Pedestrian Operated Trucks
The Pedestrian Operated Trucks (often referred to as Pedop, POET, or Stacker) course will give you the skills to operate the truck safely and efficiently, carry out a pre-use inspection, and recall and explain the causes of truck and load instability.
Last year over 3,000 people completed and passed RTITB electric pedestrian operated pallet transporter/stacker truck and testing and achieved their internationally recognised RTITB Certificate of Basic Operator Training.
This RTITB Accredited course covers, but is not limited to, the following areas:
- Lift truck controls and instruments
• Starting/moving/stopping and steering the truck
• Operation of hydraulic controls
• On/off-ramp driving
• Vehicle loading and unloading
• Stacking and de-stacking
• Lift truck stability
• The operators’ safety code
Course Durations (for three people):
- Novice candidate: 18 hours
• Experienced (but untrained) candidate: 10 hours
• Refresher (recommended every three years) candidate: 6.5 hours
• Conversion candidate: 7.5 hours
