NPORS N726 quick hitch awareness test on your site
Ray Walters carries out the NPORS N726 quick hitch awareness test at your premises, on your own excavator and quick hitch, anywhere in the UK. Ray is an NPORS plant machinery assessor, based in Northampton. Call 07984 357997.
- Assessed on your site, on your machine
- Northampton based, covers the whole UK
- Experienced worker tests and novice courses
NPORS accredited
Assessments carried out under the NPORS scheme.
Over 20 years operating plant
Ray operated plant in construction, groundworks, waste and recycling, scrap metal and general industry before becoming an assessor.
Northampton base
Based in Northampton on the M1, assessing on your site across the UK.
What the N726 quick hitch awareness test covers
NPORS set the subjects for each category from their learning outcomes.
Every category in the NPORS learning outcomes covers the same general subjects:
- Safety law and the operator’s duties
- The manufacturer’s handbook
- The main parts and controls
- PPE
- Pre-use and running checks and reporting defects
- Getting on and off, starting, stopping and travelling
- Checks of the work area
- The work itself
- Loading and unloading for transport
- Shutting down and making the machine secure
N726 quick hitch awareness then covers three subjects that are specific to quick hitches.
Types of quick hitch fitted to excavators and how they differ.
The operator’s responsibility for checking that the attachment is locked on.
How fitting a quick hitch changes the machine’s reach and its safe working load.
These subjects come from the NPORS learning outcomes. The learning outcomes give the subjects, not the marking, and NPORS do not publish how an operator is judged. When you call, Ray will confirm what the assessment covers for your own excavator and quick hitch set-up, and detail beyond the subjects above is not published.
For the NPORS scheme and how on-site testing works, see NPORS testing. For NPORS card types, see Certification.
Two routes: experienced worker test, or novice course
Which route you need depends on how much time you have already spent on an excavator with a quick hitch, so call Ray and he will tell you which fits.
Experienced worker test
For operators already working with excavators and quick hitches who need the N726 category. Call Ray on 07984 357997 to discuss your site and machines.
Novice course
For operators who need training before being assessed on a quick hitch. Call Ray on 07984 357997 and tell him what experience you have.
Other categories for excavator teams
N016 micro excavator 360 up to 1 tonne
For micro excavators up to 1 tonne, assessed on your own machine.
Every NPORS category Ray assesses
Who carries out the assessment
Ray Walters carries out the assessment himself, so you deal with one person from first call to site visit.
Ray Walters is the NPORS plant machinery assessor who carries out the assessment. Before becoming an assessor, Ray spent over 20 years operating plant in construction, groundworks, waste and recycling, scrap metal and general industry.
Ray is based in Northampton and travels to sites across the UK. When you call, you speak to the person who will arrive on your site.
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Book your N726 quick hitch awareness test
Call Ray and say what you need: one operator or several, which excavators and quick hitches you want to use and where the site is. Phone 07984 357997.