by Siôn Jones | 15 Sep 2021 | Industry News
Congratulations to Jim Baraclough of L Lynch Plant Hire & Haulage who won the National Plant Operative of the Year Award at the Construction Plant-hire Association Stars of the Future Awards 2021. ACOP Group were proud to be joint sponsors with L Lynch Plant Hire...
by Siôn Jones | 9 Sep 2021 | General
NOCN Job Cards are offering £500.00 bursaries per successful candidate attending the CPCS tester course in 2021! Available course dates and conditions can be found on the CPCS website To be eligible to sit the CPCS tester course, you must first complete the following...
by Siôn Jones | 21 May 2021 | General
ACOP have recently taken delivery of a Komatsu HD465 (55 tonne) rigid dump truck for training at our CPCS test centre in South Wales! We really hope that this helps serve both construction and quarrying industries within the UK. Historically, it has proven challenging...
by Siôn Jones | 4 Dec 2020 | General
We’ve receive a number of enquiries from new and experienced CPCS testers looking to add categories to their current remit. As a company we are always happy to support testers by offering a CPCS advanced testing service. After all, construction is an industry...
by Siôn Jones | 14 Jan 2020 | Industry News
All CPCS operators who apply for a card from 2nd December 2019 will receive a digital card in return. This is because NOCN Jobcards have now launched the much awaited CPCS SMART cards! Here’s a list of some of the changes; New design with block colours to align...
by Siôn Jones | 11 Nov 2019 | Industry News
Over the last 12 months we’ve seen a rapid rise in popularity of our CPCS courses and specifically within lifting operations. This has been fuelled by the increased demand for qualified: slinger/signallers crane supervisors appointed persons (lift planners)...
by Siôn Jones | 2 Oct 2019 | General
The sudden removal of the CPCS validator from the scheme in August 2019 came as some surprise to the majority of test centres and companies directly involved within the blue card renewal process. This was compounded by the lack of available information from NOCN...
by Siôn Jones | 26 Mar 2019 | General
We have a few exciting offers on wheeled excavator tests and courses here at ACOP on our new JCB Hydradig! If you have the A59A CPCS tracked excavator ticket and have always fancied the A59B ‘rubber duck’ category, then we have a number of options to suit...
by Siôn Jones | 19 Mar 2019 | General
We are excited to announce that ACOP are now the proud owners of a 30 ton Sennebogen Telescopic Crawler Crane! Owing to a high demand for our training in the construction lifting sector, it seemed the natural step for us to purchase a Crawler Crane. It will be...
by Siôn Jones | 19 Oct 2018 | Training Resources
Here’s a publication on staying safe when operating forward tipping dumpers. It’s an essential read for any new or experienced dumper operator for some useful guidance on how to stay safe. CPA Operational Safety Guidance: Staying safe when operating...