UK Forklift Training

Basic Novice Operator Training Course

Industrial Counterbalanced & Reach Lift Trucks

This operator-training course is designed for potential operators who have no previous experience of operating counterbalanced or reach lift trucks. They should be over the minimum school leaving age (except in docks where they must be at least 18 years of age), they should have reasonable degree of physical fitness and be able to satisfy the requirements set out in the guidelines prepared by the Employment Medical Advisory Service and HSG6 'Safety in working with

Lift Trucks' produced by the HSE.

Those selected should also possess the necessary level of mental fitness and learning ability required.

Training Course Aim:

To provide effective basic operator training for those operators who will be required to operate industrial counterbalanced or reach lift trucks as part of their normal work duties. This operator training course is designed to meet the requirements placed upon employers with regard to their duties under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974; the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER); the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER), as applicable and other relevant regulations and codes of practice.

Training Course Objective:

On successful completion of this basic novice operator-training course, the course member will be able to:

- Operate the truck model used during the training course, safely and correctly in accordance with the manufacturers operator procedures manual and in accepted good operating practices.

- Show their understanding, by clearly stating the causes of instability of trucks and loads.

- Carry out correctly the routine pre-use inspection of the lift truck in accordance with the manufacturers operator procedures manual.

• Location: On Customer Premises.
• Duration: 5 Days (37.5 hours)
• Course Members: 3
• No. of Instructors:1
• No. of Trucks: 1
• 4 Days (30 hours)
• Course Members: 2
• No. of Instructors:1
• No. of Trucks: 1
• 3 Days (22 hours)
• Course Members: 1
• No. of Instructors:1
• No. of Trucks: 1
• Certification:

Those course members who achieve a pass in both the practical and theoretical knowledge elements of the examination will be awarded with the lift truck operators 'Basic Skills Test' Certificate and included on the RTITB National Operators Register.

An RTITB Accredited Training Organisatiion

NWFT/NCD 06/06