Education and training for operation of selected construction machines and equipment

The course is intended for company employees who operate selected construction machines and equipment as part of their work. Under § 16 ods. 2 a 4 of Act No. 124/2006 Coll., a participant must be at least 18 years old and have medical fitness evidenced by a medical assessment no older than six months. We provide the training for entire work groups directly at your company or on our premises.

Selected construction machines are listed in Annex No. 1a písm. q) of Act No. 124/2006 Coll. For earthworks these are the dozer, excavator and digger, loading and unloading machine, milling machine and trencher, scraper, pipelayer and roller. Then machines for producing and processing building materials and concrete, and other construction machines. We adapt the range of machines for your company to the equipment your employees actually operate.

After successful final knowledge verification, the participant obtains a record of completed education and training for operating selected construction machines under § 16 ods. 1 písm. b) of Act No. 124/2006 Coll. — not a licence card or certificate. Colloquially the record is also called a “machine operator's card”.

The record is issued by a person authorised to provide education and training (a training organisation authorised by the National Labour Inspectorate), not by the labour inspectorate. The labour inspectorate only withdraws the record in the event of a serious breach of regulations under § 16 ods. 11 of Act No. 124/2006 Coll.

Under Decree No. 356/2007 Coll., the basic professional training for operating selected construction machines has a duration of at least 16 hours (qualification group 08.1). The training combines safety-focused theoretical preparation with final knowledge verification. For company groups, we can adapt the date and organisation to your operation.

Here two separate obligations meet. Under § 7 ods. 5 of Act No. 124/2006 Coll., refresher familiarisation of employees is carried out at least once every three years (the statutory minimum; part of the market states shorter intervals based on an internal STN standard). In addition, the record holder is obliged to complete refresher professional training within five years of the date the record was issued and thereafter every 5 years under § 16 ods. 8; its minimum duration is 6 hours. For your company, we can set up reminders of the due dates.

Under § 16 ods. 5 of Act No. 124/2006 Coll., the record is issued for an indefinite period. It becomes invalid if the holder does not undergo a preventive medical examination (within 5 years, § 16 ods. 6), fails to complete refresher professional training (within 5 years, § 16 ods. 8) or has the record withdrawn (§ 16 ods. 12).

It is the same thing — only the official versus the colloquial name. For operating construction machinery, a record of completed education and training is issued under § 16 ods. 1 písm. b) of Act No. 124/2006 Coll., which is colloquially called a “machine operator's card”. An actual licence card or certificate (písm. a) is issued for other activities — for example a crane operator, a load slinger or forklift trucks.

Under § 19 of Act No. 125/2006 Coll., an employer faces a fine of up to EUR 100 000, and for a serious breach from EUR 1 000 to 200 000. If the breach results in an occupational accident causing serious harm to health, the fine is at least EUR 20 000, and in the case of death at least EUR 33 000. The record is tied to a specific person.

Under Slovak rules, the course focuses on theoretical professional training and knowledge verification; the employee acquires practical operation of a specific machine through hands-on training directly at the employer. We can arrange practical training on request according to the type of machines.

A record issued under Slovak regulations is valid throughout the territory of the Slovak Republic. For work abroad, recognition of the qualification is governed by the rules of the given state and the employer's requirements, so we recommend checking the specific conditions.

Professional knowledge is verified by a written test and an oral examination before an examination board. After successful completion, a record of completed education and training for the operation of construction machinery is issued.

Yes, we run the construction-machinery operation course for company groups either directly at your workplace or on our premises. We adapt the organisation, date and range of machines to the number of employees and the equipment they operate. Contact us and we will prepare a quotation for your group.

Basic course from 98,90 € per person (prices exclude VAT). Refresher training 21,90 €. Update professional training (AOP) 44,90 €. We confirm the exact price based on the number of participants and the training format.