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NPTC Level 2 Award Sit Astride all Terrain VehicleApply Now »
Location: Broomfield Hall
Years: 1
Weeks: 1
Hours: 14.00
Start: Roll On Roll Off - Contact Us
Days / Times: Contact Us
Tuition (£): 255.00*
Exams (£): 90.00**
Interview: N
Course Summary
On successful completion of this course, you will be able to prepare and use an ATV safely.
Entry requirements
The minimum age for candidates taking this course is 16 years.
There are no formal entry requirements for this qualification.
Course Content
The course will cover:
- Comply with legal requirements, with an emphasis on safe practice
- Identify the risks associated with using an ATV
- Understand the main causes of accidents
- Identify the controls and components
- Understand the function of all instruments
- Carry out daily and appropriate pre-start checks
- Identify and report any faults
- Operate an ATV safely on a variety of slopes and terrain
- Identify loading/towing capacities
- Drive with loads and trailed equipment
- Load and secure for transport on the road (if appropriate)
- Understand legal and practical requirements for travelling on the public road
How will I be assessed?
There is a formal NPTC assessment, which is taken on a separate day. Tests are organised by NPTC and can be taken at the College or on your own site.
Are there any additional costs or specialist equipment required?
You will be required to supply your own:
- Overalls or tight fitting work clothes with no dangling drawstrings
- Steel toe-capped boots or wellingtons
- Writing materials
- Lunch/refreshments
What can I do after this course?
Derby College Group offers a range of one-day, weekend and evening courses relating to Agriculture and a wide range of other land-based topics - please see the Derby College Group Part-time Prospectus for a full list and details.
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* Tuition - This figure is the tuition fee to be paid - There are no concessionary fees available.
** Exam - This fee is to cover the cost of registration with the relevant awarding body.
Tom Longdon
College kept Tom in farming
Agricultural contractor Tom Longdon says Derby College convinced him to stay in farming - and made it possible for him to afford essential qualifications. The 20-year-old took Agriculture at Level 2 and 3 at Broomfield Hall, while also passing five separate industry competency qualifications. From a farming background, Tom turned to Derby College after a job he had lined up as an apprentice mechanic fell through just days before he was due to start.
His time at college gave him an insight into the "big world of work" including a valuable business module at Level 3. The training helped Tom, 20, launch his agricultural contracting business in 2015, while still at college, and he "kicked it off properly" last year. His dad has health problems and Tom also works on the 450 acre family beef farm at Trowell, Nottinghamshire. Tom said the correct qualifications and paperwork were essential in modern day farming and he was only able to afford to gain them through college.
Derby College made me want to carry on farming and made it possible for me get my 'tickets' (NPTC competence qualifications).
For instance, I'd looked into training for the telehandler (boom lift) and it would have cost £1,000.
I wouldn't have been able to do it. But through the college, it cost £120 in total to sit the test. For most of your 'tickets', you get training as part of the course but you have to pay for be the test. It's a substantial saving.
You have to get all your paperwork and tickets to get the best jobs.
