Sideloader                                           Semi- Experienced Operators Course  ( This is a strong guide)

Period 1

    Period 4

    Period 7

Period 8

Day 
1

Course Reg

Statutory
HASAWA

  Intro to the truck

Simple Practice 90°

Simple
 Hydraulics

Basic 
Handling

Battery 
charging

Day
 2

Operators safety
 code

Pre-shift checks

Basic load handling

Engineering principal

Handling of loads

Day
 3

Load Handling
Revision

*Load handling Vehicle

*Handling
Awkward loads

General Supervised Practice

The Skill Test 

* Time permitting          

Basic 5 Day Course

With no skill the novice needs to have time to both absorb the theory and then acquire safe  handling ability of the lift truck. Gain confidence in his ability and new found skills. Appreciate the Health and Safety side of his new found working environment on a lift truck. To achieve this to the ITSSAR standard courses are set as follows.

• Introduction
• Theory and Videos
• Operators Safety Manual
• Pre-shift checks recording
• Truck Stability
• Lifting capacities

• Battery & Refuelling
• Vehicle Loading/Unloading
• Lots of practice
• The Test. Written/Practical

There is no specific requirement to provide refresher training after set intervals, but even trained and experienced lift-truck operators need to be re-assessed from time to time to ensure that they continue to operate lift trucks safely. This assessment, which should form part of a firm’s normal monitoring procedure and be formally time-tabled to ensure that it is done at reasonable intervals, will indicate whether any further training is needed. In addition to routine safety monitoring, re-assessment might be appropriate where operators have not used trucks for some time, are occasional users, appear to have developed unsafe working practices, have had an accident or near miss, or there is a change in their working practices or environment. Employers may find it useful to record re-assessment in their safety monitoring records. Employers can, of course, decide that automatic retraining after a set period of time is the best way of ensuring that employees are adequately trained but, where this approach is adopted, it will still be necessary to monitor performance in case retraining is required before the set period ends. The guiding principle is that employers need to maintain the competence of operators to use lift trucks safely through a laid down, formal process of monitoring and assessment.

At present there is no legal requirement to re-fresh. It is however recommended that an operators driving skills may need to be assessed every 3-5 years. It is also recommended for operators who are coming back to driving after a lay off period, or have not driven for a while, or just need reminding of safe driving practices attends this course.

Our recommendation to you is.....
This course can be used to maintain a high standard of skill level. we try to encourage this from your drivers. We even have a scheme where we award a special prize to your best driver of that batch of refreshers. (A model fork lift !! What Else??) This is only done by prior arrangement with you.  Some firms have a rolling policy of training so that every employee required to drive will have a refresher every 3-5 years of their career with that company. We can administer a rolling training program for you. That may full-fill your training needs.

• Introduction
• Theory and Videos
• Operators Safety Manual
• Pre-shift checks recording
• Truck Stability
• Lifting capacities

•  Refuelling
• Vehicle Loading/Unloading
• Lots of practice
• The Test. Written/Practical