Fork Lift Truck Training Introduction
Since the introduction of the Approved Code of Practice in April 1989, it has become a legal requirement for employers to ensure that fork lift operators receive adequate and appropriate training and a recommendation has been made by the HSE that refresher training is carried out every 3-5 years. Under ACOP no-one should be employed to operate a fork lift truck unless they have completed satisfactorily, basic training and passed a test of competence.
Courses offered by Training Division are carried out by approved instructors, who follow the guidelines laid down by ITSSAR. Instruction covers both the theoretical and practical aspects of operating mechanical handling equipment and fork-lift trucks, and trainees are awarded a certificate of competence upon successful completion of the course.
Training can be provided at our Centre in Pucklechurch, or at a company’s own premises providing there is adequate racking and space for setting up a chicane of pallets and a small room that can be used for the theoretical aspects of the training.
Objective
To develop trainees into safe and skilled mechanical handling equipment and lift truck operators
- Course Content
- Duties under the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974
- Operators Safety Code
- Fork lift truck stability principles
- Daily truck inspection
- Hydraulic controls
- Stacking and de-stacking procedure
- Driving in confined areas
- Stacking and de-stacking in confined areas
- Practical and theoretical tests
Duration
ITSSAR Standard – High level (above eye height) confined area manoeuvring / stacking within warehouse racking systems.
Reach/Counterbalanced Trucks
Novice operator:
3 day course : 1-3 trainees / 1 instructor / 2 trucks
Experienced/Semi-experienced:
2 day course: 1-3 trainees / 1 instructor / 1 truck
Conversion / Refresher operator:
1 day course: 1-3 trainees / 1 instructor / 1 truck
Refresher training recommended every 3-5 years.
We are also able to cover Counterbalanced, Sideloader, Narrow Aisle man-up and man-down, Cherry Picker/Order picker, Moffett Mounty, Pedestrian Operated Electric Rider, Teletruck, electrocar, stackers, scissor lift , Towtractors and rough terrain telescopic trucks.
Health & Safety Standard
Floor to lorry bed height in open spaces and high level unrestricted approach bulk stacking.
1 day course : 1-3 trainees / 1 instructor / 1 truck.
Cost
From £115 + VAT
Documentation
Assessment sheets and individual certificates are supplied upon successful completion as evidence of training and will be issued upon receipt of payment of training course.
All major credit and debit cards accepted, please note there is a 2.5% surcharge on credit card payments