Telehandler courses in Coventry for operators who need the right ticket for the machine and the work ahead
Need a telehandler licence in Coventry? Before booking anything, check exactly what you are expected to operate. A fixed telescopic handler, industrial telescopic machine and 360 slew telehandler may all be described casually as telehandlers. Their CPCS categories are not identical.
The same applies when somebody tells you to get a Manitou licence, telehandler ticket or telescopic forklift certificate. These phrases are common on sites and in online searches. What you actually need is training and assessment that match the machine, category and requirements of the organisation you intend to work for.
Construction and Plant Training Services provides CPCS and NPORS telehandler operator training for candidates travelling from Coventry and the surrounding West Midlands. Beginners can learn from the start, while experienced operators can discuss shorter training and assessment routes where appropriate.
If you expect to operate a conventional construction telehandler with a telescopic boom and forks, CPCS A17C or NPORS N010 may be relevant depending on the certification requested by your employer or site.
If the upper structure can slew through 360 degrees, look at CPCS A77 rather than assuming a conventional A17 course covers the machine. If your work involves suspended loads, additional competence and the relevant category or endorsement may also be required.
Telehandler licence Coventry. What do you actually need?
This is probably the most important question on the page because telehandler licence is also one of the most common phrases people use when looking for operator training.
You may have searched for telehandler licence, telehandler license, telehandler certification, telehandler certificate, tele handler ticket or simply a telehandler ticket near me.
Here is the part that often causes confusion. There is no government issued workplace telehandler licence in the UK.
The Health and Safety Executive explains that there are no government issued licences for workplace transport. Under the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998, employers must ensure that people using work equipment receive adequate training and are competent to operate it.
HSE also states that there is no such thing as a lift truck licence. Training certificates and operator cards are commonly called licences or tickets in everyday conversation, but technically they provide evidence of training and assessment rather than being a government driving licence.
This distinction matters because it changes the question you should ask.
Instead of asking only, “Where can I get a telehandler licence near Coventry?”, ask the following.
- Which type of telehandler will I operate?
- Does the employer require CPCS or NPORS?
- Which CPCS endorsement applies to the machine?
- Will I handle loads on forks only or will suspended load duties also form part of my work?
- Is the machine fixed or capable of 360 degree slew?
One extra point catches people out. You do not need a UK car driving licence simply to operate mobile plant within a workplace. HSE confirms that a road driving licence becomes a separate legal consideration when the vehicle is driven on the public highway.
You can verify this directly through the Health and Safety Executive workplace transport guidance.
Not sure which telehandler ticket you need?
Tell us what machine you expect to operate, its maximum lift height if you know it, whether it slews, what experience you already have and which scheme your employer has requested.
It takes far less time to identify the correct category before booking than to discover afterwards that your training does not match the machine.
Coventry is changing above ground, below ground and between buildings
A telehandler is a material handling machine. Therefore the local question is not simply whether Coventry has construction projects. It is what sort of construction environment operators may encounter across the city and wider region.
Coventry currently combines major residential regeneration, highway investment, transport infrastructure, redevelopment of existing urban land and long term expansion around the edge of the city.
Completing telehandler training does not guarantee work on any project named below. These developments provide useful local context for the type and scale of construction activity taking place around Coventry.
Coventry City Council has a substantial current investment programme
Coventry City Council's approved 2026 to 2027 Capital Programme totals £165.9 million. Its forward commitments between 2026 to 2027 and 2030 to 2031 total approximately £437 million.
The programme includes highways infrastructure, the Coventry Very Light Rail demonstrator, continued City Centre South redevelopment, the Cultural Gateway and other capital projects.
This mix is important for plant operators because materials handling does not happen only on conventional housebuilding sites. Transport works, regeneration and constrained urban construction create their own plant movement and lifting problems.
City Centre South is transforming a major part of central Coventry
Coventry City Council describes City Centre South as a residential led mixed use redevelopment across approximately 6.5 hectares.
