RTITB · B1
Counterbalance B1
Counterbalance lift trucks up to 5,000 kg — the standard forklift certificate.
Novice 5 days · Refresher 1 day · Experienced 2 days · Conversion 2 days
Next: Tuesday, 13 October 2026 · 3 places
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Operators qualified to standard. Accredited by RTITB, IPAF, PASMA and delivered at our Grimsby training centre or on your own site, on your own equipment. Every course ends in the registered certificate of basic training most people call a forklift licence. Over 25 years of it, and two Northern Lincolnshire Awards for Training Excellence.
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Friday, 9 October 2026
IPAF 3a & 3b · 1 place left
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IPAF 3a & 3b · 4 places left
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Counterbalance B1 · Refresher · 3 places left
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Reach Truck D1 · Refresher · 3 places left
BookMonday, 19 October 2026
IPAF 3a & 3b · 4 places left
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Counterbalance B1 · Refresher · 1 place left
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Lift-truck certificates are issued against the RTITB and ABA equipment categories: a letter for the family of machine and a number for its size or type. A B1 is a counterbalance up to 5,000 kg; a D1 is a reach truck; a J2 is a telehandler. Powered access follows the IPAF categories and towers the PASMA standard. Find the machine your operators drive and the code on its card is the course they need.
RTITB · B1
Counterbalance lift trucks up to 5,000 kg — the standard forklift certificate.
Novice 5 days · Refresher 1 day · Experienced 2 days · Conversion 2 days
Next: Tuesday, 13 October 2026 · 3 places
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Counterbalance lift trucks over 5,000 kg and up to 15,000 kg.
Novice 5 days · Refresher 1 day · Experienced 2 days · Conversion 2 days
Dates on request
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Heavy counterbalance lift trucks over 15,000 kg.
Novice 5 days · Refresher 1 day · Experienced 2 days · Conversion 2 days
Dates on request
See dates and bookRTITB · D1
Reach and straddle trucks for racked warehousing, lifting up to 8 metres.
Novice 5 days · Refresher 1 day · Experienced 2 days · Conversion 2 days
Next: Tuesday, 13 October 2026 · 3 places
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Reach trucks lifting over 8 metres, for high-bay racking.
Novice 5 days · Refresher 1 day · Experienced 2 days · Conversion 2 days
Dates on request
See dates and bookRTITB · D3
Stand-on reach trucks, driven from a standing platform.
Novice 5 days · Refresher 1 day · Experienced 2 days · Conversion 2 days
Dates on request
See dates and bookRTITB · A1
Pedestrian-controlled powered pallet trucks — the first machine in every warehouse.
Novice 2 days · Refresher 1 day
Dates on request
See dates and bookRTITB · A2
Ride-on low-lift pallet trucks with a fixed platform.
Novice 3 days · Refresher 1 day · Experienced 1 day · Conversion 1 day
Dates on request
See dates and bookRTITB · A3
Walk-behind counterbalance trucks for tight, low-volume stacking.
Novice 3 days · Refresher 1 day · Experienced 1 day · Conversion 1 day
Dates on request
See dates and bookRTITB · A4
Ride-on pallet stackers for stacking at height.
Novice 3 days · Refresher 1 day · Experienced 1 day · Conversion 1 day
Dates on request
See dates and bookRTITB · A5
Walk-behind pallet stackers for lifting into racking.
Novice 3 days · Refresher 1 day · Experienced 1 day · Conversion 1 day
Dates on request
See dates and bookRTITB · A6
Walk-behind straddle stackers, with legs either side of the load.
Novice 3 days · Refresher 1 day · Experienced 1 day · Conversion 1 day
Dates on request
See dates and bookRTITB · A7
Walk-behind reach trucks for narrow-aisle stacking without a seat.
Novice 3 days · Refresher 1 day · Experienced 1 day · Conversion 1 day
Dates on request
See dates and bookRTITB · E1
Medium-level order pickers, lifting the operator up to 3 metres.
Novice 3 days · Refresher 1 day · Experienced 2 days · Conversion 1 day
Dates on request
See dates and bookRTITB · E2
High-level order pickers, lifting the operator over 3 metres.
Novice 3 days · Refresher 1 day · Experienced 2 days · Conversion 1 day
Dates on request
See dates and bookRTITB · F1
Very narrow aisle trucks where the operator rises with the load.
Novice 5 days · Refresher 1 day · Experienced 2 days · Conversion 2 days
Dates on request
See dates and bookRTITB · F2
Very narrow aisle turret trucks operated from ground level.
Novice 5 days · Refresher 1 day · Experienced 2 days · Conversion 2 days
Dates on request
See dates and bookRTITB · C1
Sideloaders up to 5,000 kg for long loads: timber, steel and pipe.
