Forklift/Reach Truck
The Health and Safety Commission has published an Approved Code
of Practice (ACOP) and guidance called Rider-operated lift trucks:
Operator training.
This sets the legal minimum standard of basic training people
should receive before they are allowed to operate certain types of
lift truck - even if they only operate the equipment occasionally.
It also provides detailed guidance about how they can meet this
standard.
The ACOP covers stacking rider-operated lift trucks, including
articulated steering truck types. 'Rider-operated' means any truck
that can carry an operator and includes trucks controlled from both
seated and stand-on positions. People who use industrial lift
trucks should usually be able to move their whole body fully, to
allow them to maintain good awareness of hazards all around their
vehicle.
If you employ anyone to operate a lift truck covered by the
ACOP, you should make sure that operators have been trained to the
standards it sets out there.
The Health and Safety Commission recognises six organisations as
competent to accredit and monitor training providers who train
instructors and train, test and issue certificates for lift truck
operators, ours being the RTITB.