The wider scheme is planned to deliver more than 1,550 homes. Its first phase contains 991 homes, approximately 8,000 square metres of commercial space and around 17,000 square metres of public open space.
Construction in a city centre requires a completely different mindset from working on open ground. Vehicle routes, delivery areas, pedestrians, existing buildings and limited working room can all affect how materials reach the point where they are needed.
Coventry Very Light Rail moves infrastructure directly through the city
Coventry's 2026 budget includes construction and operation of the 800 metre twin track City Centre Demonstrator running from Coventry Railway Station towards Coventry University Technology Park.
The earlier city centre track demonstration showed how infrastructure can be installed in a live urban environment. The next phase takes that work further.
For any plant operator, live traffic environments reinforce something simple. Moving a load safely is never just a matter of lifting capacity. Site organisation and interaction with other people and vehicles matter just as much.
Eastern Green shows the scale of growth planned around Coventry
Eastern Green is a major sustainable urban extension on the western edge of Coventry. Current Council material identifies a minimum of approximately 2,250 homes, a major district centre, a primary school and substantial supporting infrastructure.
Planning documents also provide for employment land and major access infrastructure associated with the development.
Large phased developments create changing site conditions. The open ground seen during early construction gradually becomes roads, plots, buildings, compounds and increasingly restricted traffic routes.
Spon End brings regeneration into an established neighbourhood
The Spon End regeneration programme is planned to provide more than 750 homes across three phases.
Coventry City Council confirmed in 2026 that contracts had been exchanged for the first phase and construction could officially begin. The first phase follows demolition of 158 existing homes and will replace them with 257 new properties.
Regeneration of an existing estate is a useful reminder that operators may work beside occupied neighbourhoods, established highways and other trades rather than on an isolated site.
Current project information can be checked through Coventry City Council's investment pages.
Four Coventry working environments and four different operator problems
Imagine the same telehandler moving through four sites. The controls remain familiar. The hazards do not.
Dense city centre construction
Your space is restricted. Other contractors need access. Deliveries arrive. Pedestrians may be close to the site boundary. Visibility and planned traffic routes become impossible to ignore.
Large residential development
Materials need moving repeatedly between delivery points and work faces. Ground conditions and access routes can change as roads, plots and structures progress through different phases.
Transport infrastructure
Work beside live roads or established transport corridors creates strict boundaries. Vehicle movements, exclusion arrangements and communication must fit into a much larger traffic management system.
Estate regeneration
Existing buildings, residents, demolition zones and new construction may all occupy the wider area. The operator needs to understand where the machine belongs and where it absolutely does not.
CPCS A17, CPCS A77 or NPORS N010. Which telehandler course should you choose?
If somebody says, “get a telehandler ticket”, that instruction is still incomplete. Current CPCS documentation divides telescopic handler work by machine type, reach and application.
The current CPCS Category Information issued by NOCN in March 2026 lists the following.
Industrial Telescopic
A17A is the CPCS endorsement for an industrial telescopic handler.
Up to 9 metres
A17B covers the CPCS telescopic handler endorsement up to 9 metres.
All sizes excluding 360 degree slew
A17C is the broad conventional construction telehandler endorsement covering all sizes while excluding 360 degree slew machines.
Suspended load on non rough terrain
A17E is listed separately by CPCS for suspended load duties on non rough terrain.
Telescopic Handler 360 slew
A77 is the separate CPCS category for a 360 slew telescopic handler. Current CPCS documentation states that the former A17D has been superseded by A77.
Telescopic Handler
N010 is the NPORS telescopic handler category. It provides another recognised route for operator training and assessment.
Telescopic Handler Suspended Loads
N138 is relevant where an already trained operator needs additional training for suspended load operations.
You can verify the current categories through NOCN CPCS A17 support documents.
CPCS A17 telehandler course for Coventry operators
Telescopic Handler
CPCS training built around machine control, stability, load handling and safe site operation.
