Each year there are over 8000 reported injuries involving lift trucks, causing suffering and sometimes fatality. There is also a heavy cost to business. Even an accident not causing bodily injury can result in damage to trucks, buildings, equipment and goods all affecting the bottom line profitability of your business.

Fork lift truck accidents are all too often associated with lack of suitable and sufficient operator training. If you are prosecuted for breach of Health & Safety laws, and it is found that you did not adhere to the relevant provisions of the code, you may receive a substantial fine or imprisonment.

Hawthorne Fork Truck Services offer the full range of on-site AITT accredited forklift truck training courses for both novice and experienced operators, including:

• Counterbalance
• Reach Trucks
• Pivot Steer Trucks
• Sideloaders
• Multi Level Order Pickers
• Telescopic Handlers

Our training programs also offer refresher training and re-testing courses for operators already certified for specific types of lift trucks, in addition to conversion courses allowing drivers of one truck type to achieve training for another truck type.

All courses are fully accredited and comply with the recommendations of the Health and Safety Executive’s Approved Code of Practice (ACop L117).