Sheffield Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Trainees must hold a valid certificate of
training on a forklift truck. They must
have undergone a test (or retest) by an
accredited instructor within 12 months
prior to the course.
The aim of this 10-day course is to
train potential forklift instructors to a
recognised accrediting bodies standard.

On successful completion of training,
instructors will be able to prepare, plan
and present practical and theoretical
instruction to an approved standard.
They will be able to conduct and mark
practical tests objectively, and complete
the appropriate documentation.
Content:

• Initial practical training and testing to instructor standard, Operators Ability:
  Undertake and pass an operators test,
  carry out a pre-use checks & pass a
  theoretical test.
• Safety and accident prevention
• Health and Safety at Work: - Health & Safety at Work Act 1974, Sections 2, 7 & 8, Work Equipment Regulations - Regulation 9, Training, Management Health & Safety at Work Regulations ‘Employees Duties', Specific Legislation and Regulations, Approved Codes of Practice, Enforcement of Health & Safety
• Principles of fork lift trucks
• Truck familiarisation
• Recommendations of training: Selection of operators: Age, medical condition and level of intelligence, previous experience, training of operators: types of courses, basic training, specific training, familiarisation training, conversion
  training, refresher courses.
• Instructor's role, principles of instruction & instructional techniques,
  learning (incentives and methods), simple job analysis, preparation of
  lesson plans, hints on speaking.
• Training exercises