Forklift training
Counterbalance Forklift Training Courses
Course Introduction
Counterbalance forklifts are very popular type of lift truck in the workplace.
We can train candidates with no previous experience to experienced operators. We train you to use counterbalance forklifts in a safe manner in and around the work place.
During the course the trainee will take both a written and a practical test and successful operators will be issued with a certificate of basic training.
Counterbalance Forklift Training Courses
Theory:
- Legal requirements including HASAWA 1974, PUWER 1998, LOLER 1998 and MHSWR 1999
- Rated capacity and plate
- Stability and instability factors
- Principles of counterbalance
- Carrying out and recording pre-use checks
- Battery charging and re-fueling
- Accidents and associated risks
- Made aware of unsafe practices / behaviors
Manoeuvring:
- Correct mounting and dismounting
- Correct observational checks
- Start, stop, emergency stop
- Travel at speed to suit load and ground conditions
- Manoeuvring in confined area, forward and reverse
- Performing 90 degree turns to both left and right
- Correct parking of truck
Stacking:
- Correct load / pallet assessment
- Safe travel position
- Correct insertion and withdrawal of forks
- Safe stacking and de-stacking at different heights
- Correct use of all controls
- Vehicle loading and unloading
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All instructors have appropriate certification
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On-Site Training Costs
From £360 PER DAY
Costs vary with number of candidates and experience levels. Please contact us for a bespoke quote.
Please note
- Further discounts may be negotiable subject to filling various late vacant dates.
- All on-site courses are subject to £40 travelling costs within a 50 mile radius.
- Courses outside the 50 mile radius will be determined at the time of booking.
- Prices are subject to VAT at the current rate.
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