Fork Lift

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iGSG Training offer a range of driver/operator training on Fork Lift Trucks as well as cranes and manual handling equipment.

Fully accredited training for novices and experienced operators is available as well as conversion and refresher training. Conversion training is where you receive additional training from one truck type to another.

We offer training on six categories of Lift Trucks. This can be carried out in our dedicated Training Centre in Hull or we can deliver the training at your premises. All courses are to RTITB standards and we operate the National Operator Registration Scheme (NORS).

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Counterbalance trucks are the most common type of fork lift in use and are the standard used by most materials handling operations. They come in a range of sizes and capacities from small, maneuverable electric 3 wheelers of 1000kg capacity through to huge 50,000kg capacity diesel machines. The most common diesel or LPG machines have a capacity around 3000kg.

Truck Types – Counterbalance
B1 - up to 5000kg
B2 - 5001kg to 15000kg
B3 - 15001kg+
Rough Terrain Fixed Mast
Pedestrian Counterbalance

Counterbalance truck

Reach trucks were introduced to reduce the aisle widths a fork lift needed to operate in and therefore bring down storage costs. Reach trucks are found in all industry sectors usually in the warehouse. Specialist versions exist for various applications (4 way steering etc.).

Truck Types – Reach
Pedestrian Reach
Industrial Reach
Multi-directional Reach

Reach truck

Narrow Aisle fork lift trucks can be used for stacking loads AT medium OR high level or in some instances both. What is different about these machines is that they are often only driven by the operator when transferring from one stacking aisle to another. Once in the stacking aisle the trucks are controlled automatically (either wire or rail guided).

Truck Types – Narrow Aisle
Narrow Aisle Man Up
Narrow Aisle Man Down

The pivot steer fork lift has been one of the most original developments in materials handling in recent years. Their unique design allows the truck to stack full pallets in narrow aisles yet still operate in a yard unloading lorries. This eliminates the double handling of loads and optimizes storage space in the warehouse.

Powered pallet trucks come in a variety of styles and can be pedestrian operated, rider operated or a combination of both (with a stand on platform). They can be used for the horizontal transporting of palletised loads, for low level order picking or for lower level stacking of loads.

Truck Types – Pallet
Pedestrian Pallet
Ride-on Pallet
Pedestrian Stacker

A common sight on UK roads is a lorry carrying its’ own lift truck ‘piggy back’ style. Learning to operate a rider transportable fork lift involves not only how to operate the lift truck safely but also how to mount and dismount the truck from its host vehicle.