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• What guidance is there on MHE training ratios during the coronavirus pandemic?
• With operators under enormous pressure and many temporary workers being recruited to keep the supply chain moving, what is being advised with regards to training?
• As site visits are necessary, what should be done about Thorough Examinations during this time? Will Thorough Examinations be extended if the company has evidence of regular maintenance?

• Can a manager authorise an employee to drive a forklift truck Without a license?
• What official training is required to operate a Powered Pallet Truck or is familiarisation only required?
• Can you operate a forklift truck with a motorcycle license on a public highway?
• When a Very Narrow Aisle truck F1 is put into service in a warehouse whose responsibility is it to ensure the truck is specified correctly to comply with the SEMA code of practice in regards to rack and truck clearance while operating in a narrow aisle?
• Is it within regulations to use a human cage on a forklift truck if the truck has twin lift chains?

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• Can a manager authorise an employee to drive a forklift truck Without a license?
• Seat belt usage where a driver is ‘picking’ i.e. going to a location picking a few cases then back on his truck driving s few yards and repeating
• Protecting operators from the dangers of oil escaping under pressure from a split hose
• Can you operate a forklift truck with a motorcycle license on a public highway?
• If you fit a second-hand overhead guard to a forklift truck, would this need to be tested?

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• Protecting operators from the dangers of oil escaping under pressure from a split hose
• Fork Damage
• What should be carried out in the service of an electric forklift?
• Construction Skills Certification Scheme – CSCS
• Operating a fork lift truck with a damaged OPG

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• Turning circles for a forklift
• What is the VIN number on a Forklift truck?
• Fork Damage
• What should be carried out in the service of an electric forklift?
• Fires involving fork lift trucks

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• What official training is required to operate a Powered Pallet Truck or is familiarisation only required?
• Forklift Truck training accreditation in the UK
• Can you use an EU forklift truck license in the UK, or do they need additional training?

• Does a certificate of conformity for a new truck cover the forklift without a thorough examination for its first year?
• Construction Skills Certification Scheme – CSCS