Plant Machinery Training Courses
IMI Accredited Police Plant Machinery Identification
Dates of next courses:
Thur 30th - Fri 31st January 2025 (Location: Datatag HQ)
This two-day course is aimed at police officers/ police staff who are seeking to improve their knowledge and confidence in examining plant machinery. The course is aimed for complete beginners through to those with an intermediate level of knowledge in plant machinery identification and investigation. The course is accredited with the IMI (Institute of the Motor Industry). Students will undergo a practical exercise and will complete a number of multiple choice/written assessments.
Students will gain a comprehensive understanding of the national official scheme, The Construction (& Agricultural) Equipment Security And Registration (CESAR) scheme. CESAR is used for the registration and the overt/covert marking of plant machinery and is powered by Datatag. Datatag is the official service provider of the CESAR scheme for the Construction Equipment Association (CEA) and Agricultural Engineers Association (AEA) and has marked approximately 650,000 machines since the scheme began in 2007. Students will learn how to use CESAR effectively and will learn the latest developments to the scheme.
The course will empower officers to not only locate, but also crucially to assess vehicle identification across both construction and agricultural plant machinery. This will arm officers on roadside stops, operations/ warrants etc to then effectively use local and national systems to correctly identify stolen plant machinery.
The course trainer was a police officer for 17 years including a secondment to the National Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service (NaVCIS) and is a Qualified Stolen Vehicle Examiner (QSVE). The course is deeply grounded within a background in law enforcement covering common criminal MO’s and strategies to effectively combat plant theft
Successful students will be offered ongoing support by the trainer and will be updated on new and current trends.
Price Per Student - £599* + VAT / (IMI registration £74)
Please email our Police Liaison and Training Team on plt@datatag.co.uk for more information or to book your place.
*Bursaries are available for some students
Instructor - Vince Lane
Vince has a 17-year career history as a PC and is a specialist vehicle examiner with extensive experience with the Datatag product range. Vince also spent a long spell as a dedicated rural response officer with a particular passion for tackling vehicle crime where he personally recovered a significant number of stolen vehicles with a value of in excess of £1.2million. Vince has recovered far in excess of this throughout his career, especially during his secondment to NaVCIS.
Vince’s role with Datatag involves working with the police forces in the south of England examining vehicles and machinery, including plant, cars, motorcycles and watercraft. Vince is also responsible for the investigation, identification and reinstatement of recovered assets and assisting Police officers with training on the Datatag CESAR scheme and law enforcement.
Testimonials
PC Adam Gibson (National Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service) - "Vince is very knowledgeable and the course is highly informative and the practical element on day 2 allows you to put the training into practice."
PC Helen Backhouse (TVP) - "Trainer’s knowledge is excellent. Having previous experience within the police is invaluable."
PC Eleanor Fenemore (TVP)"One of the best training packages I’ve attended. Lots of tips and knowledge learnt."
PC Justin Davies (Gwent)"The course was delivered in a professional manner. Excellent topic delivery at the right pace. Enjoyed every minute of the course."
PC Paul Brant (West Midlands Police)"Vince has a good delivery style and clear knowledge of the subject matter. Very insightful training that will be utilised."
Sgt Ross Sambrook (Metropolitan Police) - "Vince does an excellent job of teaching what could be a dry subject. Enjoyed the entire course throughout."
PC Chris Vickers (Leicestershire Police) - "Very well presented with personal experiences. Easy to understand and clarified."
PC Adam Hollings (Gwent) - "Excellent, engaging trainer who clearly knew the subject very well. Consolidation exercise really beneficial. Would highly recommend to other police officers."
PC Harvey Prescott (West Midlands Police) - "Great two days. Perfect pace and content has made it relevant. Hands on, on day two was great."
PC Mathew Braddish (TVP) - "Great course. Very informative and a good tool for police officers."
PS Mathew Picton (Cheshire Police) - "Very knowledgeable, very relevant & very useful to policing, especially commercial vehicle policing."
PC Dean Kingham (TVP) - "Vince was great at explaining the course content and pushing the tips and tricks to ID equipment correctly."
PC Eryl Lloyd (North Wales Police) - "Presentation covered relevant points and presented at a good pace over both days. Easy to ask questions throughout."
PC Rich Fussey (Humberside Police) - "A very interesting course, well-structured and delivered at a pace that allowed us to take in the information."
PC Rob Davies (West Midlands Police) - "Very well run course & explored all the varying peculiarities of plant machinery. Practical element was useful."
PC Aiden Sharrock (Cheshire Police) - "Excellent knowledge. Very worthwhile course."
PC Jon Simpson (Wiltshire Police) - "Very informative and well delivered."
PC Steve Brazzier (Humberside Police) - "Course is extremely relevant to our role [Rural task force] and has provided great knowledge from someone like Vince who has the prior knowledge."
DC Christian Dixon (South Yorkshire Police) - "Well delivered with excellent tips and guides."
PC Thomas Batchelor (TVP) - "The training was extremely informative and was delivered in a way that was understandable."
