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Fork Lift Truck Training (Counterbalance and Reachtruck)


The Health & Safety Commission’s Code Of Practice for RIDER OPERATED LIFT TRUCKS - OPERATOR TRAINING, issued under the authority of the Health & Safety at Work Act.  The act states that all employers must ensure that Forklift Operators are adequately trained.

The Forklift Operator Courses we offer are designed to meet the whole requirements of this Code Of Practice and ensure that operators use trucks both safely and efficiently. Courses are carried out by our fully accredited instructors at our centre and training certificates to satisfy the Code of Practice are issued on satisfactory completion of training.

At our approved training centre we provide courses on either Counterbalance or Reach-Trucks.  Our courses are available all year round including Saturdays, Sundays and Bank holidays (upon request). The courses we offer are available to company's or private individuals. 

The training syllabus covers both theoretical and practical and the following procedures are conducted:

 

THEORETICAL TRAINING

  • Induction
  • The Operators Safety Code
  • Daily Inspection
  • Hydraulic systems
  • Operating procedures
  • Fork truck stability
  • Theory Test.

 

 







PRACTICAL TRAINING

  • Introduce the trainees  to the equipment
  • Daily inspection, take-over & maintenance
  • Starting, stopping, steering
  • Simple corners & manoeuvring
  • Operation of Hydraulics
  • Weight Assessment  / Handling laden & un-laden pallets
  • Manoeuvring in confined spaces / Driving on & off ramps
  • Vehicle loading & unloading /Handling awkward loads
  • Practical tests.