Driving this kind of machinery requires a high standard of training with the various health and safety issues concerned with such machinery. Duties include loading and unloading goods from vehicles such as lorries or aircraft, moving goods packed on pallets or in crates around the storage facility, stacking goods in the correct storage bays, following stock control instructions, checking loads are secure and more.

The most popular firm offering this training include:

·         Quality Training Services (UK)

Quality Training Services is one of the UK’s leading training services in this particular industry. Most of the training takes part on site, which allows instructors and operators to train people in the environment in which the operator will be working in once they have completed their course, which therefore gives them hands on experience and enhances their knowledge.

·         Applegate

Applegate is one of the UK’s leading forklift truck training schools. Training is offered in places such as Birmingham, Leicester, Milton Keynes, Bedford, Corby and Kettering.

·         Mentor Training

Mentor is another leading provider of training, with well-experienced staff and structure of the business. They are a very popular choice among businesses as they offer peace of mind that their staff will obtain good quality training in all aspects of operating a fork lift truck, something they specialise in.

·         T-A-L (Train a Lift Ltd)

Train a Lift has over 30 years experience is giving the best quality training in fork lift training and other mechanical handling equipment safety training. They have many corporate customers, ranging in size, as well as individual customers. Their forklift truck training courses are independently accredited by ITSSAR, one of the Health and Safety Commission's officially recognised accrediting bodies. When choosing a company to do your training with, T-A-L have many advantages, visit their Website for more information.