Course Overview
This interactive training course is intended for novice or inexperienced reach truck operators. The training & achievement test fully complies with the approved code of practice for training lift truck operators’
On completion of this foundation training course, operators will have gained the basic operational skills and underpinning knowledge required for reach truck operations. In accordance with the manufacturers guide lines and accepted good practice.
Course Details
| Course duration | 5 days |
| No of learners | Max 3 per course |
| Course fees | POA |
| Additional costs | Travel @ 45 pence per mile. Overnight accommodation charged at cost. Hire of equipment charged at cost. |
| Training record management | No charge for business to business |
| Course references: |
Provision & Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 Lifting Operations Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 L117 Rider Operated Lift Trucks: Operator Training ACOP HSE: Workplace transport safety: An employers’ guide HSG136 (Second edition) |
Industrial Reach Truck Novice Syllabus
- Introduction to industrial reach truck safety
- Duties and responsibilities of the lift truck operator
- Rating charts and sources of information
- Identify, describe, and understand the function of main components
- Understand factors effecting the stability and capacity of the reach truck
- Understand and operate all the controls of the reach truck
- Pre-use checks and defect reporting procedures
- Operate within the design limits of the reach truck
- Understand the correct loading of the reach truck
- Steering and manoeuvring the reach truck in restrictive areas
- Overview of pallet racking safety
- Stack and de-stack at varying heights
- Procedures for undercutting loads
- Travelling with a load
- Stack pallets and stillages
- Battery charging procedures
- Parking and isolation procedures
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