Why Choose GH Training?
GH Training provides practical, AITT-accredited forklift and material-handling equipment training at customer premises across the North West, North Wales and West Yorkshire.
Courses are backed by extensive operational experience and tailored to the equipment category, operator history and working environment.
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Training Backed by Operational Experience
GH Training’s background includes more than 20 years of hands-on forklift operation in warehouses, engineering businesses and food-production facilities.
It also includes 10 years working around industrial and construction lifting operations as a slinger/signaller and crane supervisor.
That practical experience supports training that addresses real operating challenges such as:
- Restricted working areas
- Busy loading operations
- Pedestrian and vehicle interaction
- Racking and storage systems
- Long or awkward loads
- Production pressures
- Communication during lifting operations
- Changing workplace conditions
AITT-Accredited Training
GH Training is an AITT Accredited Training Provider.
Accredited operator courses follow a structured process that includes appropriate:
- Theoretical instruction
- Practical demonstration
- Supervised exercises
- Pre-use inspection
- Operator assessment
- Training records and evidence of successful completion
Employers remain responsible for specific job training, workplace familiarisation and authorising employees to operate.
Training at Your Premises
Courses are delivered using the equipment and working environment relevant to your employees, subject to a suitable training area being available.
This allows instruction to consider:
- The actual truck or equipment
- Workplace layout
- Representative loads
- Attachments
- Racking and stacking arrangements
- External yards
- Loading and unloading areas
- Local traffic routes
- Parking and charging procedures
Operators can develop their skills on equipment they are expected to encounter after training.
The Appropriate Course for Each Operator
Course selection should reflect genuine experience and training history.
GH Training provides:
- Novice Training for employees without previous formal training or operating experience
- Experienced-Operator Training for suitable operators with relevant experience but no recognised formal training
- Conversion Training for trained operators moving to another equipment category
- Refresher Training for previously trained operators requiring reassessment or updated instruction
- Familiarisation Training for trained operators adapting to a particular machine, workplace or task
If the correct route is unclear, provide the operator’s history and intended duties before booking.
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Equipment Categories Covered
Training is available for:
- Counterbalance Forklifts
- Reach Trucks
- Pivot Steer Forklifts
- Multidirectional Forklifts
- Pedestrian Pallet Trucks
- Vertical Stock Pickers
- MEWPs
- Overhead Gantry Cranes and Slinger/Signaller Operations
Straightforward Course Preparation
Before training begins, GH Training confirms what the customer must provide.
Requirements commonly include:
- Safe and serviceable equipment
- Manufacturer operating instructions
- A controlled practical area
- Representative pallets or loads
- Relevant attachment information
- Appropriate personal protective equipment
- Sufficient time for instruction and assessment
Clear preparation helps prevent avoidable delays when the instructor arrives.
Flexible Workplace Delivery
Training can be discussed around operational requirements, including:
- Weekday delivery
- Weekend courses
- Shift patterns
- Small groups
- Individual operators
- Several equipment categories
- Training across multiple company sites
Availability depends on existing bookings, instructor capacity and the course required. Dates should be confirmed before making operational arrangements.
Clear Assessment and Training Records
Operator courses include the relevant assessment rather than attendance alone.
Successful candidates receive appropriate evidence of training for the equipment category assessed.
GH Training can also help employers understand the distinction between:
- Evidence of basic training
- Specific job instruction
- Familiarisation
- Workplace authorisation
- Refresher or additional training
A certificate does not by itself authorise an operator to use every truck at every workplace.
Courses Beyond Forklift Operation
Businesses can also arrange training for employees with wider responsibilities:
- Managing and Supervising MHE
- Risk Assessment and Method Statement Awareness
- Working at Height Awareness
These courses can support workplace arrangements but do not replace equipment-specific operator training.
Coverage Across the Region
Based in Newton-le-Willows, GH Training supports businesses throughout:
Training can be arranged for one location or discussed as part of a coordinated multi-site programme.
What to Include in Your Enquiry
To receive an accurate recommendation and quotation, provide:
- Training location
- Equipment category and model
- Number of operators
- Previous training and experience
- Loads and attachments
- Available practical area
- Preferred dates
GH Training will review the information and recommend the appropriate course.
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