to be 1-3 days but are few and far between and now ive seen the light of digger driving I cant stand the idea of going back to roofing/carpentry/general building maintenance.
It would be interesting to drive some bigger machines plus it would be an excuse to get back on 2 wheels.
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Brendan
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If your going to do the course, do it on a machine over 10t. That way you will get above and below 10t tickets.
Don't know, if anyone knows any testers, but you should just be able to do the tests. Local colleges might help and if you don't have any nvq's the government will pay for the course (if they still doing the scheme)
Storrsy
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When I did mine, I did NPORS and some bloke came out to site assessed me and did a theory test, that’s only for 10 ton and under though. Think you probably need to do the whole CPCS scheme thing don’t you to get excepted on large building sites etc? I just work in the sticks and despite doing 60% commercial customers I very rarely get asked to see my ticket.
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Lynchy
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So much work round London,landscaping to heavy civils,get your cpcs n jump in
pettsy
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Just got to ask the right people 
Lancs Lad
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Interesting question ,I've just priced up getting mine as well £200 quid for 10t plus...but was told 10t plus is only for "over 10t" need to do "under" to run smaller stuff as well? Itsarr.
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Brendan
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No idea, I know it used to be above 10t automatically gave you below
Gunners
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I believe there's a separate category for micro diggers now too....
Lancs Lad
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I can handle not been allowed to use a micro...
But if anyone has any comment on itsarr tickets be glad to hear.
Bri963
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My forklift ticket is ITSSAR, seems like the one to have this side of the country. 30 years ago it was RTITB. Didn’t know ITSSAR did plant as well. The first FLT refresher I attended was delivered by a graduate who admitted he’d never been on a truck. He just showed us a slide pack and couldn’t answer any questions.
Twenty years ago the forklifts in the factory were causing more damage than a Panzer division. Now they’re all less than five years old rentals, speed limited, need a fob to operate, log every bump and record it against the operator, in-the-seat re-training every five years, and guess what, just as many accidents as twenty years ago. Which I’ve just realised is nothing whatsoever to do with the original post.
Twenty years ago the forklifts in the factory were causing more damage than a Panzer division. Now they’re all less than five years old rentals, speed limited, need a fob to operate, log every bump and record it against the operator, in-the-seat re-training every five years, and guess what, just as many accidents as twenty years ago. Which I’ve just realised is nothing whatsoever to do with the original post.
Lancs Lad
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All good, yes it's a kinda mate who does the tickets...Saturday morning job
but he does our forklift tickets.
Bri963
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Is that CPCS or NPORS? My CPCS is above and below 10 tonnes. I think the K008 scrapes in just below the 10 tonne mark.
Bri963
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We’ve got our own trainers who are trained up to ITSSAR standards, and it does seem to be a high standard. They actually fail people.All good, yes it's a kinda mate who does the tickets...Saturday morning job
Lancs Lad
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Brendan
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Probably npors like their separate ticket for 1t high tip dumpers
Storrsy
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The thing I found with my NPORS assessment is that even though my digger operating skills weren’t a problem- some of the theory stuff I was completely clueless about, principally as I don’t work on construction sites. Fortunately the assessor had the gumption to appreciate that there is more to digger driving than pulling footings and the equation required to know how far from the trench to put the spoil!
JD450A
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Depth = distance - time you want to save putting the stuff back in the f****ng hole = actual distance you put spoil from trench.
Storrsy
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Exactly, but seems common sense had no place in a theory test.
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