Site Safety & Tipper Awareness in the Extractive & Mineral Processing Industries

Driver (CPC)

SST

The Site Safety & Tipper Awareness course is a dynamic one‑day Driver CPC programme designed to keep drivers safe, confident and aware of best practice when working in the extractives and mineral processing industries. Across 7 interactive hours, delegates explore real‑world risks, best‑practice behaviours, and the full journey of an industry driver—from arriving fit for work to navigating busy sites, loading safely, and tipping with precision

Successful completion of the course and passing the assessment leads to the Site Safety & Tipper Awareness endorsement being uploaded onto your MP Connect Card.

The webinar variant of this course is only available by LAPTOP OR COMPUTER, please note that smart devices such as phones or tablet are not permittable for our courses.

This course is designed for professional drivers working within the extractives and mineral processing sector who:

• Are required to hold an MP Connect Card as part of site access and industry compliance.
• Regularly operate tippers or non‑tipping trailers in quarries, asphalt plants, construction sites, highways works or customer delivery locations.

The course aims to ensure drivers:

• Understand the key risks associated with operating in quarries, plants, construction sites and public highways.
• Improve driver awareness, safe behaviour, and professional standards across all stages of the working day.
• Gain the knowledge required to prevent incidents, reduce near‑misses, and operate safely around people, plant and vehicles.
• Strengthen understanding of load security, tipping stability, site rules, and VRU interactions.
• (“Increase Driver Awareness… Encourage Safe Behaviour… Health Safety… Environmental Issues at Work”)

By the end of the course, delegates will be able to:

• Identify common site hazards, unsafe conditions and unsafe acts, and understand how to report them.
• Demonstrate knowledge of safe access/egress, three points of contact, and in cab safety systems.
• Explain the principles of vehicle checks, including tyres, hydraulics, body condition, safety devices and load security.
• Recognise the causes of tipper instability, including uneven ground, poor loading, weather, mechanical failure and incorrect alignment.
• Apply safe systems of work for loading, sheeting, manoeuvring, tipping, and working around plant.
• Understand VRU risks, Highway Code requirements, stopping distances, mobile phone restrictions and working time rules.
• Follow correct procedures for high speed network access, emergency situations, lone working and fatigue management. (“What are the hazards… What skills and knowledge… What are the control measures when tipping…”)

1 day