{"id":521,"date":"2025-07-09T14:36:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T13:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/luddon.co.uk\/training\/course\/ride-on-roller\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T16:01:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T16:01:29","slug":"cpcs-ride-on-roller-2","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/luddon.co.uk\/training\/course\/cpcs-ride-on-roller-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ride on Roller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Course Duration<\/strong><br \/>\nDays: 1 \u2013 5 (last day for testing)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Attendees<\/strong><br \/>\n1 \u2013 3<\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Objectives<\/strong><br \/>\nBy the end of the course the operator should be able to:<\/p>\n<p>Compact on inclines.<br \/>\nSite and operate machine safely in response to given tasks.<br \/>\nRecognise defects and hazards that affect road roller motions.<br \/>\nDemonstrate an understanding of responsibilities under relevant legislation.<br \/>\nDemonstrate an understanding of compaction, frequency and amplitude.<br \/>\nOperate machine safely and correctly in accordance with manufacturers\u2019 manual and instructions and accepted good practice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Compact around radius<br \/>\nRelevant regulations\/legislation<br \/>\nEmergency controls<br \/>\nIntroduction to machine<br \/>\nControls and instruments<br \/>\nLimitations of use<br \/>\nRefuelling procedures<br \/>\nPre-start inspection\/maintenance<br \/>\nSet the roller for compaction duties<br \/>\nManoeuvre in confined areas using forward and reverse direction<br \/>\nCompact different materials to given instructions<br \/>\nCompact up to supported and unsupported edges<br \/>\nProcedures when compacting on inclines<br \/>\nTheory Test Preparation<\/p>\n<p><strong>Certification<\/strong><br \/>\nTrained Operator Card \u2013 Valid for 2 years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Refresher Period<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Trained Operator Card is not renewable (see follow-on courses below).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended Follow-On Courses<\/strong><br \/>\nVocational Qualification (VQ) in Plant Operations (SCQF Level 5) on Road Roller is achieved within 2 years of gaining a Trained Operator Card. A Competent Operator Card, for this category, can be applied for upon achievement of the relevant VQ. The Competent Operator Card is valid for 5 years and is renewable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Course Duration Days: 1 \u2013 5 (last day for testing) Attendees 1 \u2013 3 Course&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[13],"class_list":["post-521","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","tribe_events_cat-construction-plant-and-equipment","cat_construction-plant-and-equipment"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/luddon.co.uk\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/luddon.co.uk\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/luddon.co.uk\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luddon.co.uk\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/luddon.co.uk\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":522,"href":"https:\/\/luddon.co.uk\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/521\/revisions\/522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/luddon.co.uk\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luddon.co.uk\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luddon.co.uk\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}