Posted By The toecap No, only competence. The CPCS scheme is voluntary. The best way to assure competent operation is a course. Which is accredited to a recognised body. Some directors will sign a disclaimer to state that the operation of the machine that they have seen is that of a competent operator. This then means that the machine and operator may only 'opertate' on the directors premises. But, who or which director would be foolish enough to do such a thing? Well, i have known this to be done. And what about the insurance comapnies? Also would you let and un qualified driver get into your car valued at £15K. Well some plant is valued at £30K and these drivers aren't 'qualified' as such.

Posted By ken mosley For what it is worth our policy on any mobile plant requires operators to have a full and valid driving license and where there is an accredited training scheme, the operator must hold the appropriate certificate. All new operators on site are supervised during the first day to satisfy ourselves that they are competent despite their certification.This extends to plant items such as pedestrian rollers.For a list of the plant for which there is an accredited training scheme we tend to use the old CTA document despite it being now defunct, it is quite comprehensive.