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Bursaries for new CPCS testers!

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...

Rigid Wheeled Dump Truck training at ACOP!

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...

The CPCS SMART card and app… What are your thoughts?

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...

Industry needs skilled workers for lifting operations. Upskill now with ACOP

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)...

Crawler crane training at ACOP!

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...