Posted By Chris Huckle Ken If your drivers are certificated as proficient tractor drivers (National Proficiency Test Council or what ever it is called now)part of this training should have included the use of tractor mounted loaders (if my memory serves me right). So they should be competent to use the loader and any attachemnts. However, if we need somenone trained for a specific piece of non standard equipment, we discuss our requirements with the training provider and ask them to design the course to cover our specific requirement, most of them are only to happy to modify their course to get the business. Chris

Posted By Steve Sedgwick Ken Under the Supply Regs the forks should come supplied with H&S information which explains the limitations and uses of the forks. The other point is that someone should do an assessment on the use of these forks and decide what they should and should not be used for. regards Steve

Posted By Ken Taylor Thanks for the reminders, Steve and Alistair, I had told the Grounds Manager to ensure that the instructions are followed and that the SWLs should be displayed and made known - it's just the extra training bit that has got me thinking. It may come down to taking relevant parts out of flt course notes unless someone knows otherwise.