Novice 5 days · Refresher 1 day · Experienced 2 days · Conversion 2 days
Dates on request
See dates and bookRTITB · C2
Sideloaders over 5,000 kg and up to 15,000 kg.
Novice 5 days · Refresher 1 day · Experienced 2 days · Conversion 2 days
Dates on request
See dates and bookRTITB · C3
Heavy sideloaders over 15,000 kg.
Novice 5 days · Refresher 1 day · Experienced 2 days · Conversion 2 days
Dates on request
See dates and bookRTITB · M1
Four-way counterbalance trucks — the Combilift type — for long loads in narrow aisles.
Novice 5 days · Refresher 1 day · Experienced 2 days · Conversion 2 days
Dates on request
See dates and bookRTITB · M2
Four-way sideloaders for long loads indoors and out.
Novice 5 days · Refresher 1 day · Experienced 2 days · Conversion 2 days
Dates on request
See dates and bookRTITB · M3
Four-way reach trucks for long loads in racked warehousing.
Novice 5 days · Refresher 1 day · Experienced 2 days · Conversion 2 days
Dates on request
See dates and bookRTITB · P1
Articulated pivot-steer trucks — the Bendi and Flexi type.
Novice 5 days · Refresher 1 day · Experienced 2 days · Conversion 2 days
Dates on request
See dates and bookRTITB · J1
Masted rough-terrain forklifts for sites, yards and agriculture.
Novice 5 days · Refresher 1 day · Experienced 2 days · Conversion 2 days
Dates on request
See dates and bookRTITB · J2
Telehandlers lifting up to 9 metres, on rough ground.
Novice 5 days · Refresher 1 day · Experienced 2 days · Conversion 2 days
Dates on request
See dates and bookRTITB · J3
High-lift telehandlers, over 9 metres, on rough ground.
Novice 5 days · Refresher 1 day · Experienced 2 days · Conversion 2 days
Dates on request
See dates and bookRTITB · J4
Compact industrial telehandlers lifting up to 9 metres, on hard standing.
Novice 5 days · Refresher 1 day · Experienced 2 days · Conversion 2 days
Dates on request
See dates and bookIPAF · 3a/3b
Mobile elevating work platforms: scissor lifts (3a) and boom lifts (3b).
Novice 1 day · Refresher 1 day
Next: Friday, 9 October 2026 · 1 place
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Static vertical platforms: driven into position, then lifted.
Novice 1 day · Refresher 1 day
Dates on request
See dates and bookIPAF · 1b
Static booms: trailer-, van- and lorry-mounted platforms and spider lifts.
Novice 1 day · Refresher 1 day
Dates on request
See dates and bookIPAF · 3a
Scissor lifts and other mobile vertical platforms that drive elevated.
Novice 1 day · Refresher 1 day
Dates on request
See dates and bookIPAF · 3b
Self-propelled boom lifts and cherry pickers that drive elevated.
Novice 1 day · Refresher 1 day
Dates on request
See dates and bookPASMA
Assembling, using and dismantling mobile access towers safely.
Novice 1 day · Refresher 1 day
Dates on request
See dates and bookAt our centre
A bespoke centre with indoor and outdoor space, so the weather never gets in the way. Novice, refresher, experienced and conversion courses all year round, and out-of-hours dates when downtime is the problem.
BJB House, Estate Road 1Monday – Friday, 8am – 5pm
On your site
Our instructors travel to you and train on the trucks your operators actually use, with site-specific advice on reducing risk and damage. Quoted per job — tell us the numbers and the machines.
Enquire about on-site trainingMeeting the codes of practice
Training in line with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, the HSE Approved Code of Practice L117 on rider-operated lift trucks, PUWER 1998, LOLER 1998 and HSG6. Through associate companies we also arrange First Aid, IOSH and occupational health courses.
Training by type
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The RTITB categories in full: counterbalance B1, B2 and B3, reach truck D1 and D2, powered pallet trucks and stackers A1 to A7, order pickers E1 and E2, VNA F1 and F2, sideloaders C1 to C3, multi-directional M1 to M3, pivot steer P1, and rough terrain J1 to J4. We also run IPAF for cherry pickers and scissor lifts, and PASMA for mobile access towers.
Yes. We train at our Grimsby centre or at your premises on your own equipment, which is often the better option because operators qualify on the machines they will actually drive. On-site training runs nationwide.
It depends on the category, whether the operator is a novice, experienced or on a refresher, and how many people you put through together. Tell us the trucks and the operators and we will price it the same day.
Scheduled Grimsby dates are listed above and can be booked and paid for online. For on-site training we will work to your shift pattern, including out of hours, so you are not standing a shift down to do it.
Our training centre is in Grimsby and we train across Lincolnshire and the Humber as a matter of course. On-site training is delivered nationwide, so a multi-site operator can put every depot through the same standard.
Tell us the trucks, the operators and what certificates they hold now, and we will tell you what they need.