{"id":51,"date":"2017-05-09T13:54:53","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T12:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/listerlifttrucks.co.uk\/?page_id=51"},"modified":"2021-11-16T13:05:22","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T13:05:22","slug":"forklift-training-south-west","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/listerlifttrucks.co.uk\/forklift-training-south-west\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Forklift Training South West<\/h2>\n<h4>We are committed to understanding customer needs, offering cost-effective solutions and an option that suits your business, tailoring our courses to suit you.<\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Did you know?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u2018There are reputed to be over 8,000 reported accidents involving the use of forklift trucks in the UK each year and some of these result in fatalities. The majority of these accidents are caused by the lack of sufficient training of the operator, operator error, a lack of knowledge about the equipment and the working environment, bad truck maintenance, poor lighting conditions, inadequate gangways and unsuitable premises in which forklift trucks are used. In fact, slightly more pedestrians are injured as the result of a forklift accident than the operators themselves.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-785 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/listerlifttrucks.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Cn9QxDDWEAAkUYV-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"Forklift Training South West\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/listerlifttrucks.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Cn9QxDDWEAAkUYV-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/listerlifttrucks.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Cn9QxDDWEAAkUYV-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/listerlifttrucks.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Cn9QxDDWEAAkUYV-600x398.jpg 600w, https:\/\/listerlifttrucks.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Cn9QxDDWEAAkUYV-91x60.jpg 91w, https:\/\/listerlifttrucks.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Cn9QxDDWEAAkUYV-136x90.jpg 136w, https:\/\/listerlifttrucks.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Cn9QxDDWEAAkUYV.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>Some of the reasons why we offer Forklift Training South West<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Improving safety in your workplace<\/li>\n<li>Reduces downtime<\/li>\n<li>Increases productivity<\/li>\n<li>Maintaining standards<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All forklift operators should receive driver training. Driving your forklift safely and understanding the basics is essential to reducing the risk of accidents and improve the safety of both drivers and pedestrians.<\/p>\n<p>Forklift driver training can reduce the risk of downtime, racking and product damage.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>What should training include?<\/h3>\n<p>Operator training should always include three stages:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Basic training:<\/strong> the basic skills and knowledge required to operate a lift truck safely and efficiently.<br \/><strong>Specific job training:<\/strong> knowledge and understanding of the operating principles and controls of the lift truck to be used and how it will be used in their workplace.<br \/><strong>Familiarisation training:<\/strong> applying what has been learnt, under normal working conditions, on the job.<\/p>\n<p>Basic and specific job training, which can be combined, should take place off the job. Familiarisation training needs to be done on the job, under close supervision.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Forklift Training South West Courses:<\/h3>\n<p>Novice, Refresher and conversion for all machine types including;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Counterbalance<\/li>\n<li>Reach Trucks<\/li>\n<li>Stacker \/ Pallet Trucks<\/li>\n<li>Articulated<\/li>\n<li>Sideloaders<\/li>\n<li>Combilift<\/li>\n<li>Telehandlers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Training Courses:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Driver CPC Hours<\/li>\n<li>Crane \/ Jib Training<\/li>\n<li>Working Platform Training<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Attachments Training including:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Rotators and \u00a0Reel Clamps<\/li>\n<li>Working at Height<\/li>\n<li>General Safety<\/li>\n<li>Abrasive Wheel Training<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Forklift training South West Courses can be adapted to provide the solution your company needs to provide a safer working environment.<\/p>\n<p>Training is carried out on your own site &#8211; at times to suit.<\/p>\n<p>Available Monday through to Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Training courses are fully approved by the Health and Safety Executive\u2019s accrediting bodies and all instructors are examined and registered with the Health and Safety Commissions officially recognised accrediting bodies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/listerlifttrucks.co.uk\/contact\/\">Contact us today<\/a> to organise your Forklift Training South West<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forklift Training South West We are committed to understanding customer needs, offering cost-effective solutions and an option that suits your business, tailoring our courses to suit you. Did you know? \u2018There are reputed to be over 8,000 reported accidents involving the use of forklift trucks in the UK each year and some of these result in fatalities. The majority of these accidents are caused by the lack of sufficient training of the operator, operator error, a lack of knowledge about the equipment and the working environment, bad truck maintenance, poor lighting conditions, inadequate gangways and unsuitable premises in which forklift [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1179,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/listerlifttrucks.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/listerlifttrucks.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/listerlifttrucks.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listerlifttrucks.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listerlifttrucks.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/listerlifttrucks.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1739,"href":"https:\/\/listerlifttrucks.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51\/revisions\/1739"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listerlifttrucks.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/listerlifttrucks.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}