NPORS Accredited and Approved
Training Courses
Flexible, cost effective, and tailored training solution for you or your business. Keeping your people safe and compliant.
Flexible, cost effective, and tailored training solution for you or your business. Keeping your people safe and compliant.
Plant and Safety Limited are a Nationally recognised NPORS (National Plant Operator Registration Scheme) Accredited Training Provider, offering a wide range of NPORS Accredited and NPORS Approved Training courses, all of which can be delivered at our customer’s premises, ensuring a convenient and cost-effective approach to training.
Our current range of Accredited and Approved NPORS Training Courses includes, but is not limited to the categories below:
› Forklift Truck Driver/ Operator NPORS Training Courses
› Pallet and Stacker Truck Operator NPORS Training Courses
› Telescopic Handler Driver/ Operator NPORS Training Courses
› Mobile Elevated Working Platform MEWP NPORS Training Courses
› Overhead Gantry Crane NPORS Training Courses
› Specialist Material Handling NPORS Training Courses
› Working at Height Training NPORS Courses
› Construction Site Safety Training NPORS Courses
Plant and Safety Limited are able to offer a wide range of NPORS Approved Forklift Truck Driver/ Operator Training Courses, including but not limited to the courses listed below.
› NPORS Industrial Counterbalance Lift Truck (N001) – 5 Day Novice, 2 Day Experienced and 1 Day Refresher Courses Available
› NPORS Reach Truck (N003) – 5 Day Novice, 2 Day Experienced, and 1 Day Refresher Courses Available
› NPORS Rough Terrain Lift Truck (N009) – 5 Day Novice, 2 Day Experienced, and 1 Day Refresher Courses Available
Course Availability and Qualifications: These courses are available nationwide and can be delivered on the customer premises to ensure familiarity with existing equipment. Upon successfully completing each training course, an NPORS Certificate will be issued for the relevant training course, along with an NPORS Operator Registration Card (Optional).
This NPORS Approved Training Courses teaches operators how to operate Powered Stacker and Pallet Trucks, as well as Manual Stacker and Pallet Trucks. The available training courses are listed below:
› NPORS Pallet/ Stacker Truck (N008) – 2 Day Novice and 1 Day Experienced/ Refresher Courses Available
Course Availability and Qualifications: These courses are available nationwide and can be delivered on the customer premises to ensure familiarity with existing equipment. Upon successfully completing each training course, an NPORS Certificate will be issued for the relevant training course, along with an NPORS Operator Registration Card (Optional).
The NPORS Telescopic Handler Driver/ Operator training courses are aimed at people who require a formal qualification for operating a telescopic handler.
› NPORS Telescopic Handler (N010) – 5 Day Novice, 2 Day Experienced, and 1 Day Refresher Courses Available.
› NPORS Industrial Telescopic Handler (N010A) – 5 Day Novice, 2 Day Experienced, and 1 Day Refresher Courses Available
Course Availability and Qualifications: These courses are available nationwide and can be delivered on the customer premises to ensure familiarity with existing equipment. Upon successfully completing each training course, an NPORS Certificate will be issued for the relevant training course, along with an NPORS Operator Registration Card (Optional).
The NPORS Excavator Driver/ Operator training courses are aimed at people who require a formal qualification for operating an Excavator. We have a range of NPORS approved Excavator training courses listed below. All training courses are available as a Novice, Experienced, or Refresher course. The duration of each course will be 1 to 10 days depending on the experience of the delegate. Contact us for more information and advice.
› NPORS Excavator 180 Degrees (N201) – Novice and Experienced Courses Available
› NPORS Excavator 180 Degrees (N202) – Novice and Experienced Courses Available
› NPORS Excavator as a Crane (N100) – Novice and Experienced Courses Available
› NPORS Excavator Micro up to 1 Tonne (N202) – Novice and Experienced Courses Available
Course Availability and Qualifications: These courses are available nationwide and can be delivered on the customer premises to ensure familiarity with existing equipment. Upon successfully completing each training course, an NPORS Certificate will be issued for the relevant training course, along with an NPORS Operator Registration Card (Optional).
