Posted By Tony W
I have recently had involvement with a company concerning training for FLT operators. This was fairly straightforward until the issue of training for (ride-on) powered pallet trucks (or 'ped-ops') arose. I was, and still am certain that suitable training must be provided for operators. The company concerned initially disagreed but were eventually persuaded. Training was subsequently carried out by a RTITB trainer.
I have since made enquiries about this subject and it appears that it is not universally agreed that ped-op training is legally required.
Any comments?

Posted By stephen j mills
Tony,

The ACoP and Guidance document L117 - 'Rider operated lift trucks: Operator training' covers this at paragraph 22:

'Operators of types of lift truck not covered by this guidance will also need training. In some cases, for instance pedestrian/rider-operated pallet trucks, this may follow a similar approach, but in others, such as straddle carriers, a very different training programme will be needed......etc'

Appendix 1 also gives a list of recognised accrediting bodies.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Steve

Posted By John McFeely
Here Here,

I think Paul covered it nicely