293 - RTITB Reach Lift Truck Training
Give your team the knowledge they need to safely operate reach lift trucks with our RTITB Reach Lift Truck Training. The course teaches learners how to operate the truck safely, stay vigilant of risks, and keep colleagues safe while the truck is in use.
What is the RTITB Reach Lift Truck Training course?
The RTITB Reach Lift Truck training course is a comprehensive training option for any staff operating a D1 Reach lift truck. Delivered by an RTITB Certified instructor, the course covers the safety and operational essentials to keep lift truck operators and their colleagues safe at work.
There are a range of course versions available, depending on the experience of the learners. This includes full training for novices and separate courses for experienced drivers, conversion courses for those who have driven other trucks and refresher courses for after Certificates expire.
Book the course today and get your team trained on site, letting them learn in their workplace and familiarise themselves with specific hazards and safety procedures.
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Experienced Trainers
Our trainers bring decades of commercial experience and engaging teaching skills to every course. With practical tips and simple breakdowns of course content, you'll learn the tools to stay safe in the workplace when operating reach lift trucks.
Benefits for Learners
Further your career with certified forklift training, as well as key risk assessment and hazard awareness skills.
Acquire a certification to drive a Reach lift truck in any industry or environment
Keep your colleagues safe by following safety and operation guidelines when using a forklift
Benefits for Employers
Protect your organisation from unnecessary risk by providing your team with effective safety
Train multiple staff in forklift use, ensuring someone is always on site to operate them
Fulfil legislative safety requirements and adhere to government guidance, demonstrating your organisations integrity and commitment to safety
The RTITB Reach Lift Truck training course is suitable for anyone who needs to operate a counterbalance lift truck in the workplace. Regardless of how often they need to do so, if they operate the truck then individuals need to be certified to do so. Staff that have to operate a reach truck may work in environments such as warehouses, storage facilities or delivery centres.
The duration of the course depends on the type of training required, as well as the number of people taking the course (maximum of 3 delegates). The durations below are if there are 3 delegates on the course:
Novice course: 3 days – for learners who have no experience or knowledge of operating a lift truck.
Refresher: 1 day – for learners who have received formal training previously and can operate the lift truck effectively.
Conversion: 2 days – for learners who have had formal training on a different type of truck and wish to transfer them to a new type through formal training.
Experienced: 2 days – for learners familiar with the basics of using a lift truck without having had any formal training.
After completing this course, learners will understand the following in relation to the use of a counterbalance lift truck:
Health & Safety at Work Act 1974
PUWER 98 (Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 98)
LOLER 98 (Lifting Operations and Lift Equipment Regulations 98)
Care of Batteries/Diesel/LPG trucks
Lifting Principals
Stability factors
Principals of reach forklift trucks
Steering operations - forward & reverse
Steering operations in confined areas
Pallet handling; picking up, setting down, transporting
Stacking and de-stacking loads at different heights (Various methods)
Vehicle loading & un-loading procedures
Daily maintenance checks
The RTITB Reach Lift Truck Training consists of three main sections:
Basic Training, which encompasses practical and theory training.
Job Specific skills, which includes risk awareness training based on the site where the forklift is operated. This includes covering site specific rules, safe work procedure and any other site-based policies not included in basic training.
Familiarisation training, which involves learners practicing standard procedure under supervision, helping them to develop and improve their operation skills on the forklift.
The RTITB Reach lift truck training is assessed in two ways:
A written assessment, which includes multiple choice and open exam questions based on safety and operational practices. You must score 80% or more to pass.
A practical assessment where the instructor will examine your basic operating skills on the forklift.
After completing the RTITB Reach lift truck training course, individuals can progress to study IOSH Managing Safely. The course allows them to build on their risk assessment skills with general safety awareness, beneficial to a wide range of sectors and industries.