This 2-day programme gives reach truck operators and material handling personnel the classroom knowledge and hands-on skill to operate a reach truck safely in racking and narrow-aisle environments. It’s delivered entirely in-house, at your site, on your own equipment.
Reach trucks work in tighter, taller, more racking-dense environments than a counterbalance forklift, and the stability and hazard picture is different as a result. This is MESH’s full, first-time certification pathway for reach truck operators — building the classroom understanding and practical competence needed before anyone is due for a refresher.
By the end of the course, participants will understand:
Training combines theory lecture, practical training, case study and Q&A, with both theory and practical assessment.
Participants are assessed through classroom instruction and hands-on practical testing at your facility. On successful completion of both theory and practical assessment, MESH issues certification and a trained driver card, valid for 2 years, after which refresher training is required.
MESH’s team delivers the full 2 days on-site, using your own reach truck and your own racking layout, so operators train and are assessed in the actual environment they’ll be working in. The course is HRD Corp claimable.
Already have certified reach truck operators due for renewal? See the Reach Trucks Refresher (1 Day).
Want your own people qualified to deliver this training in-house? See MHE Train-The-Trainer.
It’s in-house only, delivered at your facility for your own operators.
Yes, practical training and assessment use your equipment and racking layout at your site.
No. This 2-day programme is the full, first-time certification course. The 1-day refresher is for operators who are already certified and need to renew.
Certification and the trained driver card are valid for 2 years, after which refresher training is required.
Yes, claimable through HRD Corp.
You’ll receive a MESH training certificate and trained driver card — not a government-issued licence. Together they serve as straightforward, easily verifiable proof that the holder has completed the training, and some clients refer to this informally as a “licence,” though it isn’t one issued by the government.