NPORS Overhead Container Gantry Crane Training (N144)

We confirm it when we quote. The NPORS test sheet we work from has no row for this category, so rather than print a number we cannot support we ask what crane you operate and how experienced your people are, and set the length and the group size from that.

Both appear in circulation. Our page and the category we book against is N144 Overhead Container Gantry Crane, and some providers and NPORS's own published ratio list show an Overhead Container Gantry Crane category under N114. We confirm the exact category reference with NPORS when we register your candidates, so the card says the right thing.

No, and no responsible terminal would treat it that way. The category records trained and tested competence on the machine type. Every operator still needs site specific familiarisation on the individual crane, its controls, its anti collision behaviour and the stack they will be working.

A great deal, because the spreader is what is holding the container. Twistlock condition and engagement, indication, flippers, telescoping, pre use checks and its status as a lifting accessory that needs thorough examination in its own right.

Yes. Operating limits, the effect of wind on a suspended container, and the decision to stop. The important part is that the decision belongs to the operator as well as to the shift manager, and that stopping is supported rather than questioned.

For most port and terminal work the traditional NPORS card is the relevant document, because CSCS card checking belongs to construction sites. Where your operators also work on construction projects, the CSCS logo version needs a current CITB Health, Safety and Environment test pass. We will tell you which applies before you book.

Yes, and it is the only sensible way to do it for this category. The crane, the stack, the traffic and the working practices are all yours, and training anywhere else would not reflect them. There are no scheduled dates, so we plan around your operation.

The ground staff. Most of the risk in container handling sits in the coordination between the cab and the people below, so slinger and signaller training and marshalling for the yard traffic are worth reviewing alongside the operator training.

NPORS courses are priced per course, not per person. What you are paying for is the instructor, the registered tester and the machine time, so the figure turns on four things: the category, which route your operators need (novice, experienced, conversion or refresher), how many people are coming, and whether we run it on your site or at one of ours. It is also why a squad works out considerably cheaper per head than sending operators out one at a time. Use the course builder on this page: tell it who is coming and it works out how many days the course takes and how many times it has to run, which is what the price is built from. Then ask us and you will get a figure for that exact group rather than a list price with conditions attached.

We run NPORS courses across the UK rather than out of one fixed centre, and for most categories the better answer is that we come to you: your operators are assessed on the machine they will be using anyway, nobody loses a day travelling, and for a group it costs less. If you would rather come to us, we have centres at Trent House in Stoke, Pride Park in Derby, Europa House in Manchester and Kingsway House in Liverpool. Tell us where the work is and we will say honestly which way round makes more sense.

There is no fixed timetable to wait for. NPORS courses here are run to order, which means the dates are built around your programme rather than ours, and a single operator or a full squad can normally be booked in within a couple of weeks. If you have a card about to expire or a start date to hit, say so when you enquire and we will work to it.