What is a powered pallet truck?
A Powered pallet truck or electric pallet mover is a piece of equipment that is used to move pallets at ground level, as well as loading and offloading pallets from various vehicles. A common place you’ll see people working with powered pallet trucks would be in a warehouse environment.
Locations:
This course is available at all of our depots which includes Portsmouth, Southampton, Reading and Worthing.
As well as completing this course at one of our depots, this course is also available to be completed at one of your sites, using your equipment which will allow your staff to train on the equipment that they will be using regularly. The areas we cover for training on one of your sites include; Portsmouth, Chichester, Fareham, Romsey, Eastleigh, Southampton, Reading, Basingstoke, Crawley, Newbury, Worthing and Brighton.
Facilities Required on your site:
For training to be completed on one of your sites, using your equipment, there are requirements that you need to meet. You will need to have a training room that is suitable for the number of delegates participating and a sufficient amount of practical training space to complete assessments & testing. Also, delegates are required to wear PPE as per the company’s internal risk assessments.
Click the link to read our Facilities and Equipment Requirements Guide for more information on how to complete training on your site. Facilities and Equipment Requirements Guide.
Instructors:
If you complete one of our forklift training courses, you will be taught by highly experienced professionals, who will give you all the skills and knowledge that you need to pass your Powered Pallet Truck test.
2 Start Training is a Category 3 Independent Training Standards Scheme and Register (ITSSAR) accredited training centre for operator and instructor training for Powered Pallet Truck Training.
Duration:
The length of your course will vary depending on which of our courses you decide to complete, if you complete the A2 Novice Ride-on Pallet Truck course, it will take 2-days to complete your training.
Course length could be adjusted depending on how many other students are on the same course, see below for timescales.
3 Days if 1:1 with our instructor.
4 Days if 2:1 with our instructor.
5 Days if 3:1 with our instructor.
Ratio:
1 Truck : 3 Candidates : 1 Instructor
This ratio can be lowered to suit any requirements which can decrease the duration of your course.
Elements covered:
- Responsibilities under the health & safety at work act, 1974, PUWER & LOLER
- L117 Approved code of practice
- Operators Safety Code
- Battery maintenance and charging procedures
- Pre-use checks
- Factors affecting stability
- Motive controls
- Hydraulic controls
- Manoeuvring in open and confined areas including entry & aisle safety procedures
