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FORKLIFT & PALLET TRUCK TRAINING:

In terms of the law, operators have to be in possession of a valid operating certificate. An Accredited Training Centre issues the certificate. Certificates are valid for 2 years.

At Accredited Training, we firmly believe that training should yield benefits, far more substantial than "a Certificate"

Once operators are trained, the Company should see:

Increased Productivity
Decrease in loss and / or damage to property
Increase in Safety
Decrease in Maintenance costs.

It is due to this approach, that we are the leaders in our field and have been training overseas.

Novice Training :

Even though a Forklift appears to be a "simple" piece of machinery, in the wrong hands it is a killer .Training can therefore not be conducted in one day.

Trainees, who have never operated a machine before, are required to attend a 5 day (8 HOURS PER DAY) training course. The objective of this course is not only to train the operator how to take care of his machine, drive correctly and safely, but also focuses on an acceptable level of productivity.

Advanced Refresher Training:

This course is aimed at those operators who have been trained, but their certificates have expired. Although they can operate, they have developed so many bad habits that they become a danger on the machine.

We concentrate on the elimination of bad driving habits, that have developed, and do much more challenging exercises with the operators. These exercises emphasise productivity, safety and elimination of damage to pallets and product, especially when working at that level of productivity.

Forklift Operator Evaluations:

We firmly believe that the regular annual re-evaluation of the operators saves the Company a great deal of money in training fees as well as reduced machine maintenance costs and loss / damage to product. Provided the operators are warned, in advance, that they are going to be evaluated, they tend to "train" themselves back up to standard. Obviously evaluations are a lot less expensive and quicker than retraining.

• Theory Test
• Practical Machine Check Test
• Practical Driving and Manoeuvring Test

Forklift Evaluations consist of the following:

CRANE TRAINING :

Accredited Training conducts on-site training for many leading companies who make use of Truck Mounted Cranes,Overhead Gantry Cranes and Wharf Cranes(up to 4.9 tons). While many people feel their operators are good at operating the crane, and should easily pass the required machine check and practical operation tests, they do not realise that a high percentage of the course involves rigging.

While many operators do not do the rigging themselves, it is imperative that they recognise the rigging of the goods they are lifting is in fact correct, before lifting the load.

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MOBILE & OTHER SPECIALISED STORAGE SYSTEMS:

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In close association with the suppliers, Accredited Training has developed a Reach Truck Training Course specifically designed for the training of operators who work in stores equipped with Mobile Racking.

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While the basic content of the course remains the same, we have added modules regarding the care and housekeeping of the Mobile Racking, and we are fully familiar with the new Reach Trucks which are used in these stores.

Our reputation has led us to receiving enquiries from, and doing training overseas in cold rooms equipped with Mobile Racking.

Many employees regard a forklift as a toy, rather than a lethal weapon, which it is - in the hands of the untrained.

These people THINK they know how to operate the vehicle, and therefore are UNCONSCIOUS of the fact that they are NOT YET COMPETENT. They are therefore described as an Unconscious Incompetent.

Once training begins, the trainee becomes CONSCIOUS of the fact that he is INCOMPETENT. He is therefore described as being a Conscious Incompetent. Within a year of the training, due to pressure of work, bad habits often creep in and become consolidated. Although the operator knows what is correct, he starts taking short cuts and operating dangerously. Again he is displaying the traits of a Conscious Incompetent. (See Annual Evaluations)

Once the course is complete, the operator is as any other person who has just received a driving licence i.e.: He knows what to do, but needs to concentrate hard on following all the correct procedures, and consolidate all the correct habits which he has learned. He is now Consciously Competent.

This is the person who has now consolidated all the good habits and is driving correctly (which takes approximately 21 days). By this time, given the right environment, and under the correct conditions, he will now be driving correctly and safely - by second nature (see Forklift Management Seminars) and he should maintain the correct methods of operation for a long time.