If you searched for a CPCS telehandler course near me, A17 is probably the code you have already seen.
Do not stop at the letters A17. Check the endorsement.
For many construction operators using conventional fixed telehandlers, A17C All sizes excluding 360 degree slew is the relevant CPCS endorsement. Industrial machines, machines up to 9 metres and certain suspended load applications are represented separately within A17.
The current CPTS price schedule describes novice A17C as three days of training followed by one day of testing. Its experienced programme is listed as one day of training followed by one day of testing.
The CPCS training standard itself is heavily practical. NOCN states that the A17 standard contains 70 percent or more practical training.
That practical emphasis makes sense. Knowing that a telehandler has a boom is not enough. You need to judge where the machine can stand, how the load behaves at reach, whether the surface can support the total weight and what happens to stability as the working configuration changes.
- Identify the principal components, controls and safety systems.
- Carry out pre operational inspections and functional checks.
- Understand steering modes, transmission and braking.
- Interpret rated capacity information for the planned height and reach.
- Select fork spacing that properly supports the load.
- Assess ground conditions before travelling and lifting.
- Use stabilisers and levelling systems correctly where fitted.
- Move and place loads while maintaining observation.
- Work around loading towers and other designated load placement areas.
- Configure and shut down the machine safely.
NPORS N010 telehandler operator training for Coventry candidates
Telescopic Handler
Practical NPORS training for novice and experienced telehandler operators.
NPORS N010 is another route for people who need formal telescopic handler training and assessment.
The official NPORS course duration document currently lists a five day novice duration for N010 Telescopic Handler. The maximum published novice training ratio is three learners to one instructor and one machine.
CPTS offers N010 training for beginners and experienced operators. The course covers subjects such as pre start inspections, load charts, safe working loads, machine components, manoeuvring, lifting, load placement, attachment security and communication with slingers and signallers.
There is a simple lesson hidden inside that syllabus. Telehandler operation is a lifting and materials handling job, not merely a driving job.
- Pre start inspections and machine condition.
- Relevant responsibilities under PUWER and LOLER.
- Load charts and rated capacities.
- Travel over suitable working surfaces.
- Load retrieval and placement.
- Fork and attachment use.
- Communication with other people involved in lifting activity.
- End of shift shutdown and machine security.
Selected NPORS training may also be delivered on a suitable customer site where the correct machine, safe training area and other course requirements are available.
What changes when a telehandler carries a suspended load?
A pallet sitting on correctly positioned forks and a freely suspended load do not behave in the same way. The suspended load can move relative to the machine. That movement introduces another layer of stability, control and communication problems.
Therefore, do not assume that a basic telehandler ticket automatically prepares you for every lifting application that can physically be connected to the boom.
Relevant routes include CPCS A17E for suspended loads on non rough terrain and the NPORS N138 Telescopic Handler Suspended Loads course where applicable.
NPORS N138 training from CPTS covers subjects including lifting regulations, load charts, centre of gravity, ground conditions, wind, safe attachment use and working with a slinger or signaller.
Do you need a separate Manitou licence?
Many operators search for a Manitou licence when they actually mean telehandler training.
Manitou is a manufacturer of material handling equipment and produces several telehandler ranges for construction, agriculture and rotating applications. The company itself distinguishes fixed construction telehandlers from rotating telescopic handlers.
Therefore, a Manitou licence is not a separate government licence simply because MANITOU appears on the boom.
First identify the model and type of machine. A conventional fixed Manitou construction telehandler and a rotating Manitou MRT do not automatically belong to the same operator category.
Then confirm which scheme and category your employer requires.
Manufacturer information can be checked on the official Manitou website.
What should you actually learn during telehandler training?
A new operator often watches the forks. An experienced and competent operator watches much more. The load, boom, ground, people, route, machine attitude, available reach and destination all matter at the same time.
