NPORS Slinger Course Overview
Slinger banksman training teaches people how to safely manage plant machinery operations. A "banksman" is the person who directs the crane from where the load is attached and detached.
After finishing the course, participants who pass will receive a traditional NPORS Operator Card, valid for three years. If you also want the NPORS/CSCS Card (the NPORS Red Trained Operators Card) valid for two years, please prove that you’ve completed the CITB HSE Operatives touchscreen test in the last two years.
NPORS collaborates with industry experts and accredited training providers to provide flexible training options while ensuring high standards in the UK and internationally.
What Will You Learn
- Duties and responsibilities as a Slinger/Signaller
- Purpose of different lifting equipment types
- Manufacturer’s requirements per the technical data
- Relevant regulations and legislation
- Interpret and extract information on all relevant documentation
- Undertake all pre-use checks
- Identify centres of gravity and estimate weights of loads
- Prepare and ready the area of operation
- Choose the relevant lifting accessory for a given load
- Explain the action required for hazards and underground and overhead services
- Secure various load types to a lifting hook
- Ensure load balance, security and integrity
- Direct and guide the movement of loads to different types of locations
- Arrange, use and comply with communication procedures
- Maintain safe working conditions
NPORS Training Assessment
At the end of the course, participants must complete a written assessment and a practical test. If they pass both, they will receive the traditional NPORS Operator Card, valid for three years.
If you want the NPORS/CSCS Card (NPORS Red Trained Operators Card), please let us know when you book and provide proof that you’ve completed the CSCS HSE Operatives touchscreen test in the last two years. The NPORS Red card is valid for two years.
Before it expires, you must register for a relevant plant NVQ. Once you complete the NVQ, you will receive a blue Competent Operators Card, valid for five years.
If you work in the construction sector, you should apply for the NPORS/CSCS card
Existing NPORS card holders without an NVQ can apply for the NPORS/CSCS Red Trained Operator Card
Existing NPORS card holders with an NVQ can apply for the Blue Competent Operator Card
Existing NPORS card holders with an NVQ can apply for the Blue Competent Operator Card
Entry Requirements
If you want to apply for the NPORS/CSCS Card (NPORS Red Trained Operators Card), please let us know when you book and provide proof that you completed the CSCS HSE Operatives touchscreen test within the last two years.
