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Plant and forklift operator training

Assessed on the employer's own machines, on their own site. Every category below carries the same evidence structure: certificate, theory and practical records, a site evidence statement, a live verification page and a QR code a site can check at the gate.

Forklifts

Warehouses, distribution yards, builders' merchants, construction sites, farms and plant hire depots: any site moving palletised or unit loads by fork.

Forklifts

Counterbalance forklift

Up to 4500 kg, diesel, gas (LPG) or electric

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Forklifts

Rough terrain forklift

All sizes

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Forklifts

Telescopic handler

Up to 12m, 3.5 tonnes, excluding 360 slew

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Forklifts

Reach truck

Refresher course for experienced operators.

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Access platforms

Construction and maintenance sites, warehouses, shopfitting and any work carried out at height from a platform.

Access platforms

MEWP: scissor (3a)

Up to 12m working height

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Access platforms

MEWP: boom (3b)

Up to 13.5m working height

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Earthmoving

Construction firms, groundworks and civils contractors, plant hire yards and agriculture.

Earthmoving

360 excavator

Up to 12 tonnes (tracked or wheeled)

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Earthmoving

180 excavator (backhoe loader)

All sizes; Above 5 tonnes

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Earthmoving

Forward tipping dumper

Up to 6 tonnes payload

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Earthmoving

Ride-on roller

Up to 3.5 tonnes operating weight

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Lifting

Haulage yards, builders' merchants unloading by crane, and any site running planned lifts.

Lifting

Lorry loader

A: Lorry Loader - Hook; B: Lorry Loader - Clamshell Bucket; C: Lorry Loader - Hydraulic Clamp

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Lifting

Slinger and signaller

Endorsement A - all types, all duties

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Workshop

Garages, fabrication shops, stone fabricators and any workshop cutting or grinding with an abrasive wheel.

Workshop

Abrasive wheels

Use and mounting

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