Is it a legal requirement to have a forklift license?

The Health and Safety at Work act 1974 states that all employers must ensure all persons who operator lift trucks are adequately trained. 

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Is Transport Training Services (UK) Ltd an accredited organisation?

Yes we are accredited by Independent Training Standards Scheme and Register (ITSSAR) which is recognised by the Health & Safety Executive for delivering such courses. 

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What Training records will I receive? 

Successful delegates will each be awarded with a certificate of basis training along with their course paperwork. 

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Is it necessary to keep records of qualified and certified operators?

Yes and Transport Training Services (UK) Ltd. has a unique custom designed reporting package to help companies with this. 

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Have Transport Training Services (UK) Ltd. got their own training centre?

All of our training is carried out on customers premise

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What is novice training?

This is for operators with no existing rider operated lift truck qualifications or experience. It covers all the basic knowledge and skills to operate the type of forklift truck which is used for the purposes of the training.

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What is conversion training?

This is for existing truck operators training on a truck type which is different from the truck they originally trained on. (eg counterbalance operators training to use a reach truck). This covers the knowledge and skills specific to the type of truck.

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What is refresher training?

The Forklift Refresher Course is aimed at existing operators who are formally trained to use a forklift truck who wish to reaffirm their driving skills The regulatory framework says that refresher training must be done but it also says that the company should take into account the type of operation they are running and offer as typical advice a refresher period is between three and five years.

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How old do I have to be to operator a forklift truck?

Lift truck operators should be over the minimum school leaving age (MSLA), except in ports where they must be at least 18 years old.

There are particular definitions of people by age in health and safety law:

• a young person is anyone under eighteen years of age;

• a child is anyone who is not over compulsory school age (i.e. he or she has not yet reached the official age at which they may leave school). This is generally referred to as the minimum school leaving age.
  The Management Regulations 1999 require you to assess the health and safety risks to all your employees and to identify what you need to do to comply with your legal duties to prevent or control those risks and ensure your employees’ health and safety. Under the Regulations you have particular responsibilities towards young people:

• to assess risks to all young people under 18 years of age, before they start work;

• to ensure your risk assessment takes into account their psychological or physical immaturity, inexperience, and lack of awareness of existing or potential risks;

• to introduce control measures to eliminate or minimise the risks, so far as is reasonably practicable.

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