NPORS N100 excavator as a crane test, on your site
Ray Walters carries out NPORS assessments at your premises, on your machine, anywhere in the UK. He is based in Northampton, on the M1 in the middle of England.
- On your site, on your own excavator
- Experienced worker tests and novice courses
- Assessed by Ray Walters, over 20 years operating plant before assessing
One assessor
Ray carries out every assessment himself.
Northampton based
Travels anywhere in the UK.
Plant background
Over 20 years operating plant before becoming an assessor.
What the N100 test covers
N100 is the NPORS category for using an excavator as a crane, that is, to lift a suspended load.
The NPORS learning outcomes of June 2019 do not include N100, so this page does not list the N100 tasks one by one.
For the machine categories those outcomes do cover, NPORS set out the same shape. It is how NPORS describe those categories, not a statement of what Ray’s N100 assessment covers:
- Safety law and operator duties
- The manufacturer’s handbook
- Main parts and controls
- PPE
- Pre-use and running checks and reporting defects
- Getting on and off
- Starting, stopping and travelling
- Checking the work area
- The work itself
- Loading and unloading for transport
- Shutting down and making the machine secure
Ray will confirm exactly what the N100 assessment covers for your machine and your site when you call, before a date is agreed.
Experienced worker test or novice course
Are you already operating an excavator on lifting duties, or starting from nothing?
Experienced worker test
For operators already working on lifting duties who need N100 on their card, whether that is a first card, a renewal or an expired card sorted. Ray confirms on the phone whether this route fits.
Novice course
Ray offers novice courses as well as experienced worker tests. Call Ray to talk through the route for N100.
Related NPORS categories
N726 Quick hitch awareness
Checking the attachment is locked on and how a hitch affects reach and safe working load.
Every NPORS category Ray assesses
Who carries out your assessment
Ray Walters is an NPORS plant machinery assessor and carries out every assessment himself.
Before becoming an assessor he spent over 20 years operating plant in construction, groundworks, waste and recycling, scrap metal and general industry.
Ray is based in Northampton, on the M1 in the middle of England, and travels anywhere in the UK.
What Ray's clients say
“I couldn’t have had a better instructor than Ray.”
Candidate
Novice forward tipping dumper course
“Ray explained health and safety and pre-start checks in a professional way. He was very knowledgeable.”
Candidate
Novice loading shovel course
“Ray was very friendly and helped me calm down. He was amazing.”
Candidate
Novice loading shovel course
Book your N100 excavator as a crane test
Call Ray with the machine, the site and how many operators need the category, and he will confirm what the N100 assessment covers.