Tail lifts combine lifting machinery, work at height, manual handling and workplace transport risks. This awareness course explains how trained and authorised workers can prepare the vehicle and site, check the lift, control loads, prevent falls and trapping, and respond to defects or unsafe conditions.
The course includes eight lessons and a 12-question final assessment. It supports employer training but does not replace model-specific instruction, supervised practical training, competence assessment, manufacturer instructions, risk assessment, maintenance, inspection or LOLER thorough examination.
Learning outcomes
- Recognise the main hazards from vehicle movement, moving machinery, open edges and unstable loads.
- Check training, authorisation, records, equipment and site conditions before work begins.
- Apply safe working load and load-centre information.
- Deploy, operate and stow a tail lift from a safe position.
- Control wheeled loads, exclusion zones and drive-away risk.
- Stop, isolate and report defects or unsafe changes.
Who this course is for
Drivers, delivery staff, warehouse teams and supervisors involved in tail lift operations.
Delivery and assessment
- Online awareness course
- Eight lessons
- 12-question final assessment
- 80% pass mark
- Unlimited retakes
- Practical assessment and employer authorisation required separately
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