Forklift Truck Training
The Approved Code of Practice, Rider Operated Lift Trucks – Operator Training, issued under the authority of the Health & Safety at Work Act, states that “all employers must ensure that Forklift Operators are adequately trained”.
Sivatech can offer Forklift Operator Courses,
intended to meet the requirements of the Approved Code of Practice and assist
operators to use trucks both efficiently and safely. Training is
undertaken by fully accredited
instructors. Certificates are issued on satisfactory completion of the
training, to comply with the Code of Practice.
Sivatech is an ITSSAR-Accredited Forklift Truck Training Centre, located in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. We offer various training solutions using a variety of lift trucks.
Training may be for one, two or three candidates per
course, as regulated by the Health and Safety Commission and is offered to
private individuals or companies. Training can be arranged at the Sivatech
Centre of Excellence or at the customer’s premises.
Sivatech’s forklift truck training can be a vocational change. Certainly driving a fork lift truck is a skill in great demand. Students are trained in the practical and theoretical use of a forklift truck to ITSSAR standards and comply with the recommendations and guidelines of the Health and Safety Commission.
Sivatech can provide a wide range of forklift courses. Please contact us for more information.
Forklift Truck Course Summaries - Reach and Counterbalance

- Reach Truck - 3-day Operator Training
- Ideal for the operator with no previous experience of a Reach Lift Truck, but must have a valid car driving licence, or for the operator converting from one truck type to another.
- Reach Truck - 5-day Novice Operator Training
- Ideal for the participant with no previous experience of a Reach Lift Truck. Candidates do not require a valid car driving licence.
- Reach Truck - one-day Refresher Training
- Designed for previously trained and experienced Reach Truck operators, who require refresher training to improve their safety awareness and operating standards.
- Counterbalance Lift Truck - 3-day Operator Training
- Ideal for the operator with no previous experience of a Counterbalance Lift Truck, but must have a valid car driving licence, or for the operator converting from one truck type to another.
- Counterbalance Lift Truck - 5-day Novice Operator Training
- Ideal for the participant with no previous experience of a Counterbalance Lift Truck. Candidates do not require a valid car driving licence.
- Counterbalance Lift Truck - one-day Refresher Training
- Designed for previously trained and experienced Counterbalance Lift Truck operators, who require refresher training to improve their safety awareness and operating standards.

All candidates participating in any of the Fork Lift Truck Training will undertake theoretical and practical tests as recommended by ITSSAR.
With all the above courses successful candidates will receive appropriate certification.
Interested? Please contact us to find out more.
