NPORS Accredited Training
Plant Operator Training That Gets You the Card
All training is delivered by qualified consultants with real construction experience. We come to your site, minimise downtime, and get your operators to the standard that matters.
Why Train With Safety AC
Why Train With Safety AC?
We are an NPORS-accredited training provider. Every course we deliver leads to a recognised card that is accepted on construction sites across the UK — including CSCS-linked cards through the NPORS National Scheme.
Training is delivered on your site wherever possible, using your own plant and working conditions. That means operators are assessed in the environment they actually work in — not a training centre that looks nothing like a live site.
Classroom Training
NPORS SMSTS & SSSTS Training Courses
Classroom-based management and supervisory qualifications delivered by qualified consultants. These courses are endorsed by the UK Contractors Group and are the recognised standard for supervisors and managers on UK construction sites.
SSSTS
NPORS Construction Site Safety Supervisor
Endorsed by the United Kingdom Contractors Group (UKCG) as the standard training for all supervisors working on UKCG sites. Provides a thorough understanding of health, safety, welfare and environmental issues. Highlights legal responsibilities and the need to promote health and safety to supervise effectively.
- UKCG endorsed — required on UKCG sites
- Health, safety, welfare and environment
- Legal responsibilities for supervisors
SMSTS
NPORS Construction Site Safety Manager
The Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS) is a five-day training course designed for project managers, supervisors and site managers to obtain the skills, tools and knowledge to create a safe working environment in construction.
- Designed for project managers and site managers
- CDM 2015 regulations in full
- Required by most principal contractors
S001
Health & Safety Awareness
S001 — Construction Safety Awareness Course mapped as a full equivalent to the QCF Level 1 Award Health and Safety in a Construction Environment. In addition to plant operators, labourers who complete this course can apply for the CSCS Green Labourers Card once they have also passed the CITB Health, Safety and Environment Operatives Test.
- QCF Level 1 equivalent — CSCS Green Card pathway
- Suitable for plant operators and labourers
- Key construction hazards, PPE and emergency procedures
Instructor Training
T001 — NPORS Lift Truck Instructor Course
5 or 10-Day Course
The course aims to provide training for and assessment of individuals wishing to gain the skills necessary to successfully train lift truck and plant operators, ensuring they meet the scheme requirements to become NPORS Registered Instructors. There are minimum training standards that must be achieved to ensure a successful outcome.
NPORS Criteria for Novice Instructors
Experienced operators who wish to become registered NPORS instructors must hold the appropriate qualifications and experience necessary to train and assess operators. All applicants must meet the following criteria:
- 1Provide a completed NPORS application form
- 2Provide passport-quality photographs (35mm × 45mm, plain background, JPEG format, no hats except religious dress)
- 3Provide a current CV outlining career history and relevant industry experience
- 4Hold and provide a current, approved First Aid certificate (mandatory for plant instructors)
- 5Hold and provide current Health & Safety qualifications (mandatory for plant instructors)
- 6Provide current, accredited evidence to support all categories applying for
- 7Have 2 years of operating experience in the last 5 years in the relevant industry
- 8For lift truck or plant categories — successfully complete a 10-day instructor course
- 9For non-lift truck or non-plant categories — successfully complete a 5-day instructor course
Practical Training
On-Site NPORS Plant Operator Courses
Every practical course is available at two levels to suit your operators' experience. Novice training gives candidates with no prior experience the basic knowledge and practical skills to safely and legally operate the plant. Experienced Worker Assessments are for operators who already have the skills — a workplace-based assessment that leads to the NPORS card without repeating training they don't need.
Novice Training
For candidates with no prior operating experience. Covers the basic knowledge and practical skills to safely and legally operate the plant — duration varies by experience level.
Experienced Worker Assessment
For operators who already have the skills. A workplace-based NPORS assessment — no need to repeat training you don't need. Carried out at your own site.
Road Roller
The aim of our NPORS Ride on Road Roller training course is to ensure the learner receives the appropriate basic knowledge and practical skills to enable them to safely and legally operate a Road Roller. The course is either one or three days long depending on the experience of the candidates.
MEWPs — Scissor & Boom
NPORS Mobile Elevated Working Platforms (MEWPs), or Cherry Picker, training courses are designed to give the learner the basic knowledge and practical skills involved in operating either a Boom or Scissor Lift MEWP.
Slinger / Signaller
We offer a NPORS Slinger Signaller training course which provides candidates with the basic knowledge and practical skills involved in slinging loads and guiding cranes.
Loading Shovel
NPORS Loading Shovel training course is to ensure the learner receives the appropriate basic knowledge and practical skills to enable them to safely and legally operate a loading shovel. The course is either one or three days long depending on the experience of the candidates.
Plant Loader & Securer
NPORS Loader Securer training courses are designed to give the learner the basic knowledge and practical skills involved in loading a vehicle safely.
Agricultural Tractor & Trailer
We offer a NPORS Tractor and Trailer training course which provides candidates with the basic knowledge and practical skills involved in driving a tractor to pull a trailer and operate attachments such as front loader, 3 point linkage attachments including Hedge Flail.
Telescopic Handler
NPORS Telescopic Handler training course. Up to 22m can be achieved. We offer training and assessment at our dedicated construction training facility.
Telescopic Handler — Suspended Loads
NPORS Telescopic Handler Suspended Loads training course. Up to 22m can be achieved. For operators wishing to lift suspended loads with a telehandler.
Telescopic Handler ROTO
Telescopic Handler ROTO training course. Contact the office for more details on this specialist category.
Excavator 360 Tracked
NPORS Excavator 360 tracked training course. Above & Below 10T. We offer training and assessment at our dedicated construction training facility.
Excavator as a Crane
NPORS — Anyone wishing to operate a 360 tracked or wheeled excavator to lift suspended loads using chains or slings. Specialist category for lifting operations.
Wheeled 360 Excavator
NPORS Excavator 360 wheeled training course. Above & Below 10T. We offer training and assessment at our dedicated construction training facility.
Forward Tipping Dumper
NPORS Forward Tipping Dumper training course. Up to 10T. We offer training and assessment at our dedicated construction training facility.
Lorry Loader
NPORS — Anyone wishing to operate a lorry loader to lift suspended loads using chains or slings. We also offer NPORS experienced worker assessments which can be carried out at your own workplace.
Tracked Dozer
NPORS Tracked Dozer training course. We offer training and assessment at our dedicated construction training facility.
All prices are subject to the learner's experience and duration of the course.
Partnership
Working with Gateshead College and Building Heroes — New Roads & Street Works Course
We are proud to be working alongside Gateshead College and Building Heroes to deliver a brand-new roads and street works training course. The programme combines classroom theory with hands-on practical sessions — giving candidates real experience of surfacing, compaction, and street works operations before they step onto a live site.
Building Heroes exists to support veterans and service leavers into construction careers. This partnership means we can offer a structured, accredited pathway into roads and street works for candidates who may have no prior industry experience — combining the best of military discipline with professional construction training.
Ready to Book Training?
Get in touch for a no-obligation quote. We will confirm availability, agree a date that works around your programme, and come to you.