At A.RSM, Training Centre you will be able to get trained under professional instructors. You will achieve the required practical skills and theory so that drivers can drive counterbalance appropriately.
The Counterbalance Lift Truck (often referred to as a forklift) training course will give you the skills to operate the lift truck safely and efficiently, carry out a pre-use inspection, and recall and explain the causes of lift truck and load instability. Novice Counterbalance Forklift Training is the ideal course for individuals or companies with their first Forklift Trucks with no previous experience. Our accredited Counterbalance Forklift Training course for beginners, delivers hours of instruction and is designed to instruct the delegates, providing the skills needed to operate the forklift truck safely and efficiently, carry out a pre-use inspection & recall and explain the causes of truck and load instability.
We offer comprehensive forklift courses to suit your needs. Training to drive a counterbalance forklift truck is relatively straightforward and the most common type of truck. It can be used both indoors and outside. It allows the user to manoeuvre to the exact position of the load you’re trying to move because the forks extend from the front. Training for this machinery is vital because if it is overloaded then the forklift can tip over, causing potential damage to person and property.
Training to drive this forklift is relatively simple, so we’ll have you ready to take your test in no time. All of our forklift courses range from novice and experienced operators to refresher courses. A novice course will take five days, an experienced operators’ course is three days and a refresher and test will take one day. Once you’ve completed the course you will be awarded your operating card and certificate. The forklift training is simply a course and doesn’t actually provide you with a licence. This is why you don’t already need a driving license to complete the training. It’s a legal requirement to do this training before operating a counterbalance forklift truck and you must be over 18 to do so.
Counterbalance forklift training is not an option for any company with forklifts operating on its property. Not only do regulations require employers to take all reasonable steps to ensure safety among their employees, but courts are also more than willing to assign liability to companies and managers who fail to ensure their workers have been properly trained. It is for this reason that the A.RSM Training Centre recommends companies operating forklifts have their drivers trained and certified.
