Npors vs Cpcs Excavator

[Matthew Storrs]

I have  NPORs excavator- the assessor came to by yard- did a  touch screen test, discussed the machine for a bit, then I had to dig and backfill a trench. Job done! Cost me £220! All a bit silly really considering I’ve been operating my own diggers for 10 years now. Still boxes must be ticked!

[monkeybusiness]

I did NPORS as needed a ticket to work on a client’s machine/site. The card even lists tiltrotator with grab, and hydraulic quick hitch awareness. To be fair the assessor put me through my paces (on my machine) but it was only a day and he assessed me on a load of other kit too. 

It is all a load of bollocks though - another guy I know (with no experience) got the same card as me from another NPORS assessor and filled my place when I went on holiday. I’m pretty sure he didn’t have an assessment..... 

[brynseiri]

I did my NPORS 360 and 180 in 2005, via our local agricultural training board. At the time I was only very young, and the general opinion of NPORS was they were just a box ticking exrcise to make farmers health and safety compliant. It was a bit Mickey Mouse, to do the course I had to have a reference from my mother as she owned the family farm to say I'd been using such equipment for 2 years at least. At the time fencers and forestry type companies were happy with NPORS, but forget any construction companies. Then came the financial crash, digger drivers laid off all over, then a couple of years ago the construction got busy again and there's a shortage of 360 drivers, so I guess everyone including citb accepting NPORS nowadays is answering the operator shortage, as like I said, big names like laings, hansons, mcalpines carillion etc (all gone now anyway) used to laugh at NPORS and say no way, come back with citb if you want a job.

[donnk]

only of any use to work on a cartel 'site', of zero use to normal people.

 

 

[Stephen Blair]

I’ve got NPORS and FMOC, I wasn’t paying for the CPCS.  If I’m on a building site it’s long before other machinery for building works.  All comes down to customer.  I couldn’t do a mounding job due to planning permission as a mountain bike track was being made too and needed CPCS but wasn’t worth the time and cost for a few days on someone else’s digger.