Following our last forklift experience session on 11^th May, we are planning to hold another session on
Saturday 28^th September at our training centre at Apollo Park, Wroxton, near Banbury.

This provides attendees with some basic tuition on health and safety, how to operate the counterbalance truck and then there will be an opportunity to have a go, under supervision of course, and undertake some basic steering exercises.  Tea, coffee and cakes will be provided.  There will be a charge of £30 per person and all proceeds will be donated to the Horton Hospital, Banbury.

If you’ve already been to one of our sessions and driven the counterbalance truck, you can attend again and have your experience on the reach truck.  Spaces are limited for both trucks though so please let us know as soon as possible if you would like to attend on Saturday 28^th September.  You can e-mail anne@stackerstraining.co.uk or call 0800 024 8084 to book your place.

Whilst we mainly provide training during the day, either held at our training centre at Apollo Park, Wroxton, near Banbury or on customer premises, we also continue to offer training on evenings and weekends, when required.

Some of our customers request refresher training is carried out on a Saturday, when production is less busy and we can arrange a mutually convenient date to provide this training.

Our novice courses on counterbalance and reach trucks can be adapted to run over several evenings, rather than the usual 3 days or we can split the training over two weekends.  We can work with individuals to be flexible on start and finish times.

Most of the training we provide for individuals is on a one to one basis with the instructor, which allows for more practice time, but if you have a friend or colleague who would also like to undertake a training course with you, please let us know as we will be able to offer you a discounted rate for this.

If you are interested in any of our courses, please call us on 0800 024 8084 to discuss your requirements or e-mail anne@stackerstraining.co.uk for more information.

RTITB have produced a free handout detailing why slow and steady will always win the race.

Lift trucks account for around 25% of workplace incidents with reckless speed a significant contributing factor.

Click on the link below to download the free resource and share within your company to encourage best practice

5-Reasons-Why-Slow-and-Steady

Here’s a link to a short video showing highlights from our forklift experience session on Saturday 11th May 2024.

https://www.facebook.com/StackersTraining/videos/2483012875231183

See our previous blog post for more information

https://stackerstraining.co.uk/forklift-experience-raises-funds-for-horton-general-hospital-banbury/

On Saturday 11^th May 2024, we held a forklift experience session at our training centre at Apollo Park, near Banbury.

We would like to thank everyone who attended this event and we are delighted to have raised £500 for the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Two ladies decided to have their experience on the scissor lift and six other attendees were split into two groups of three and drove the electric and gas counterbalance trucks.  They did some basic steering exercises and some stacking and de-stacking of boxes.

Below is some of the feedback we received:

“Brilliant”

“Absolutely fabulous experience, would highly recommend.  Great instructors and overall fun experience”

“Great fun.  I really enjoyed today.  Made new friends.  Instructors were lovely”

“Fabulous morning, thank you”

“Spencer was very patient with delivery of instruction.  Thank you”

If you are interested in attending a future forklift experience session, or know anyone who would be, please contact anne@stackerstraining.co.uk or call 0800 024 8084.

RTITB are attending the IWLEX Exhibition (Inside Warehouse Logistics Expo) Event on 14^th and 15^th May 2024.

It is the UK’s only dedicated warehouse operations exhibition steered by warehouse logistics practitioners and is being held at NAEC Stoneleigh, Coventry.

The event will prioritise topics such as mental health, wellbeing and diversity and will also include a Warehousing Logistics Careers Fair plus the Women in Warehousing and Logistics Networking event.

The event is free to attend, click on the link below to register.

https://www.iwlex.co.uk/

The RTITB are holding a Safety Summit in Manchester on 19^th September 2024.

This will provide an opportunity to collaborate, share experiences, and learn about the best practices and emerging trends in both safety and training. Register your interest now by clicking on the link below:

https://share.hsforms.com/163EGH0LoR4q9U791652LsQ45lbk?

Last Saturday we held a free forklift taster session at our training centre at Apollo Park, Wroxton, near Banbury.

This provided some basic tuition on the components and functions of the counterbalance truck, basic operation including starting, moving, steering and stopping and adjustment of height, tilt & side shift including travel and parked positions.

Linda and Philip (pictured below) both enjoyed the session.

If you are interested in future taster sessions, please contact us on 0800 024 8084.

We are delighted to be planning another Ladies Forklift Experience Session on Saturday 11^th May 2024.  This will take place at our training centre at Apollo Park, Wroxton, Banbury, OX15 6AY.

Prior to covid, we held several successful experience sessions with monies raised going to Katharine House Hospice, the Horton Hospital and Aspire Oxford.

The experience session provides attendees with some basic tuition on health and safety, how to operate the truck and then there will be an opportunity to have a go, under supervision of course, and undertake some basic steering exercises.  Tea, coffee and cakes will be provided.  There will be a charge of £30 per person and all proceeds will be donated to the Horton Hospital, Banbury.

If you’re interested in attending on 11^th May, or would like to attend a future event if you can’t make this date, please telephone 0800 024 8084 or e-mail anne@stackerstraining.co.uk