Pegasus Lift Truck Training
Giuseppe Girardi, left, with Training Instructor Matt Wood
Longevity driven by innovation and fl exibility
As it approaches its 30th anniversary next month, Pegasus Lift Truck Training is so much more than the name suggests – innovation and fl exibility having transformed the business over the years into what it is today. Before 1995, Giuseppe and Dawn Girardi ran Pegasus
School of Motoring locally, a well-known name in and around Wellingborough. Diversifi cation saw eco-driving and coach driving added to the portfolio, before Pegasus began focusing on the forklift truck sector, in which it’s still a major player. But it’s also so much more, having widened the scope to cover
many of the disciplines that are important in a busy warehouse or logistics setting, including training in emergency escape, working at height, fi rst aid, fi re marshalling, banksperson, chemical awareness and abrasive wheels. Forklift driver training is still a large part of what Pegasus off ers,
but these days the company is more likely to be acting as a partner in a client’s business as well as responding to a need for a simple, one-off driver training programme. Operations Director Dawn Girardi said: “T ere’s so much to
consider now and our services are wide and varied, so we tend to work with clients as part of their operations. We take an overview of how their business operates, advising on what they need in terms of training not just for drivers but in all aspects of making sure the workplace is safe and compliant.
“A lot of our customers give us feedback about how valuable it is
to fi nd bespoke training with unique Powerpoints tailored to their site and equipment. Every setting is diff erent and when we deliver a course for a client, it’s done in a way that is relevant to their business. Some may not need chemical awareness training or work with abrasive wheels, for others they’re areas that need to be covered. “Over the years we’ve learned to be fl exible. Courses are delivered when the clients need them. A lot of warehouses have night-shift workers and it can be diffi cult to rearrange shift patterns during the day to complete a training course, so we go in at night and do the training during their working hours. We adapt to their business because we know how important it is to be fl exible.” Delivering training on company sites benefi ts both the client and the trainees, allowing specific on-the-job training and familiarisation on the actual trucks that drivers will be using once they’ve passed, and, just as importantly, the benefi t of training at the exact height of the warehouse racking and not at a simulated height. Courses satisfy Pegasus’s ITSAAR Accreditation and cover all of the ACOPS requirements. During the training on the lift trucks, candidates also get to know a basic understanding of the HSAWA along with both Puwer and Loler Regulations. Working alongside Giuseppe and Dawn is their daughter, Lydia,
together with offi ce staff and the team of trainers and specialists, who play a pivotal part in looking after the client base and assessing their needs and responding to them. T e Pegasus team puts the emphasis in on ‘prepare and prevent,
not repair and repent’ – instilling a clear understanding that skilled operators who have completed their training are safer and less likely to cause damage to themselves, equipment or the goods, so leaving their employers confi dent that their workplace is operating safely and effi ciently.
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