RIIMPO320F Excavator Course

Conduct Civil Construction Excavator Operations: What This Course Covers

The Conduct Civil Construction Excavator Operations course (RIIMPO320F) provides the nationally recognised skills and knowledge required to operate an excavator safely across civil construction and earthmoving environments. This training is designed for workers who need competency in lifting, carrying, and placing materials while maintaining safe work practices in real job site conditions.

Throughout the course, you will learn how to plan and prepare for excavator operations, identify hazards, assess risks, and apply appropriate control measures in line with workplace procedures. Training also includes pre-operational checks, machine operation techniques, load management, and safe shutdown procedures. You will gain experience selecting, fitting, and using attachments such as buckets, augers, and rippers, ensuring you can adapt to different site requirements.

This unit applies to those working in construction, civil infrastructure, and related industries where excavator operation is required as part of daily tasks.

Practical Excavator Training Brisbane for Real Job Site Conditions

Our excavator training is delivered face to face with a strong focus on practical, hands-on learning to reflect real workplace scenarios. Participants are trained to operate machinery safely while managing site conditions, communication requirements, and task-specific demands commonly encountered in civil construction projects.

You will develop the ability to conduct pre-start inspections, operate the excavator across different activities, manage loads within safe limits, and respond to changing site conditions. Training also covers equipment maintenance, relocation procedures, and safe use of attachments to ensure full operational competency.

Course duration typically ranges from 1 to 3 days depending on experience and group size, with options for delivery at our training location or onsite where suitable equipment is available. On successful completion, participants receive a Statement of Attainment for RIIMPO320F issued by RTO 45597.

Conduct Excavator Operations is aimed at providing the necessary skills and knowledge to operate a Excavator safely and efficiently. The course is a mixture of in class theory, practical demonstration and assessment covering all aspect of operation including legislation; hazards and risk control; planning; pre-use inspections; load charts; load characteristics; attachments; safe operation; transport; reporting procedures; shut down and post operation checks.

Any person who holds their Excavator Ticket, can operate any Excavator with all attachments (Buckets, Augers, Ripper). This unit alone does not provide sufficient skill to independently load and unload equipment, to complete this task safely, personnel must either complete or be assisting someone who has completed RIIHAN308F Load and unload plant (or equivalent)

The training is delivered face to face and typically takes 1 – 3 days to complete depending on group size and experience. Courses can be delivered from one of our locations or on site providing the correct equipment is available.

Sheer Workplace Training is responsible for the quality of the training plan and assessment and will be issuing the statement of attainments for this unit, RTO number 45597.

There are no formal entry requirements for this course; however, participants will need to demonstrate sufficient english language, literacy, numeracy and visual interpretation skills to operate successfully and complete this course. There are no prerequisite, entry, work-placement, licensing, certification or pre course study requirements for this course.

Personal safety clothing must be provided by the student and worn during training. Sheer Workplace Training facility will provide additional safety equipment which must be worn throughout the practical aspect of the training.

Participants must be at least 17 years of age at the commencement of this course.

It is important to note that there are physical standards which relate to the level of performance required when undertaking accredited training. There can be no exceptions to these Australian Government requirements that are clearly written into the Training Package.

Therefore, students who are unable to satisfy the physical requirements of the course cannot be deemed competent or issued with a statement of attainment, even if the qualification is a necessary part of their employment conditions.

The Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) has developed a fact sheet to allow you to be fully informed about your decision to enrol in a course of study. We recommend reading this information prior to enrolling.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the entry requirements please call 07 3901 0804<.

Training will cover:

The simulated assessment environments will reflect the real-life working environment where these skills and knowledge would be performed, with all the relevant equipment and resources of that working environment. Skills must be demonstrated by the student working individually in an environment that provides realistic in-depth, industry-validated scenarios and simulations to assess students’ skills and knowledge.