Hi,
Anyone done this? Do you require further training health and safety to drive a skip load and unload?
Thanks.
Skips take a bit of thinking and hard grade especially sheeting them unless you do roll on roll of with an auto sheet. Knowing the height of the load is also important.
Throwing them over fences etc and getting into position to drop them, dropping an empty to pick up a loaded skip then moving the empty into position etc etc.
I’ve never done skips myself but I’ve seen plenty of skip drivers and knew a guy who did skips.
You have the truck licence the rest would all be on the job training but as far as I know generally getting a start on skips as a newbie can be very hard as most places want people with experience.
I did skips for a few years and there are many pit falls to the job but if you think about what you are doing you will be fine, never listen to the customer when they tell you the last driver dropped it over there! If it looks dodgy don’t do it as dropping a skip on soft earth , man hole covers will cause you problems when collecting them.
Watch what the customer is putting in the skip (haz or liquids) it could affect your licence if stopped, the waste must always match the description on the waste transfer note. Stay legal.
heavy skips can slide about on the body if your not careful drive with care not like you have six more jobs to do before you can go home, slow and steady every time.