The National Plant Operators Registration Scheme founded in 1992, NPORS was formed to challenge the status quo within the construction industry and we are as dedicated to the goal of ensuring standards today as the day it all began.

NPORS stands firm on the principles it was founded on; supporting industry, regulated training and testing, consistent improvement, equal opportunities and transparency about how we work. Since it’s beginnings, NPORS has continued to progress to be a trusted and recognised name in the industry, offering employers a credible training alternative.

At NPORS, we believe that everyone who operates any form of machinery should be qualified and competent to protect their safety and the safety of others. This is why we meet and maintain standards by providing regulated training and testing by those professionally qualified to do so.

We are proud to be able to offer employers the flexibility to train their workforce on site as well as at dedicated test centres. By offering training and assessments on site with the equipment that would be used every day, this mitigates the risk of any issues with transferring skills from different training equipment when working on site.

 The Construction Plant Competence Scheme (CPCS) provides skills cards for the plant sector of the Construction and allied industries. It was launched in 2003 and since then over 300,000 cards have been issued across 64 categories of plant and related occupations. The CPCS Technical Review Group working on behalf of industry continually review and amend the Scheme, in light of on-going Industry feedback, and external factors such as the latest occupational health issues, technology advances and new plant types. As of April 2023 the CPCS are allowing some additional categories to be trained and tested on site providing the training and testing area meets CPCS specifications.

Skills Bootcamps are flexible courses of up to 16 weeks, giving people the opportunity to build up sector specific skills and fast-track to an interview with an employer. Or for employers to up skill their current staff.

Available across Wiltshire and Swindon.

Skills Bootcamps are available for learners to develop the necessary skills to secure or progress in a job, in sectors where there is a shortage of workers or skills gaps within the industry (see list below)

Learners will need to be aged 19+ and have the right to work in the UK.

Qualifications received at the end of the course will be dependent on the course provider. But you will be offered an interview with an employer (who will have a job available) at the end of the course.

• Logistics - Leadership and Management
• Leadership and Management
• Digital Core - Cyber
• Green - Sustainability and Carbon Management

To find out which courses are running visit Work Wiltshire: Skills Bootcamps Booking(opens new window), all course dates and descriptions will be updated on that page.

Skills Bootcamps are a chance for you to train your current staff to allow them to up skill and bring new skills into your business.

Large employers (250) plus 70% cost covered, you pay 30%

Small and medium employers (250) or less 90% cost covered, you pay 10%

Or you can choose to offer an interview for a successful bootcamp learner if you have a job available.

Skills bootcamps can also offer you the opportunity to interview skills candidates. Working with a training provider, learners will take part in a fully funded training programme before being offered an interview by you. This gives you the opportunity to be involved in developing your future workforce to meet your own needs.

If you are interested in getting involved with Skills Bootcamps, email skillsbootcamps@wiltshire.gov.uk(opens new window).

 NOCN is a leading independent End Point Assessment Organisation. Working with training providers and employers, NOCN ensures that all apprentices have the knowledge, skills and behaviours required for the new employer-led apprenticeship standards. We are an Approved Training Provider working with the NOCN GROUP delivering End Point Assesment on Plant and Lifting Operations apprenticeship's helping to bring through the next generation of construction industry personnel.

In-house Accreditation is a cheaper alternative to the National Accreditation Scheme's but still provides your workforce with the correct training they need to operate Plant and Machinery in the workplace, In-House Training also covers businesses under guidance from the HSE in relation to people operating Plant and Machinery in the workplace, a legal requirement in the UK under (PUWER98) Regs. Additional benefits of In-House Training is the business and employers get a say in what they would like delivered as part of the training as one size does not fit all in different working environments, In-House Training also benefits smaller construction companies who are not under the jurisdiction of the national accredited bodies but still need staff adequately trained. There is a common misconception that In-House Training is not as good a quality as the nationally accredited training schemes, at Salisbury Training Solutions we do not lower our standards on any training we deliver to our customers Accredited or In-House, providing a high standard all round whether it be Full Novice Training, Intermediate Training, Experienced Worker Tests, or simple Refreshers.

We are an approved contractor for Kier Group supply chain, for around 100 years, Kier Group have been innovating for their clients and are proud to have worked on vital infrastructure which supports communities. 

Kier Group are a strategic supplier to the UK Government with key strengths in education, healthcare, custodial, transport and defence. 

From modern and purpose-built educational and healthcare projects to delivering and maintaining roads, rail, water, energy and telecommunications networks, their talented teams work to support their purpose.