Course Breakdown
All Lift Truck Operator courses can be tailored to suit individual business needs and all course syllabuses are approved by the relevant accrediting body and training conducted to their approved standards. Courses also comply with the Health & Safety Executives Guidance HSG6 & Approved Code of Practice L117 (Link to HSE Website) and in following both the guidance and code of practice you can be assured that the training is sufficient to comply with the law.
Course (depending on type) includes:
- The need for training & risks associated with lift truck operations & the causes of accidents.
- Information on Statutory Legal requirements & associated regulations, including operators’ responsibilities to themselves & others.
- Basic construction & main components of the lift truck including its principles of operation and load handling capabilities and capacities at various load centre distances.
- Information on the stability characteristics and factors affecting machine stability.
- The inspection & basic maintenance tasks appropriate to operators as required by the manufacturers and any relevant legislation.
- The location, purpose & method of use of all controls & instruments, including any specific load handling attachments which may be used.
- Manoeuvring exercises loaded & unloaded in forwards & reverse over varying terrain & differing operating conditions including safe operating practices & precautions on rough terrain, slopes and in confined areas.
- Identification, assessment & handling of various forms of load including safe operating practices for picking up & depositing from bulk stacks, warehouse racking systems and goods vehicles at various heights including those at or close to the particular trucks maximum height capabilities.
- Action to be taken in an emergency in particular for example, action to be taken in the event of a tip over.
- Considerations to be taken with regard to the parking of a lift truck including the prevention of unauthorised use.
- Theoretical assessment of 5 open and 25 multiple choice questions (can be conducted orally where language barriers or literacy difficulties exist).
- Practical assessment of operators’ knowledge of & ability to carry out a pre-operational inspection.
- Practical test of basic operating skills based on the various activities undertaken throughout the practical exercises.
On successful completion each candidate will receive a Certificate & Photo ID card which can be produced by Safe-T-Solutions at no extra charge, or can be produced by the relevant accrediting body and entered onto their national database (where your audit trail may require this option) at an additional cost of £19.50 + Vat per candidate.
Novice Training (Where there has been little or no experience or no proof).
Duration of course is dependant on number of candidates and category of truck on which training is to be given. Candidates are required to undertake basic training in line with the HSE’s Approved Code of Practice (L117).
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Experienced Operator training. (Where there is claimed experience from the operator)
We can arrange short assessment courses to judge the ability & training needs of experienced operators who have had little or no formal training.
On completion of the candidates profile sheet detailing any previous experience and after the initial assessment, the duration of the course can be shortened at the instructors’ discretion
An Experienced Operator is someone who:
• has 6 months minimum operating experience on the category of truck being applied for, which can be verified by the current or previous employer.
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Refresher: (Where evidence of previous formal training exists)
If an initial assessment clearly identifies that the candidate does not require further training, they may undertake refresher & re-test training, which need not be of long duration.
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Conversions: (Evidence of certification on another category required)
An operator with basic training on one type of lift truck or handling attachment cannot safely operate others, for which they have not been trained, without additional, conversion training
Duration determined by completion of candidates profile sheet and category of truck converting from / to.
