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Alba Forklift Training Ltd, 21 Lenziemill Road, Cumbernauld, Glasgow, G67 2RL Tel/Fax: 01236 630300

A Limited Company Registered in Scotland: SC348473

Counterbalance Experienced Operator Training Courses

Our experienced operator counterbalance courses are perfect for operators who have already acquired the basics of forklift operation. This maybe for a number of reasons:

• Trained on a counterbalance in-house but left without a certificate
• Using counterbalance trucks for years but have never had formal training
• Used counterbalance forklift trucks abroad but don’t have a UK qualification
• Learned to drive a counterbalance forklift years ago but haven’t operated one since then

The experienced counterbalance operator courses can be conducted at our training centre or on-site at customer premises.

We teach all of the basic skills that form the foundation for safe counterbalance forklift operation and future conversion training.

Click here to find out how a funding opportunity could help pay for your counterbalance training.

The courses are typically 3 day courses conducted with a maximum of 3 trainees, however courses can be conducted over a shorter duration with fewer trainees:

• 2 Trainees can be trained on a 2½ day course
• 1 Trainee can be trained on a 2 day course

Our courses are accredited by RTITB, recognised nationally for Counterbalance Forklift Training.

The Counterbalance truck we use for training is a Hyster E2.50XM which is in the most common lift truck size category (B1) . It is has a 2500kg capacity, which makes it suitable for lorry loading training situations and with our pallet racking and realistically sized UK spec pallets we can accurately replicate typical warehousing conditions as well.

Course Content

We set out to teach as much as possible on our experienced operator courses, utilising our resources to their full potential and covering as many gaps in your operating ability as possible.

Our experienced operator courses teach:

• Health and Safety Responsibilities
• Basic Principles of Stability
• Operators Safety Code and Legislation
• Pre-use Inspection Procedures
• Traction Battery Maintenance and Charging
• Manoeuvring in Restricted Areas
• Manoeuvring on sloping surfaces
• Laden and Unladen Pallet Handling
• Lorry Loading and Unloading Techniques
• Pallet Racking Systems and Bulk Stacking
• Stillage and IBC Handling and Stacking
• Final Theoretical and Practical Assessments

At the end of  the course each candidate receives an RTITB operators certificate of training and a photographic operators card.

Would just like to thank Andy, the instructor from Alba Training, for getting me through my RTITB counterbalance ticket. I had drove forklifts in the past on in house tickets and to be honest I knew nothing until I attended this course. It was very valuable to me as I was an accident waiting to happen but hopefully not now and thanks again for the knowledge I have gained