Fork Lift Truck (all groups including conversions)
Telescopic
Industrial Rough Terrain
Masted
Course Aims ?
?State the reasons for operator training and understand the causes of lift truck instability and accidents
?State the responsibilities of operators to themselves and others including their legal duties
?Identify all the controls and state their functions; state the ratings of the truck and define de-rating
?State how load centres are calculated for the truck; carry out the daily or take-over checks, complying with legal duties, before operating and state the parts of a lift truck requiring particular attention
?Safely start up and manoeuvre the truck in open and confined spaces; correctly pick up and put down empty and loaded pallets or unit loads at different heights; understand and carry out "undercutting" correctly and both load and unload lorries or trailers
?Safely park and stop truck at end of operating
Course Duration ? 1-5 days (depending on experience)
Max No of Candidates ? 3
Awarding Body ? both NPORS and LANTRA (non CPCS)