Forklift Truck course format

Our course format will always follow the guidelines dictated by the awarding body that course is accredited too, however it is often possible to tailor a course to suit an individual's or a company's specific requirements. Course duration is dependant on various factors such as previous experience but is always in line with an awarding body's recommendation, e.g. novice telescopic handler course duration is 5 days or a counterbalance forklift refresher course is 1 day.

Below is an outline of the format of our most popular forklift truck training courses. These courses can be done at your site or at our training centre in North Shields if preferred.

Course types

Basic training - suitable for complete novice operators with little or no previous experience.
Recommended course duration: 5 days

Intermediate training - suitable for operators who have little or no previous operator training but may have had some previous experience and the object of the course is to train and assess your operators to enable them to carry out lift truck duties at your site to suit your companys' specific needs.
Recommended course duration: 3 days

Refresher training - suitable for fully experienced operators who have had previous training and require re-training in order to bring their certification and skills up to date.
Recommended course duration: 1 day

Course content includes: safety videos and theory including information on all current legislation, interactive computer theory, introduction to the equipment, correct securing of loads, load stability, pre shift check, basic maintenance, manouevring loads, correct stacking/de-stacking of loads, theoretical test, practical test and course review. Successful candidates are awarded a certificate of competence.

No of operators per course: maximum of 3