Fork Lift Truck Experienced
Course Sector:
Warehousing & Distribution
Course Type:
Short Courses
Brief Course Content:
To provide effective basic operator training for those operator’s who will be required to operate industrial counterbalanced or reach lift trucks, rider-operated 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.
Brief Course Outcomes:
On successful completion of this basic existing operator-training course, the course members will be able to:
- Operate the truck model used during the training course, safely and correctly in accordance with the manufacturer’s 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 manufacturer’s operator procedures manual.
