Forklift truck types we train on
Every category of lift truck, trained on your own machine at your premises anywhere in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.
Counterbalance Forklift
The everyday workhorse of yards, loading bays and factory floors. Forks out front, counterweight at the back, no outriggers to get in the way.
Reach Truck
The high-bay warehouse specialist. Outriggers for stability and a mast that reaches forward into the racking, so the truck itself never has to.
Double Deep Reach Truck
A reach truck with a telescopic pantograph that can place a second pallet behind the first, squeezing far more stock into the same floor space.
4-Way (Multi-Directional) Reach Truck
The long-load truck. All four wheels turn through ninety degrees so the operator can carry timber, steel or pipe sideways down a narrow aisle.
VNA Truck (Man-Up and Man-Down)
Very narrow aisle trucks run in wire- or rail-guided aisles barely wider than a pallet, with the forks swivelling to serve both sides without the truck turning.
Bendi and Flexi (Articulated) Forklift
The truck that bends in the middle. An articulated front end lets one machine unload the lorry outside and stack in very narrow aisles inside.
Pivot Steer Truck
An articulated truck with a steering pivot behind the mast, giving a tight turning circle for narrow-aisle work with a counterbalance-style front end.
Powered Pallet Truck
Pedestrian and ride-on electric pallet trucks for moving pallets at floor level: goods-in, lorry loading, order marshalling and shop floors.
Pedestrian Stacker Truck
A walk-behind truck with a mast. Lifts pallets into racking or onto vehicles in places a sit-on forklift would not fit.
Telehandler (Telescopic Handler)
A telescopic boom on a rough-terrain chassis. Lifts pallets and materials up and out to where a mast forklift cannot reach.
Order Picker (Low, Medium and High Level)
Trucks that lift the operator to the stock. Low-level pickers run at floor height; high-level pickers take the operator to the top shelf.
Rough Terrain (Masted) Counterbalance
A counterbalance forklift built for mud, gravel and gradients, with big tyres, high ground clearance and a conventional mast.
Side Loader
A truck with the mast mounted sideways in a well, so timber, steel and pipe can be carried lengthways and stored in narrow aisles.
Why the truck category matters
A forklift certificate is for a category of truck, not for forklifts in general. A counterbalance operator is not trained on a reach truck, a reach operator is not trained on a VNA truck, and none of them is trained on a telehandler. The HSE's Approved Code of Practice L117 expects employers to make sure every operator has basic training on the category they use, followed by job-specific training and familiarisation. If you are not sure which category your truck falls into, send us the make and model and we will tell you.
Most sites run more than one type. We can usually cover several categories in one visit, and operators who already hold a certificate for one truck can convert to another in a day or two rather than starting from scratch.
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