Training should gradually turn individual actions into a controlled working sequence.
Start with the work area rather than the ignition key
Look at the surface, gradients, excavations, overhead hazards, pedestrians, access restrictions, delivery route and final placement point. A telehandler cannot compensate for a badly planned work area.
Carry out pre operational checks
Inspect the machine and test relevant functions. CPCS material includes checks of tyres, steering, brakes, boom controls, stabilisers, chassis levelling, rated capacity indicators and visibility aids where fitted.
Understand the steering modes
Telehandlers may provide two wheel steering, four wheel steering and crab steering. The operator needs to select and use the appropriate mode rather than treating the machine like an ordinary road vehicle.
Know the load before lifting it
CPCS training material requires the operator to establish the load weight and compare it with the machine's rated capacity information for the intended height and reach.
Set the forks to support the load
Fork spacing should suit the load and support it properly. The operator approaches straight, inserts the forks correctly and keeps the machine controlled while engaging and retrieving the load.
Move with the load in a safe travel position
CPCS material describes raising the load slightly, tilting the carriage back, retracting the boom and lowering it into the travel position. HSE also warns that travelling with the boom and load unnecessarily raised increases risk.
Reassess the ground before extending the boom
Working height and horizontal reach influence stability. Ground that supports the machine during simple travel must also support the imposed loads created during lifting.
Place the load with control rather than momentum
Smooth hydraulic movements matter especially at height. The operator should align accurately, maintain observation and avoid sudden movements that destabilise the load or machine.
Finish the task properly
Retract and lower the boom, park appropriately, isolate the machine and report defects. Five careless minutes at the end of the day can undo hours of good operating practice.
Why the telehandler's maximum capacity does not tell you what it can lift everywhere
Suppose somebody tells you the telehandler can lift a certain maximum weight. Does that mean you can place that same weight at every possible boom extension and height?
No.
The operator needs the rated capacity information for the particular working configuration. The relevant load chart considers the relationship between the machine, height, reach and load.
Current CPCS A17 training material specifically requires operators to establish the weight of the load against rated capacity charts for the intended height and reach.
Reach changes the problem
As the load moves away from the machine, the leverage acting on the telehandler changes. The correct question is therefore not simply “how heavy is it?” but whether that weight is permissible at the intended position.
Ground changes the problem
The machine may be within its lifting chart while the surface beneath it remains unsuitable. CPCS requires checking that ground conditions can support the machine's total weight for the working height and reach.
Fork position changes the problem
CPCS discusses undercutting, where a load is supported on the ends of the forks rather than correctly engaged. Its training standard warns that this can reduce rated capacity and place the load's centre of gravity near or beyond the fork ends.
Attachments change the problem
HSE warns that fitting an attachment can alter machine characteristics and revised lifting capacity may need to be considered. Operators also require training for the attachments they use.
The two moments when telehandlers hurt people most seriously
HSE identifies a very clear pattern.
Most fatal and serious telehandler injuries occur while the vehicle is moving and strikes a pedestrian, particularly when reversing, or while it is lifting and overturns, trapping the operator or somebody nearby.
That is why an operator course cannot sensibly focus only on handling the joysticks.
The Health and Safety Executive is Great Britain's national regulator for workplace health and safety. Its construction guidance says telehandlers should be carefully selected, maintained and operated by trained drivers.
Rear visibility
HSE identifies reversing as a significant danger. Visibility aids and, in some circumstances, a signaller may be needed.
Front right visibility
With the boom raised, HSE warns of a significant blind spot towards the front right side of some telehandlers.
Ground conditions
Sloping, uneven and unstable ground can create serious hazards. Even machines sold for rough terrain operation have limits that must be observed.
Raised loads
HSE states that moving with a raised load is dangerous and should be avoided.
Speed
Excessive cornering speed can contribute to overturning. Sites should establish suitable vehicle speed limits.
