Forklift Training

Lift trucks can be dangerous machines. If you don’t use them properly, they can seriously injure people. Therefore, it is a legal requirement that everyone who uses them has adequate training. This staff forklift training course is done on-site at your business premises or at our centre. Training starts off around a laptop for the health & safety presentation, followed by a safety video. Then for the practical part it would be ideal if some empty pallets can be made available for use.

Topics Covered:

  • Hazard awareness
  • The operators’ safety code
  • Lift truck stability
  • Handling loads
  • Safety video
  • Test your knowledge
  • Pre-Shift inspection
  • Moving/stopping and steering the truck
  • Operation of hydraulic controls
  • Manoeuvring in open and confined area’s
  • Stacking and destocking at different levels
  • How to handle slopes and ramps

Who Is It Aimed at?

The course can also be used as part of the on-programme element of the new apprenticeship standards, supporting the knowledge, skills and behaviours apprentices need to effectively integrate into the workplace.

Course Levels

  • Novice (Beginner)
  • Experienced (Some use with no previous formal training)
  • Refresher (Renewing a previously obtained license)

Certification

Assessment is on-going by the instructor, culminating with a multiple choice question paper. Upon the completion of this course, you will receive a forklift training certificate as prove that training has been successful and you have understood the course and its content. This qualification does not expire, but refresher training and keeping up to date with changes to policies and procedures is vital to keep the qualification current.

Location

We are able to deliver this course on your site, subject to a pre-course assessment of your premises, reducing your costs in respect of additional time out and travelling. For individual course places or for group bookings, please contact us for a quote.