Forklift Truck Training

Course Details

On successful completion of this Counterbalance Forklift Truck course candidates will be issued with a certificate of training, valid for 5 years. Done on-site at your business premises.

• Hazard Awareness
• The operators’ safety code
• Lift truck stability
• Safety Video
• Test your knowledge
• Pre Shift Inspection
• Moving/stopping and steering the truck
• Operation of hydraulic controls
• Maneuvering in tight spaces
• Stacking and destacking at 3 different levels
• How to handle slopes and ramps

FAQs

• What is the minimum age at which people can operate lift trucks?
  Lift truck operators should be over the minimum school leaving age (MSLA), except in ports where they must be at least 18 years old.
• I have never had any formal training to drive a lift truck. What are the legal requirements?
  Your employer has a general duty under section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 to provide information, instruction, training and supervision to ensure the health and safety of their employees. Under the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 employers are required to ‘ensure that all persons who use work equipment have received adequate training for purposes of health and safety, including training in the methods which may be adopted when using the work equipment, any risks which such use may entail and precautions to be taken’. The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 also place duties on employers to provide training. By not providing you with any training at all, your employer could be breaking the law. Rider-operated lift trucks includes the requirements for basic lift-truck training.
• What is a forklift licence anyway?
  There is no such thing as a licence to operate a fork lift! Many people refer to their certificate of basic training as a "licence" but this is not the case. The certificate that is issued to successful candidates after a training course is properly known as a "Certificate of Training" and is usually accepted as proof that the holder has attended an accredited training course and passed the fork lift test. Many people think it is like a car licence but this is not the case and never has been.
• Do we offer onsite or offsite training?
  We only offer on-site forklift training at your premises.