NPORS Crusher Training (N207)

The category is Crusher, and the training is delivered on the plant you run. Jaw, impact and cone machines share the same principles of guarding, isolation and feed control but differ in setting up and chamber work, so tell us which type you have and we will train and test on it.

No. Screening plant is the separate NPORS N208 Screener category. A crusher reduces material size, a screen sorts it. Plenty of sites run both and plenty of operators hold both, but they are separate tests and separate entries on the card.

To a written procedure. HSE guidance says a bridged crusher is best cleared with a hydraulic arm, typically a 360 excavator with a bucket attachment, and that if anyone has to approach or enter the chamber, the crusher and the feeder must be stopped, isolated and locked off first. Wedges and bars are specifically warned against because a wedge can become a projectile.

Three days for a novice with three candidates on one machine. An experienced operator sits a shorter test focused route with up to six candidates, and the refresher runs in a day. We confirm the length when we quote.

Not on this card, but the feeding machine needs its own trained operator. Feeding is where most crusher problems start, and HSE guidance expects the feeding machine to have a stable standing high enough for its operator to see into the hopper. We regularly train the crusher operator and the loading shovel or excavator operator together for that reason.

The NPORS N207 category on an NPORS card. Without an NVQ that is a Red Trained Operator card; with the relevant NVQ it is a Blue Competent Operator card. Either carries the CSCS logo only while you hold a CITB Health, Safety and Environment test pass taken within the last two years.

The hire company is responsible for their own operator's training, but anybody of yours who runs, feeds or clears the plant needs to be trained and authorised. It is worth agreeing in writing who does what before the machine arrives on site.

Yes, and it is the better option. Training on your own plant means the guards, isolation points, settings and blockage procedure are the ones your operators will actually use. There are no scheduled dates: we run it when the plant and the people can be released.

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.