Forklift Certificate Law With Employer

[Ghostslayer97]

have done my forklift qualification. I have two jobs. But one job wont let me have the certificate to give to the other even tho i still work for them. I have been told meany times this is against the law. I would like to know

[tonyav]

Just a thought, but did you take your test with an outside examiner or was it with an in house examiner ?.

[Buenchico]

This article is from the website of a company which provides forklift training courses:
http://www.fork-lift-training.co.uk/news_items/forklift-licence.html

It appears to confirm my own understanding that, in the UK, there is officially NO transferable qualification in driving forklift trucks and that all qualifications are valid 'in house' only.

However that does seem at variance with the courses provided by local probation services, who often help ex-offenders get some type of forklift qualification in order to help them seek employment.

Even so, if you did your training entirely 'in house' with Employer A, then any certificate issued by them won't be valid elsewhere anyway. (i.e. if you could get hold of the certificate and give it to Employer B, and you then had an accident while using a forklift truck with Employer B, Employer B could be prosecuted by the Health & safety Executive for failing to provide you with their own training).

[Maydup]

...... and employer A wouldn't want to be responsible for you using the forklift appropriately in any environment other then the one they have trained you in.

Eg moving medium weights in a quiet warehouse would require basic training which might not transfer to using a forklift on a busy open air site with slopes and water for example.