NPORS Material Re-Handler Training (N722)

A purpose built 360 machine for handling loose material rather than digging it: long reach, usually a rising or elevated cab, and a grab, magnet, shear or sorting attachment. They are the standard machine in scrap yards, waste transfer stations, recycling centres, timber yards and ports.

Not for this machine. NPORS treat the material handler as its own category, the N722, because the cab, the reach, the balance and the attachments are different from a standard excavator. Holding the N202 is useful experience but it is not the same card.

Five days for a novice, with three candidates to one instructor and one machine. Someone already operating sits a shorter test focused route with up to four candidates, and a refresher is shorter again. We confirm the length when we quote.

Attachment use is part of the training and we cover the attachments you actually run, because each one changes how the machine behaves. Tell us at enquiry what is on the machine so the practical matches it.

Rising and elevated cabs are covered, including the checks before raising, the clearances above and around the machine, and the stability rules the manufacturer sets. It is one of the main differences from an excavator and it is treated as such.

The NPORS N722 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.

Yes. NPORS categories are used widely in waste, recycling and ports as well as construction. The CSCS logo version of the card matters most where operators go onto construction sites; on a waste site the category itself is what proves the training.

Yes, and it is the sensible way to do it. Your floor, your bunkers, your loading bays and your material are what the operator has to work with, and the machine never leaves the site. There are no scheduled dates: we run it when your people and your machine 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.