Working in construction sites requires workers to operate a variety of machines and also complete several tasks. A skid steer is one of such machines and with proper training to operate it workers can complete the tasks smoothly.
Melbourne
The skid steer is one of the vital machines used in the construction sites. It is a versatile piece of construction machinery used primarily for digging works. It’s a light machine, easily manoeuvrable, and its arms can attach to a variety of tools for different construction and landscaping tasks. The skid steer will usually either have four wheels or two tracks. To turn the machine, the skid steer operator must increase the speed of the wheels sideways making the wheels to drag across or skid the ground as the machine rotates in the reverse direction. Operators of this vital machinery must hold a skid steer ticket to be eligible to manoeuvre it successfully.
Significance of a Yellow Card
The Elevating Work Platform Association or EWPA Yellow Card is a nationally recognised license that trains workers in the construction sites in the safe use and operation of several elevated work platforms. Therefore if you are required to operate a scissor lift, vertical lift, boom lift, truck-mounted lift, trailer-mounted lift, etc. you must hold an EWPA yellow card in Melbourne. The course to qualify for this ticket will provide training in the safe use of the different elevated work platforms, including boom-type MEWPs with boom length below 11 metres.
Tasks for which a skid steer is used
A skid steer is used for a variety of functions, and so it is of paramount importance that the operators qualify to hold a skid steer ticket. The significant characteristic of the skid steer is the range of attachment options which can be attached to it. This also makes it possible to complete a variety of tasks. The standard attachment for a skid steer is a bucket and is traditionally equipped with it to lift and move heavy materials.
It is used for:
* Landscaping
* Clearing snow
* Excavating
* Digging
* Trenching
* Clearing soil, stones and other debris in construction sites
