Team 2

LESSON PLAN BASIC EXCAVATOR

CREATION OPERATION
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Lesson Plan 2

Monday 19/06/2023
Subject Basic excavator manipulation Time
0800 Hrs - 1200 Hrs (4H)

Details Pre-check and manipulation Place PMPP TNI

Purpose
To educate about basic excavator operation and ensure operators are
capable of manipulating excavator in the PKO mission.

1. The class is for soldiers dispatched to the PKO mission.

Presupposition 2. Trainees have already and generally understood each part’s
name, pre-operation inspection, and basic operations.

1. Safety management
Principal Training
2. Pre-operation inspection
Subjects
3. Basic operation

Instructors 2nd Lt Ravi

Instructor x1

PPE (Helmet, gloves, &

Interpreter x1 Assistant x1 safety vest)
Training Attire &
Organization Equipment Canteen
Trainees x10 First-aid kit

**Team 2: “This is the 3rd revision of PL creation.”

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10’ 30’ 190’ 10’

Timeline Preamble Demonstration Practice & Breaks Conclusion

- Rehearsal teaching Pointing device

Preparation & Traffic cone
- Check availability of Materials &
Advance
excavator and equipment instruments White powder
Instructions
Start/stop signs

- Safety briefing before manipulation.

Safety
- Precaution of operating the machine.
Management
- Hazards caused by mis-maneuvering.
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Plans in Detail 4

Contents Style Time Focus Teaching Procedure

(a) Safety precautions 1. Oral description
(1) Health check a. Basic safety precautions
(2) Wearing safety vast and
helmet
(3) Keep the safety distance

(b) Training contents b. Training contents

(4) Get to know excavator c. Break time 10 min twice
(5) Roughly brief about checking
machine procedure 2. Formation
Preamble
(6) Divide small teams
- L 10’ (7) Arrange operating time
Introduction properly
Students x10

(c) 10 min pause after the first 3 Asst x1

times and next break after 4 times
of practice. (3-4-3)
Interpreter Instructor

Note: L = Lecturing
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Plans in Detail 5

Contents Style Time Focus Teaching Procedure

(1) Before excavator moves, lift the d. Explain students about
bucket 40-50cm. Operational precautions
(2) Press the horn and look
backward before reversing.
(3) Be careful of people and objects
around the excavator including
electric wires
(4) Don’t put the bucket close to the
chains of excavator
(5) Don’t close the arm quickly
during digging
Preamble
(6) Don’t scoop the soil up when the
- L 10’ arm open to maximum angles.
Introduction (7) Don’t lift the bucket too high
during offloading and carrying
(8) Turn off security lock key before
a quick pause e.g., talking phone,
look downward the hole, drink
water.
(9) For parking postures, lift the
boom, bend the arm 90 degrees,
and put the bucket on the ground
horizontally or vertically.

Note: L = Lecturing
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Contents Style Time Focus Teaching Procedure

e. Assistant and Interpreter roles
1. Assistant
- Check excavator before practice
- Manipulate excavator while instructor
explain to students simultaneously
- Show students all the button keys
before operation
- Dig the first hole for example
- Observe and verify students conduct
a pre-check and operate excavator
Preamble - Give a comment and improvement
- L 10’
Introduction 2. Interpreter
- Translate carefully and preciously
- Interpreter stays close to instructor all
the time, except during practicing
assistant needs translator to explain
students in the training field.
- Translator must make sure student
know all the words from instructor or
assistant.

Note: L = Lecturing
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Plans in Detail 7

Contents Style Time Focus Teaching Procedure

(a) Pre-check
(1) No parts damaged, no oil
leakage, no nuts loosen
(2) Check oil levels, batteries, v-
belts etc.
(3) Problem found immediately
report to instructor
(b) Engine starts
(4) Adjust the seat
Presentation
(5) Set all buttons to default
- positions
Pre-operation
(6) Notice sound of the machine
inspection D 30’ (c) Demonstration
- (7) Booms, arm, and bucket
Basic operation and dig the first
manipulation hole.
(8) Instructor explains to students
about checking and operation
while assistant does a
demonstration.
(9) Show trainee how to measure
the deep with the arm of the
excavator.
1. Presentation
a. Pre-check around excavator
b. Start engine and
demonstrate all button keys
c. Instructor determines a hole
to dig clearly with exact
dimensions 2m x 4m and
depth 1.5m within 17 min,
including 2 min for pre-
check.
d. Instructor technically show
how to dig as example for
the first time.
2. Formation
Students x10
Interpreter Instructor
Asst x1

Note: D = Demonstration
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Contents Style Time Focus Teaching Procedure

(a) 3 points support rule are 1. Practice procedure

always applied. a. Pre-check 2 min
(b) During manipulation, pay high b. Operation 15 min
attention to people and objects 2. Use one excavator
nearby
3. Formation
(c) Practicing according to the
guideline: Instructor Interpreter
1. 17 min per person (including
instruction) Students
2. Dig a hole 2mx4m depth 1.5m Safety distance = 10 m
Practice and spacing 1.5 meters one by
- one Asst x1 Hole
190’ 3. Follow instructor’s tips for
Basic
digging a hole. Soil
operation 4. Practice layout
(d) Place soil to the left of a hole.
(e) Direction of digging is on the
left side of assistant 2m
(f) Observe and verify students

1.5m
4m
conduct a pre-check and
operate excavator 1.5m 1.5m 1.5m
(g) Keep safety distance all the
time
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Contents Style Time Focus Teaching Procedure

(g) Excavation a hole tips 5. Practice procedures

1. Align the left side line of the hole with 1. Each student do pre-
the arm and bucket of excavator. check before start up the
2. Make a marking lines on the ground. engine.
3. Excavate slowly at a depth of 15 to 2. Turn on the key for 5
Practice 20 cm from the edge seconds and then start
4. The effective angle of the arm in engine.
-
190’ between 45 to 90 degrees. 3. Student do practice one
Basic 5. When reaching a certain depth, we by one
operation make the front wall vertically 4. When seeing the STOP
6. Use bucket horizontally to grape the sign, student finishes the
soil out of the hole practice and return to
the old position.
7. Clear the accumulated soil in front of
excavator.

(a) Confirm student level of 1. Instructor’s conclusion

understanding a. Confirm comprehension
(b) Check health condition b. Student assessment and
Conclusion 10’ (c) Q&A improvement
c. Health re-check
d. Same formation as
preamble

This is the end of the presentation. THANK YOU!