Pedestrian segregation
Sites need safe vehicle routes and pedestrian routes. Hoping that people will simply see the machine is not a traffic management system.
Overhead power lines
A telescopic boom can create electrical contact risk. Routes and lifting locations need to account for overhead services.
Machine specific competence
HSE says drivers should be trained, competent and authorised to operate the specific telehandler they use.
Read the official HSE telehandler safety guidance for current regulator advice.
Training a team of telehandler operators around Coventry?
Send us the number of candidates, their real experience level, the machine type, maximum reach where known, required certification scheme and whether any special attachments or suspended load duties are involved.
Suitable NPORS training can also be discussed for delivery at an employer site where the necessary machine and safe working area are available.
Basic training, job specific training and familiarisation
HSE guidance for rider operated lift trucks describes operator development in three stages.
Basic training
You learn the core knowledge and practical skills required to operate the type of lift truck safely and efficiently.
Specific job training
The next stage covers the actual machine, operating principles, controls and way the equipment will be used within the person's job.
Familiarisation training
The operator then applies what has been learned under normal working conditions and close supervision in the actual workplace.
This matters because passing a course does not make every telehandler, attachment and construction site identical. A new machine, attachment or working environment may create a need for additional familiarisation or conversion training.
What happens after the CPCS telehandler test?
For candidates entering CPCS, the current March 2026 Scheme Booklet shows the sequence through relevant training, the Health, Safety and Environment test, CPCS theory test and CPCS practical test.
Passing the required elements allows the candidate to enter the CPCS card pathway for the category achieved.
CPCS Trained Operator Card
The current CPCS Scheme Booklet states that the Trained Operator Card is valid for two years.
Where an operator is within 12 months of category expiry, CPCS provides for a 12 month extension once the person is registered for the relevant vocational qualification.
CPCS Competent Operator Card
The current CPCS Scheme Booklet states that the Competent Operator Card is valid for five years.
Progression requires the relevant vocational qualification. Renewal later involves the required Health, Safety and Environment test, CPCS Renewal CPD and evidence of ongoing practical ability through one of the accepted CPCS routes.
How long does a telehandler course take?
The answer depends on the certification route, category and your existing competence.
HSE's general lift truck guidance says basic courses are typically around three to five days, although the actual period depends on factors such as previous experience and the learner's rate of progress.
Do not describe yourself as experienced simply to obtain the shorter option. Experience with a forklift, dumper or loader does not automatically prove competence on a telescopic handler.
Can you get free telehandler training?
Sometimes training support can reduce the cost substantially, but telehandler training is not automatically free simply because you work in construction.
The current CITB funding system is especially important here because arrangements changed in 2026.
Plant training now remains within the CITB grants route rather than the general Employer Networks funding route.
CITB currently lists several telehandler standards as grant eligible plant categories. These include all sizes excluding 360 slew, industrial telescopic, up to 9 metres, suspended loads and all sizes including 360 slew.
Current plant grant rates are divided into tiers. For Plant Tier 2, CITB currently publishes £630 for eligible novice training and £300 for eligible experienced training.
Eligibility conditions apply. Among other requirements, the employer must be CITB registered and up to date with Levy Returns, and qualifying training must meet the relevant standard and delivery requirements.
Therefore, if you searched for free telehandler training in Coventry, speak to your employer and check the current CITB grant position before assuming the full course will be funded.
Current information is available from CITB Plant Standards and Grants.
Are you a novice telehandler operator or an experienced operator?
This sounds easy until somebody has to answer it honestly.
You are genuinely new to telehandlers
Take the time to learn properly. You need to understand controls, steering modes, stability, load charts, fork positioning, observation, ground assessment and safe load placement before those actions become routine.
Starting as a novice is not a disadvantage. Pretending to understand a lifting machine when you do not is.
You already operate telehandlers regularly
Be specific about your experience. Which models have you operated? What maximum reach? Fixed or rotating? Which attachments? How recently? Were you routinely placing loads at height?
