Forklift Training

East Kent Training is a registered training organisation with LANTRA National Training Organisation Limited and so is able to provide both nationally recognised and Health & Safety approved forklift training as required.

There are various courses available on all types of machinery, which is dependent on the amount of fork lift driving experience a candidate has (Novice, Experienced, Conversion, Refresher Training). This also applies to plant & other machinery training. Please contact us for guidance on this.

Lift-truck operators, even those who are trained and experienced, need to be routinely monitored in the workplace and, where necessary, retested or refresher trained to make sure they continue to operate lift trucks safely.

We do offer an update and assessment in one day for experienced operators to keep skills current and to prevent bad habits slipping in. Where an operator fails this assessment, we can then arrange further training for them. Successful candidates will receive an updated certificate of training which shows they have met the required standards.Courses are generally held on customer premises using their machine.

Who are these courses for?
These courses are designed for anyone wanting to train for certification in a nationally recognised qualification in fork lift and plant operation

Content 
On these courses the trainee will learn:

• The essential features of lift trucks and their maintenance
• How to avoid the potential dangers of lift truck operation
• How to assess loads and move them safely
• How to get the best from a lift truck in different conditions
• The relevant legal requirements
• Starting & Stopping
• Visual checks and maintenance
• Mounting and dismounting
• Controls and instruments
• Start and move off
• Safe Stopping and parking
• Operating
• Stability
• Load Centres
• Rating and derating
• General Driving
• Use of controls and instruments
• All-round observation
• Acceleration and braking
• Positioning, turning and straightening
• Rear end swing
• Hydraulic controls
• Use of handbrake
• Use of horn
• Ramps and hills
• Pallet Work
• Positioning the truck
• Positioning of forks
• Use of lift and tilt boom
• Use of control and instruments
• Use of handbrake
• Driving with pallets
• Stacking and destacking
• Loading and checking vehicles
• Side shift and swing in
• Undercutting
• Bulk Materials
• Changing attachments
• Stability and positioning
• Use of horn
• Loading of high sided vehicles
• Use of lift and tilt boom

The instructor will continuously assess a trainee’s progress to ensure they achieve the required standards throughout training. At the end of the training, candidates will be tested to demonstrate that they have the necessary practical and theoretical knowledge and skills to operate lift trucks safely.

It is essential that newly trained operators are given specific job and familiarisation training as well as basic training. Once they have completed training, employers should give operators, including occasional users, the opportunity to put the skills and knowledge acquired during training into practice at the workplace to reinforce that training.