Services / Courses

All our courses are designed to meet the requirements placed upon employers with regard to their duties under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974; the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER); the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER), as applicable and other relevant regulations and codes of practice

On successful completion the course members will be able to:

Operate the truck model used during the training course, safely and correctly in accordance with the manufacturers operator procedures manual and in accepted good operating practices.
Show their understanding, by clearly stating the causes of instability of trucks and loads.
Carry out correctly the routine pre-use inspection of the lift truck in accordance with the manufacturers operator procedures manual.

Refresher Training Course:

To provide effective basic operator refresher training for those operators who have earlier been given adequate formal basic operator training and are appropriately certificated to operate industrial counterbalanced or reach trucks rider operated.

Course Members	Instructors	Truck	Duration (Days)
3	1	1	1

Existing Operator Training Course:

To provide effective basic operator training for forklift operators who have previous operating experience but has never received formal training and will be required to operate counterbalanced or reach trucks as part of their normal work duties.

Course Members	Instructors	Truck	Duration (Days)
3	1	1	3
2	1	1	2.5
1	1	1	2

Novice Training Course:

To provide effective basic operator training for those operators who have had no previous operating experience and will be required to operate industrial counterbalanced or reach lift trucks as part of their normal work duties.

Course Members	Instructors	Truck	Duration (Days)
3	1	1	5
2	1	1	4
1	1	1	3

Conversion Training Courses :

For operators wishing to convert from one truck type to another.

All the above courses are RTITB accredited and are for a maximum of 3 candidates per course.

A significant reduction in course durations can be made where the Operator does not require instruction when:

Working in Industrial Racking
Loading and unloading transport vehicles
Stacking/De-stacking free standing stacks
Bulk Stacking
Operating on ramps and inclines
Stacking at Eye level
Stacking at High level

Non Accredited Courses are available where RTITB registration is not required and certificates issued will be “in-house” and will apply to your company premises only.