The NPORS Approved Mobile Elevated Working Platform (MEWP) training course are aimed at people who require a formal qualification for operating either a Boom/ Cherry Picker or a Scissor Lift MEWP. The available training courses are listed below:
› NPORS MEWP – Boom/ Cherry Picker (N108) – 1 Day Training Course Available
› NPORS MEWP – Scissor Lift (N100) – 1 Day Training Course Available
Course Availability and Qualifications: These courses are available nationwide and can be delivered on the customer premises to ensure familiarity with existing equipment. Upon successfully completing each training course, an NPORS Certificate will be issued for the relevant training course, along with an NPORS Operator Registration Card (Optional).
The NPORS Approved Overhead Gantry Crane training courses aimed at people who require a formal qualification to operate an overhead crane and carry out basic slinging safely and effectively. The available training courses are listed below.
› NPORS Overhead Crane (N104) – 3 Day Novice, 2 Day Experienced, and 1 Day Refresher Course Available
Course Availability and Qualifications: These courses are available nationwide and can be delivered on the customer premises to ensure familiarity with existing equipment. Upon successfully completing each training course, an NPORS Certificate will be issued for the relevant training course, along with an NPORS Operator Registration Card (Optional).
The NPORS Working at Height training courses are designed for people who carry out any Work at Heights (Above Ground Level), are required to use Harnesses and Fall Arrest Equipment as part of their job roles. The available training courses are listed below:
› NPORS Safe Working at Height (N404) – 1 Day Training Course Available
› NPORS Harness and Fall Arrest (N723) – 1 Day Training Course Available
Course Availability and Qualifications: These courses are available nationwide and can be delivered on the customer premises to ensure familiarity with existing equipment. Upon successfully completing each training course, an NPORS Certificate will be issued for the relevant training course, along with an NPORS Operator Registration Card (Optional).
The NPORS Construction Safety Awareness Course (S001) has been mapped as a full equivalent to the QCF Level 1 Award Health and Safety in a Construction Environment. This menas that in addition to the plant operaters undertaking this course, labourers who have achieved NPORS Site Safety Awareness Course can apply for the CSCS Green Labourers Card, once they have passed the CITB Health, Safety, and Environment Operatives Test. The available training courses are listed below.
› NPORS Safety Awareness (S001) – 1 Day Training Course Available. Entry requirements may be applicable
Course Availability and Qualifications: These courses are available nationwide and can be delivered on the customer premises to ensure familiarity with existing equipment. Upon successfully completing each training course, an NPORS Certificate will be issued for the relevant training course, along with an NPORS Operator Registration Card (Optional).
Established in 1992, The National Plant Operators Registration Scheme (NPORS) is one of the UK’s leading Accreditation and Registration Bodies, more than just plant machinery working across the Construction, Industrial, Utilities, Warehousing and Distribution, Agricultural, Ports and Marine Sectors.
NPORS are also founding members of the The Accrediting Bodies Association (ABA), which was announced by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in 2012. The HSE collaborate and provide advice to ABA on training issues arising from L117.
NPORS offers flexibility, whilst maintaining standards, both nationally and internationally by working with the industry and Accredited Training Providers such as Plant and Safety Limited.
If you need to verify an NPORS Operator card, then this can be done using the NPORS Online Card Checker by clicking on the link below. The NPORS online database can also be used to Apply for an NPORS CSCS Card, Check Instructor Cards, and also to Verify the Accreditation of an NPORS Approved Training Provider.
We combine technical expertise with a commitment to customer service. With Plant & Safety, you get:
Highly qualified, experienced, and competent trainers and engineers work closely with our customers to keep equipment and people both safe and compliant
Highly qualified, experienced trainers with extensive experience in providing Testing, Inspection, Certification, and Training Services
All of our services are backed by an extensive list of nationally recognised Accreditations and Industry Body Memberships.




















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