Forklift training in Hinckley
On-site forklift training for businesses in Hinckley and the Hinckley and Bosworth area (LE10).
Hinckley sits on the A5 and the M69, which has made it a natural home for distribution and automotive businesses. Our instructors are frequent visitors to Hinckley Park and Sketchley Meadows, the Dodwells Bridge and Harrowbrook industrial estates, the Nutts Lane units and the big sheds that have grown along the A5 towards Nuneaton. Multi-shift reach and counterbalance programmes are common, and the automotive and engineering firms around the town keep the conversion and refresher work steady.
Local customers typically work in automotive and vehicle engineering, retail and grocery distribution, e-commerce fulfilment, manufacturing. Whatever the sector, the format is the same: an accredited Forklift Agency instructor comes to your premises in Hinckley, trains your operators on your own trucks, tests them, and we post HSE-recognised certificates. Courses run around your shift pattern, days, nights or weekends, at the same price.
Trucks we train on in Hinckley
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 Hinckley looking for a course, try Forklift Training Centres.
Nearby
We also train in Earl Shilton and Barwell, Market Bosworth and Desford, Broughton Astley, Measham and Ibstock, Coalville and everywhere else in Leicestershire.
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 Leicester 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 Leicester 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.
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