Forklift training in Lambeth
On-site forklift training for businesses in Lambeth and the London Borough of Lambeth area (SE1, SE11, SE24, SE27, SW2, SW4, SW8, SW9, SW16).
Lambeth stretches from the South Bank to Streatham, and its forklift work is concentrated at Nine Elms, home of New Covent Garden Market, the largest wholesale fruit, vegetable and flower market in the country, where hundreds of traders run counterbalance trucks and pallet trucks through the night. Brixton's arches and Vauxhall's industrial units add food producers, builders' merchants and distributors, and the Nine Elms and Waterloo construction sites run telehandlers. Our instructors are familiar with market hours and train when the trade is quiet.
Local customers typically work in New Covent Garden Market traders, fresh produce and flower wholesale, food production, construction, builders' merchants. Whatever the sector, the format is the same: an accredited Forklift Agency instructor comes to your premises in Lambeth, trains your operators on your own trucks, tests them, and we post HSE-recognised certificates. Courses run around your shift pattern, early mornings, nights or weekends, at the same price, and there is no travel charge anywhere in London.
Trucks we train on in Lambeth
Counterbalance Forklift, Reach Truck, Double Deep Reach Truck, 4-Way (Multi-Directional) Reach Truck, VNA Truck (Man-Up and Man-Down), Bendi and Flexi (Articulated) Forklift, Pivot Steer Truck, Powered Pallet Truck, Pedestrian Stacker Truck, Telehandler (Telescopic Handler), Order Picker (Low, Medium and High Level), Rough Terrain (Masted) Counterbalance, Side Loader.
Course levels
Novice Forklift Training, Semi-Experienced Forklift Training, Refresher Forklift Training, Conversion Forklift Training. Novice courses take three to five days; refreshers and conversions are usually one day. What the law requires is explained in our guide.
Business customers only
We train at company premises where forklift trucks are available. If you are an individual in Lambeth looking for a course, try Forklift Training Centres.
Nearby
We also train in Westminster, Wandsworth and Battersea, Southwark, City of London, Lewisham, Kensington and Chelsea, across the rest of Central London, and everywhere else in London and the Home Counties.
Common questions
Do you train individuals who want a forklift licence?
No. Forklift Agency trains businesses only, on site at premises where forklift trucks are available. If you are an individual in London looking for a course, our Forklift Training Centres website lists centres by region, or search for "forklift training centres" on Yell.
Where does the training happen?
At your premises, on your trucks, in the environment your operators actually work in. We do not run a training centre in London or anywhere else. The instructor brings everything else: the safety videos on a laptop or tablet, theory material, cones, test papers and the certificates.
Which accrediting bodies do you work with?
Our instructors are registered with RTITB, AITT or ITSSAR, the accrediting bodies whose certificates are recognised by the Health and Safety Executive under the Approved Code of Practice L117. Every instructor has been vetted by us, holds their own public liability insurance and has worked with Forklift Agency for years.
How long does a forklift course take?
A novice counterbalance course for three candidates takes three days. Reach trucks, VNA, telehandlers and articulated trucks take longer. Refresher and conversion courses are normally one day, and powered pallet truck courses can be half a day. We confirm the duration in the quote.
Our yard is small and the building is old. Can you still train here?
Almost certainly. Most of our London customers work in buildings that were never designed for forklifts: railway arches, Victorian warehouses, basements and yards the size of two lorry bays. The instructor sets out a compact course and uses your real racking, doors and vehicles for the rest. If we think the space is unsafe we will say so before the course, not on the day.
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