Relevant, current experience may make an experienced operator route appropriate. General construction experience on its own proves much less.
Which telehandler certification will your Coventry employer accept?
People often ask which card is “better”. It is usually more useful to ask which card the organisation controlling the work accepts for the machine and task concerned.
HSE states that employers may require plant operators to be trained under a scheme they consider appropriate, provided the training means operators are competent for the equipment they use.
Therefore, before paying for any course, ask the employer or principal contractor.
- Do you require CPCS, NPORS or another accepted route?
- Which machine category must appear on the operator card?
- Does the job include 360 slew operation?
- Do suspended load duties form part of the work?
- Does the project impose any additional site specific requirements?
A five minute conversation with the company offering you work can prevent a very expensive assumption.
Where do Coventry candidates attend telehandler training?
CPTS provides telehandler training for people and companies from Coventry, but the main training centre is physically located in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire.
Wellingborough
NN29 7XA
United Kingdom
This distinction is worth making clearly. The address currently displayed by CPTS for its Coventry training provision is Airfield Road, Wellingborough, NN29 7XA.
Always check the exact venue and joining instructions on your individual booking before travelling from Coventry.
For eligible NPORS arrangements, workplace delivery can also be discussed if the employer has a suitable machine and an appropriate safe training area.
Phone 01234 604 151
Email office@cpts.uk
How should you prepare for a telehandler course?
Do not turn up knowing only that the machine is yellow and has forks. A little preparation makes the first training session much easier.
- Confirm whether your course is CPCS or NPORS.
- For CPCS, confirm the exact category and endorsement.
- Check whether the machine is fixed or 360 slew.
- Tell the provider if suspended load work forms part of your intended duties.
- Explain your real operating experience rather than simply saying you are experienced.
- Read your joining instructions and bring the requested identification and PPE.
- Confirm the training location before leaving Coventry.
- For a CPCS route, check the current Health, Safety and Environment test requirements relevant to entry into the scheme.
Then ask questions during training. If you do not understand why the load chart changes with reach, why the frame needs levelling or why a particular steering mode is being used, ask there and then.
Related courses for telehandler operators and Coventry construction workers
Telehandlers rarely work in isolation. They interact with delivery vehicles, slingers, groundworkers, excavators, dumpers and other plant. These pages will help you compare related qualifications and operator routes.
Who sets the standards behind telehandler training?
Telehandler courses Coventry FAQ
Which telehandler courses are available for Coventry candidates?
CPTS provides CPCS and NPORS telehandler training for Coventry candidates. Relevant routes include CPCS A17 Telescopic Handler and NPORS N010 Telescopic Handler. CPCS A77 applies to Telescopic Handler 360 slew, while additional suspended load training may also be relevant depending on the work.
Is there a legal telehandler licence in the UK?
No. The Health and Safety Executive explains that there are no government issued licences for workplace transport and states that there is no such thing as a lift truck licence. Employers must instead ensure operators receive adequate training and are competent to use the machinery required for their work.
What is CPCS A17C?
CPCS A17C is the Telescopic Handler endorsement for all sizes excluding 360 degree slew. It forms part of the current A17 Telescopic Handler category published by NOCN CPCS.
What are the current CPCS A17 telehandler licence types?
Current CPCS Category Information lists A17A Industrial Telescopic, A17B Up to 9 metres, A17C All sizes excluding 360 degree slew and A17E Suspended load on non rough terrain. The former A17D has been superseded by CPCS A77 Telescopic Handler 360 slew.
What is CPCS A77?
CPCS A77 is the current Telescopic Handler 360 slew category. Current CPCS documentation states that the former A17D endorsement has been superseded by A77.
What is NPORS N010?
NPORS N010 is the Telescopic Handler operator category. Training covers subjects including machine checks, controls, load charts, manoeuvring, lifting, placing loads, attachment safety and safe operating procedures.
