Cemex equipment operator Ian obtains gold award

Ian Bagshawe of Cemex Dove Holes Quarry, County Derbyshire, England, has been awarded one of the first ever industry-wide gold standard accreditation for highly efficient quarry and mining equipment operators. The new standard has been launched through a partnership between MP Awards and Finning and aims to recognise the best operators in the country. He is one of four operators to be presented with the award at the recent Hillhead exhibition where the new standard was launched.

June 27, 2014 Read time: 2 mins

Ian Bagshawe of 643 Cemex Dove Holes Quarry, County Derbyshire, England, has been awarded one of the first ever industry-wide gold standard accreditation for highly efficient quarry and mining equipment operators.

The new standard has been launched through a partnership between MP Awards and 3006 Finning and aims to recognise the best operators in the country.

He is one of four operators to be presented with the award at the recent 427 Hillhead exhibition where the new standard was launched.

Operators must be holders of the MPQC Blue Competency card before attaining the new gold card standard which is about developing operator excellence, delivering efficiency and increasing productivity. The practical course to obtain the new award is run with the operators on their own sites with the machine they operate, and covers a range of different manufacturers’ models.

Bagshawe has been a quarry operative for 16 years and has worked at Dove Holes quarry since 2008. He operates a selection of machinery including the Cat 990 wheeled laoder at the quarry face, 775 dump truck and 980 wheeled loader for stock re-handling.

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