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Why You Need a Forklift Licence Sydney?

Forklift Licence ensures that the forklift operators are being trained and aware of the risks and injuries associated with the forklift operations at the workplace. Forklift Licence, issued by SafeWork NSW.

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Why You Need a Forklift Licence Sydney?

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  1. Why You Need aForklift Licence Sydney?

  2. What is a Forklift Licence? • Forklift Licence is a certificate, issued by SafeWork NSW to a forklift operator which shows that the concerned person is fit, trained and knows how to operate a forklift. • This indicates that the person has been trained and evaluated by the employer to operate a forklift. • Health and Safety regulations from the SafeWork NSW requires employers in Sydney to hire only licenced forklift operators at the workplace. • The Forklift Licence Sydney includes the name of the operator, licence type, date of expiry and evaluation of the person.

  3. What is a Forklift Licence Required? • At the workplace, number of accidents took place with forklifts and other high power machinery due to the carelessness of the operator and unfamiliarity of the operator with the forklift. • Thus in order to prevent such accident at workplace and to ensure the safety of the workmen, SafeWork NSW has made it mandatory to the forklift operators have a Forklift Licence. • The licence or certification ensures that the forklift operators are being trained and aware of the risks and injuries associated with the forklift operations at the workplace.

  4. DO ALL FORKLFIT OPERATORS NEED TOBE LICENCED? • Yes, as per the SafeWork NSW Health and Safety Regulations it is required to have a Forklift Licence before operating a forklift in the Sydney. SafeWork NSW requires all the forklift operators to be certified or licenced. • In order to issue a licence to a forklift operator a proper training and evaluation is conducted under the evaluator. • The aim or objective of the training and assessment is to minimize the injuries and accidents due to lack of training and unsafe use of the forklifts. The proper forklift training programs help to minimize the accidents as well as lower the cost and downtime.

  5. WHO PROVIDES FORKLIFT TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION? • If you searching out for “How Can I Get a Forklift Licence in Sydney?” or “From Where Can I Get the Forklift Licence NSW?” then you can visit your nearest Recognised Training Organisation in Sydeny and get certified. • Moreover, it is a duty of your employer to get you trained and certified with the required training and assessment. Also you can look up into the RTO Directory on the SafeWork NSW website to get a list of recognised training organisation. • Recognised Training Organisation conducts various training and assessment programs to provide required certification the the candidates.

  6. WHAT ARE THE FORKLIFT LICENCECOURSE REQUIREMENTS? In order to enrol into a Forklift Licence Course, there are certain requirements. These are: • You must be fluent in the English language. • You must be 18 years of age or older. • You must supply 100 points of identification to the accredited licence assessor at the start of the licence assessment.

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