Reach Truck
Equipment covered:
- Rider, Electric, Stand on Reach Trucks
- Rider, Electric, Reach Trucks Above 3m and Up To 8m Lift
- Rider, Electric, Reach Trucks Above 8m Lift
Course Aim:
By the end of this course, delegates will be able to discuss and demonstrate:
- Reach Truck’s various parts and components, their usage and limitation
- Safe and efficient operation of a Reach Truck within the workplace, including their duties and responsibilities and the risks associated with truck use
- Pre-use inspection, appropriate maintenance tasks and reporting processes
Course Contents:
The contents of the course will cover in-depth the theoretical and conceptual knowledge required in operating, managing and maintaining a Reach Truck in the safest manner without compromising on the efficiency.
The range of topics that may be covered in this course include the following:
- Regulations
- Roles & responsibilities of a Reach Truck operator
- Anatomy of Reach Truck, its controls and limitations
- Reach Truck maintenance and care (incl. battery care)
- Load assessment
- Truck and load stability
- Pre-use inspection
- Accurate steering
- Driving in confined areas and narrow aisles
- Handling of palletized and non-palletized loads
- Stacking of loads
- Handling loads in racking systems (across low, eye and high levels)
- Negotiating inclines
- Vehicle loading and unloading
- Best practices
The actual content of the course, their duration, permitted batch size, mode of delivery etc. will depend upon the selected variant – Basic, Plus or Pro.
Certification:
All attendees will receive a course ‘attendance’ certificate while the delegates who successfully pass the assessments will be issued with an internationally recognized and ‘certificate’ and ‘ID Card’. The said certificates and ID card will come with a 3-year validity.
