DOZER

A dozer is a tracked vehicle equipped with a metal blade for pushing material. So whether its job is to load and manoeuvre as a tractor or dig and push as a dozer, it does so on tracks, not wheels. With tracking, the vehicles are ideal for land clearing and land levelling works, and with a larger surface area in contact with the ground below, pressure is reduced, causing less damage as a result of a more even traverse than its wheeled counterpart.

This dozer course enables delegates to demonstrate skill, knowledge, and competence operating a bulldozer on site.

With a mix of practical and theory-based exercises and tutorials, learners will cover manufacturer information and general knowledge of a dozer and participate in practical activities to recognise machine components, functions, best practices and operating methods.

This course reflects national standards and industry best practices and is fully accredited in line with regulations. In addition, choose to learn with Totally Training, and learners benefit from our nationwide custom-built training facilities and customer-first approach.

Our occupationally and technically-experienced instructors teach and coach learners on this course.

Learners taking this dozer training will cover knowledge, skills and operating practice.

Course content includes:

• Roles and responsibilities as a plant operator
• Recognise principal components and their functions, basic construction, controls and terminology
• Manufacturer’s requirements following operator’s handbook, relevant regulations and legislation
• All pre-use checks for dozers
• Configuring and setting for site travel
• Travelling over rough, undulating ground, substantial inclines and level surfaces
• Manoeuvring in confined spaces
• Configuring and setting ready for excavating duties
• Hazards, underground and overhead services
• Excavations in various types of ground
• Constructing ramps and forming and shaping stockpiles
• Grading, spreading and levelling ground and materials
• All shutdown and securing procedures
• Loading and unloading procedures for dozer transportation

Upon successfully completing this qualification, learners will confidently:

• Understand legal requirements and responsibility to operate a dozer safely
• Identify potential hazards on dozer machines and their risks
• Select the appropriate machinery and PPE required for the work
• Choose correct safety equipment and carry out dozer pre-use checks
• Be able to transport dozer machinery and any ancillary equipment correctly
• Conduct a practical exercise in a safe and efficient manner
• Safely load and unload a dozer for transportation
• Travel over rough, undulating and level terrain
• Manoeuvre in confined spaces

On successfully completing this course, learners receive their certification, valid for up to five years.

This dozer course is suitable for those who wish to pursue a career in plant operations. This course is available to those who need full training, refresher training and/or test through the experienced worker test route.

This comprehensive training prepares learners to safely and responsibly operate a dozer. The training options vary to accommodate novices and seasoned and experienced learners:

Novice training - ten days with a maximum of three delegates

Refresher training - Please contact for details

Experienced Worker Test - Please contact for details

At Totally Training, quality and support to our learners and clients is priority.

Totally Training are a leading provider of health, safety, environmental and technical theory and practical training and assessment services, covering a wide range of industry sectors, working with many organisations to provide quality written and delivered courses. 

Totally Training's experienced instructors, testers and NVQ assessors are fully qualified and occupationally competent from industry-specific backgrounds to deliver our qualifications.

Our facilities include nationwide technical training and testing centres with capacity for delivering plant training and testing through CPCS, NPORS and CSCS accredited courses. We provide on-site training and testing nationwide. 

We have hundreds of public course dates and locations nationally. Whatever your requirement, our training services help bring together the solution ensuring you can apply the hierarchy of risk control most effectively. 

This course has practical elements, learners must inform their instructor if they have any serious health issues, physical problems, special considerations or taking any medication, which may create difficulties during the course.

Requiring training at your own site or location? Your premises will require to comply with plant training and testing delivery standards. We will forward the criteria to you before the course commences and confirming booking.

For training and testing held at your premises, please ensure the training room you make available has a power supply and suitable for the number of learners attending. In addition, please ensure the practical area has been risk-assessed, free from harm and ideal for training and testing.

For bookings and to learn more about this qualification, please contact a member of the team by phone at 07763 854 325 or email training@totally.training