PEDESTRIAN OPERATED TRUCK TRAINING COURSE

Pedestrian Pallet Truck Training

Pedestrian operated trucks, often referred to as POET (Pedestrian Operated Electric Truck), handles goods and pallets at ground level.

It is designed to work on smooth floors. They can be designed for the operator to walk, stand or sit on.

Typically, pedestrian pallet trucks are used in warehouse areas and aisles, as well as loading and unloading on loading docks. Some may have extra-long forks to carry two or three pallets. There are also rough terrain variants available for construction site work.

Availability:

This course type is currently only available to those business customers who can accommodate training on their site.

The course covers, but is not limited to, the following areas:

• Controls and instruments
• Starting/ moving/ stopping and steering the truck
• Battery care and maintenance
• Weight assessment
• Vehicle loading/ unloading from a loading dock environment
• Bulk and industrial pallet racking (dependent on truck type)

Course Types:

Our courses are split into four separate category types:

Novice Course 

TL Training defines a ‘Novice’ as somebody who has no previous (or very limited) experience of using this specific truck type.

Our RTITB Novice Operator Course is designed to instruct up to a maximum of 3 delegates. The number of training days required depends upon the number of candidates.

Refresher Course

TL Training defines a ‘Refresher’ as somebody who has previous experience of using this specific truck type and can provide documentary evidence of previous formal training.

Our RTITB Refresher Course is designed to instruct up to a maximum of 3 delegates. The number of training days required depends upon the number of candidates.

Existing Operator Course

TL Training defines an ‘Existing Operator’ as somebody who has previous experience of using this specific truck type but has not received formal training or has no documentary evidence to prove previous training took place.

Our RTITB Existing Operator Course is designed to instruct up to a maximum of 3 delegates. The number of training days required depends upon the number of candidates.

Conversion Course

A ‘Conversion’ course is suitable for candidates who are qualified operators on a different type of forklift truck (convert from reach, pivot steer ect) and wish to learn how to operate this specific truck type safely.

Our RTITB Conversion Course is designed to instruct up to a maximum of 3 delegates. The number of training days required depends upon the number of candidates.