Forklift training in Heathrow, Hayes and West Drayton
On-site forklift training for businesses in Heathrow, Hayes and West Drayton and the Hillingdon and Hounslow area (TW6, UB3, UB7).
Heathrow is the busiest cargo airport in the country, and the freight forwarders, ground handlers, bonded warehouses, pharmaceutical cold chains and courier hubs on the Heathrow cargo estates, along the Bath Road and across the Hayes and West Drayton industrial areas run forklift fleets 24 hours a day. The Hayes estates, Pump Lane, Nestles Avenue and the Stockley Park and Dawley Road corridors add food manufacturers, print, distributors and the Nestlé-site developments. Our instructors are airside-aware and used to working around flight schedules, secure areas and night shifts.
Local customers typically work in air freight and cargo handling, courier and express, pharmaceutical cold chain, bonded warehousing, food manufacturing. Whatever the sector, the format is the same: an accredited Forklift Agency instructor comes to your premises in Heathrow, trains your operators on your own trucks, tests them, and we post HSE-recognised certificates. Courses run around your shift pattern, early mornings, nights or weekends, at the same price, and there is no travel charge anywhere in London.
Trucks we train on in Heathrow
Counterbalance Forklift, Reach Truck, Double Deep Reach Truck, 4-Way (Multi-Directional) Reach Truck, VNA Truck (Man-Up and Man-Down), Bendi and Flexi (Articulated) Forklift, Pivot Steer Truck, Powered Pallet Truck, Pedestrian Stacker Truck, Telehandler (Telescopic Handler), Order Picker (Low, Medium and High Level), Rough Terrain (Masted) Counterbalance, Side Loader.
Course levels
Novice Forklift Training, Semi-Experienced Forklift Training, Refresher Forklift Training, Conversion Forklift Training. Novice courses take three to five days; refreshers and conversions are usually one day. What the law requires is explained in our guide.
Business customers only
We train at company premises where forklift trucks are available. If you are an individual in Heathrow looking for a course, try Forklift Training Centres.
Nearby
We also train in Staines-upon-Thames, Egham and Ashford, Hounslow, Feltham and Brentford, Hillingdon, Uxbridge and Ruislip, Richmond upon Thames and Twickenham, Slough and Langley, Weybridge, Chertsey and Addlestone, across the rest of West London, and everywhere else in London and the Home Counties.
Common questions
Do you train individuals who want a forklift licence?
No. Forklift Agency trains businesses only, on site at premises where forklift trucks are available. If you are an individual in London looking for a course, our Forklift Training Centres website lists centres by region, or search for "forklift training centres" on Yell.
Where does the training happen?
At your premises, on your trucks, in the environment your operators actually work in. We do not run a training centre in London or anywhere else. The instructor brings everything else: the safety videos on a laptop or tablet, theory material, cones, test papers and the certificates.
Which accrediting bodies do you work with?
Our instructors are registered with RTITB, AITT or ITSSAR, the accrediting bodies whose certificates are recognised by the Health and Safety Executive under the Approved Code of Practice L117. Every instructor has been vetted by us, holds their own public liability insurance and has worked with Forklift Agency for years.
How long does a forklift course take?
A novice counterbalance course for three candidates takes three days. Reach trucks, VNA, telehandlers and articulated trucks take longer. Refresher and conversion courses are normally one day, and powered pallet truck courses can be half a day. We confirm the duration in the quote.
Our yard is small and the building is old. Can you still train here?
Almost certainly. Most of our London customers work in buildings that were never designed for forklifts: railway arches, Victorian warehouses, basements and yards the size of two lorry bays. The instructor sets out a compact course and uses your real racking, doors and vehicles for the rest. If we think the space is unsafe we will say so before the course, not on the day.
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