Posted By garyh I don't believe a licence is required but this person would have to be suitably and sufficiently trained; your insurers would want this also. Reverse the question; if an accident occurred, could you justify this? In a similar situation I had people trained by a local vehicle training company specifically for what they actually did. Only valid onsite, but every body was happy.

Posted By lewes I have also spoken to the HSE about this this morning. Typicall they just say providing the person is competent and is suitably and sufficiently trained then they dont have a problem. Im currently waiting for the Insurance Co to get back to me. It may well be that we have to undergo suitable training !!!

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