RTITB Forklift Operator (Experienced Operator)

Forklift driving is a specialised skill. This course is designed to create safety awareness for experienced and inexperienced forklift truck operators so as to avoid possible accidents in their workplace by teaching the participant how to operate the forklift truck safely. Trainees will be assessed to current Health & Safety Guidelines and RTITB standards.

Content includes: 

•     Legal Aspects of Forklift Operations

•     Types of Forklift Trucks

•     Design of Forklift Trucks

•     Daily Inspection procedures

•     Stability of the Forklift

•     General Safety Rules

•     Driving the Forklift

•     Loading & Stacking

•     Destacking & Unloading

•     Working Safely

•     Workplace Design

•     Maintenance

Applicants for this course must: 

• Be at least 18 years of age

• 1 x Passport Photo

• Personal Protective Equipment (i.e. Hard Hat, High Vis Vest, Steel Toe Capped Boots & Gloves)

• Must have min 6 months experience or an existing forklift cert/card (no specific accreditation)

•     PowerPoint presentation

•     Practical demonstration

•     Theory & Practical Assessment

Course Duration is 2 Days.

All successful participants will receive an RTITB Certificate. Certification expires every 3 years.

Max Participants for this Course is 3.

Unemployed

If you are unemployed and seeking work, you may be eligible for funding from the Department of Social Protection to cover all, or some of the costs of your training. (means depending, you may be entitled to up to €1000).

Candidates who wish to avail of this must make an appointment with a case officer in their local Intreo office, discuss their case & apply for funding. The candidate will receive a funding application form which they must sign & bring/post to us. Upon completion, we will send this back to the case officer who will then review the funding application.

Upon receiving funding approval in the post from the Department of Social Protection, candidates must then call us to reserve a place on our course. We cannot confirm a place on our course until funding approval is gained.

Employed

If employed within the private sector or are a sole trader, there may also be funding assistance available through Skillnet funding. Skillnet may fund a percentage of your training, if eligible. For more details on this, please contact us on 074 91 27786.