How long is the NPORS N010 telehandler course for a novice?
The current official NPORS course duration document lists a five day novice duration for N010 Telescopic Handler.
How long is the CPCS A17C telehandler course?
The current CPTS price schedule lists CPCS A17C novice training as four days consisting of three days of training and one day of testing. The experienced programme is listed as two days consisting of one day of training and one day of testing. Confirm the current programme when booking.
Can I take a telehandler course with no previous experience?
Yes. CPTS provides telehandler training for complete beginners as well as experienced operators. The amount of training required depends on the course route and your existing competence.
Do I need a UK driving licence for telehandler training?
No UK car driving licence is legally required simply to operate mobile plant within a workplace. HSE states that road driving licence requirements apply separately if the vehicle is driven on the public highway.
Is a Manitou licence different from a telehandler licence?
Manitou is a manufacturer of telehandlers rather than the name of a separate government operator licence. The appropriate training depends on the type of Manitou machine, its operating configuration and the certification category required by the employer or site.
Can an A17 operator use a 360 slew telehandler?
Do not assume a conventional A17 endorsement covers a 360 slew machine. CPCS currently lists Telescopic Handler 360 slew separately as category A77. Confirm the category required for the specific machine before operating it.
Do I need extra training to use a telehandler with suspended loads?
Suspended load duties require additional knowledge and competence. Current CPCS information includes A17E for suspended loads on non rough terrain, while CPTS also provides the NPORS N138 Telescopic Handler Suspended Loads course. Confirm the route required for your intended work.
Why are telehandler load charts so important?
The safe lifting capacity of a telehandler depends on its working configuration. CPCS training requires operators to establish the load weight against rated capacity information for the intended height and reach rather than relying only on the machine's headline maximum capacity.
What are the biggest telehandler safety risks?
HSE states that most fatal and serious telehandler injuries occur when a moving vehicle strikes a pedestrian, particularly while reversing, or when a machine overturns during lifting and traps the operator or another person nearby.
How long is a CPCS Red Trained Operator Card valid?
The current March 2026 CPCS Scheme Booklet states that the Trained Operator Card is valid for two years. The booklet also provides for a twelve month extension in specified circumstances when the operator is registered for the relevant vocational qualification within the required period.
How long is a CPCS Competent Operator Card valid?
The current March 2026 CPCS Scheme Booklet states that the Competent Operator Card is valid for five years. Renewal requires the applicable current CPCS renewal requirements including evidence of ongoing practical ability.
Can I get free telehandler training in Coventry?
Telehandler training is not automatically free. Eligible CITB registered employers may be able to receive grants towards qualifying plant training. CITB currently keeps plant training within its grants route and publishes specific eligibility rules and grant rates.
Can telehandler training be delivered at a company site near Coventry?
CPTS can discuss workplace delivery for selected NPORS training. The employer site must have the appropriate machine and provide a suitable safe area and facilities for the training and assessment being arranged.
Where do Coventry candidates attend CPTS telehandler training?
The main CPTS training centre is at Airfield Road, Wellingborough, NN29 7XA. Coventry candidates should always confirm the exact venue and joining instructions on their individual booking before travelling.
Should I choose CPCS or NPORS telehandler training?
Ask the employer, contractor or site which certification scheme and machine category they require. HSE allows employers to select a training scheme they consider appropriate provided operators are adequately trained and competent for the machinery they use.
How do I book a telehandler course if I live in Coventry?
You can contact CPTS through the website, call 01234 604 151 or email office@cpts.uk. Tell the team which telehandler you need to operate, the certification requested by your employer and whether you are a novice or experienced operator.
Ready to arrange your telehandler course?
Fixed telehandler, industrial telescopic machine, 360 slew machine or suspended load work. Start by identifying the actual machine and certification requirement.
If you already know the category, ask for current course dates. If you do not, tell us what you need to operate and we can help you identify the relevant CPCS or NPORS training route.