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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 Novice Training Courses

Our novice telehandler courses are perfect for beginners who wish to learn the basics of telescopic forklift operation.

The novice telescopic 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 telescopic forklift operation and future conversion training.

All of our telehandler courses are approved for funding purposes. Click here to find out how a funding opportunity could help pay for your counterbalance training.

The courses are typically 5 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 4 day course
• 1 Trainee can be trained on a 3 day course

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

Course Content

We set out to teach as much as possible on our novice courses, utilising our resources to their full potential to bring you up to the standard expected by RTITB and the warehousing industry.

Our novice courses teach:

• Health and Safety Responsibilities
• Basic Principles of Telehandler Stability
• Operators Safety Code and Legislation
• Pre-use Inspection Procedures
• Telehandler Maintenance
• Manoeuvring in Restricted Areas
• Manoeuvring on sloping surfaces
• Laden and Unladen Pallet Handling
• Lorry Loading and Unloading Techniques
• 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.