Course Information
Action Midlands Ltd offer a different course to suit all skill sets. No matter if you have years of experience and are looking to refresh or if you have never operated before, we have a course for you.
Novice TrainingExperienced TrainingRefresher TrainingConversion TrainingPowered Pallet Truck TrainingMobile Elevated Work Platform TrainingOnsite Training
Novice Course
The novice course is designed for operators that have no previous experience using any type of lift trucks. The number of days vary depending on the number of candidates on the course.
Duration: 3 days up to 5 days
Course contents:
- The need to train and statutory requirements
- Introduction of equipment and principles of operation
- Identification of attachments in pre-determined positions including forks
- Introduction to motive, steering controls & practice
- Basic steering exercises
- Advanced steering exercises
- Battery charging/maintenance/refuelling procedures
- Daily pre-use inspections
- Engineering principles/rated capacity/stability
- Simple hydraulics introduction to hydraulic controls
- Load types/handling and weight assessment
- Stacking/de-stacking at low; eye & high level on industrial racking
- Stacking/destacking at low; eye & high level bulk stacks
- Stacking/destacking at low; eye & high level cup post pallets
- Manoeuvring with loads/ramps & inclines/handling awkward loads
- Vehicle loading & unloading
- Multi choice theory test
- Practical skills test
Course contents can be adapted to suit your employment needs if required.
Experienced Course
The experienced is designed for operators that have had previous but not have been tested or have been tested but quite a while ago. The number of days vary depending on the number of candidates on the course.
Duration: 2 days up to 3 days
Course contents:
- The need to train and statutory requirements
- Introduction of equipment and principles of operation
- Identification of attachments in pre-determined positions including forks
- Advanced steering exercises
- Battery charging/maintenance/refuelling procedures
- Daily pre-use inspections
- Engineering principles/rated capacity/stability
- Stacking/de-stacking at low; eye & high level on industrial racking
- Stacking/destacking at low; eye & high level bulk stacks
- Stacking/destacking at low; eye & high level cup post pallets
- Manoeuvring with loads/ramps & inclines/handling awkward loads
- Vehicle loading & unloading
- Multi choice theory test
- Practical skills test
Course contents can be adapted to suit your employment needs if required.
Refresher Course
The refresher course is designed for operators who have plenty of experience and have been tested before. It is recommended that you have driven within the past 6 months before undertaking the refresher course, but an assessment can also be used to demonstrate that the operator has the skill needed for a refresher course.
Duration: 1 day
Course contents:
- The need to train and statutory requirements
- Introduction of equipment and principles of operation
- Battery charging/maintenance/refuelling procedures
- Daily pre-use inspections
- Engineering principles/rated capacity/stability
- Stacking/de-stacking at low; eye & high level on industrial racking
- Stacking/destacking at low; eye & high level bulk stacks
- Stacking/destacking at low; eye & high level cup post pallets
- Multi choice theory test
- Practical skills test
Course contents can be adapted to suit your employment needs if required.
Conversion Course
The conversion course is designed for operators who have operated a different type of lift truck and been tested, but want to convert to another type of lift truck. The conversion course has the same course contents as the experienced course. The number of days vary depending on the number of candidates on the course.
Duration: 2 days up to 3 days
Course contents:
- The need to train and statutory requirements
- Introduction of equipment and principles of operation
- Identification of attachments in pre-determined positions including forks
- Advanced steering exercises
- Battery charging/maintenance/refuelling procedures
- Daily pre-use inspections
- Engineering principles/rated capacity/stability
- Stacking/de-stacking at low; eye & high level on industrial racking
- Stacking/destacking at low; eye & high level bulk stacks
- Stacking/destacking at low; eye & high level cup post pallets
- Manoeuvring with loads/ramps & inclines/handling awkward loads
- Vehicle loading & unloading
- Multi choice theory test
- Practical skills test
Course contents can be adapted to suit your employment needs if required.
Powered Pallet Truck Course
The power pallet truck (PPT) course is available as a novice to refresh. As they are many different types of PPT trucks, the course duration does vary depending on the category. For more information and an accurate course duration, please contact our booking team.
Duration: 1 day up to 3 days depending on truck type
Mobile Elevated Work Platform Course
The mobile elevated work platform (MEWP) course is available as a novice to refresh. This course is for the scissor lift and boom lift (cherry picker). For more information and an accurate course duration, please contact our booking team.
Duration: Novice 1 day to 2 days, experienced 1 day and refresher 1 day
Onsite Training
All the courses above can be completed within our simulated warehouse or on the customer premises. If the training is to be completed onsite, the following will be required:
- Suitable area for practical training. This must be away from the working environment to stop any interuptions during training
- An office or classroom. This is so the theory section of the course can be completed with no interuptions.
- Sole use of the lift truck. When training is to take place on site, the instructor will need the use of the lift truck all day, therefore other arrangments must be made prior to the training commecning.
- The LOLER certifcate. The instructor will request this to ensure that the lift truck being used is maintanced and in a safe working order.
- An area for stacking. Ideally this would be a section of industrial racking that the instructor can have sole use of during the training.
If you have any queries regarding onsite training, please do not hesitate to contact our booking team.