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across all three stages of Operator training – Basic, Specific Job, and Familiarisation training. If a business cannot demonstrate adequate training, they may need to dedicate time to delivering new training. Or to updating training records to meet requirements. This can prove disruptive and costly.
HOW ELSE DO TRAINING RECORDS HELP?
According to ACoP L117, lift-truck operators need to be routinely monitored in the workplace. Retesting and refresher training may be needed to ensure they continue to operate lift trucks safely.
A formal monitoring and assessment process helps keep track of this. But so do operator training records. They provide a clear reference where you can check exactly what training operators have received. This helps employers ensure that skills and knowledge remain up to date.
Training records can also help businesses to timetable and plan training, as well as for recording assessments to refer to later. This is also an effective way to track the progress and development of lift truck operators. Even those that pass their examination may have areas where they could improve. A record of how they performed in different areas of their examination shows this. The training record also provides a reference point
so that employers can consider what further training could be offered for an operator’s career development.
IS THERE A SIMPLE WAY TO CREATE TRAINING RECORDS? Creating and completing a training record template can help make sure that no crucial information is missed. Therefore, ensuring record keeping stands up in the event of an audit. Templates also help ensure that a standardised approach is taken across the organisation. Another option is to digitalise training records. For example, RTITB accredited organisations can use the MyRTITB TrainingFriend App for training administration and assessment.
During the lift truck training course and the operator’s examination, the Instructor enters all the key details into the app. This automatically generates a detailed PDF training record that is sent to up to three email addresses of the employer’s choice. This means different departments can each keep their own copy, or it can be emailed to a central, secure cloud location such as OneDrive or Dropbox. The PDF can be added to Health and Safety files, at the same time as HR records, for example. The MyRTITB TrainingFriend App makes sure nothing is missed. Users get a friendly on-screen reminder if they miss to complete or sign an
essential item. For instance, a health declaration is built into the MyRTITB TrainingFriend App, as is a simple mechanism to record candidate eligibility. Those using the app therefore know they are compliant with these elements.
This improves accuracy and supports compliance. Should an audit or investigation take place, employers can have complete confidence that the training record will have all the necessary details. Using the app helps save busy Instructors time. There is less printing, photocopying, scanning, and filing. In the case of the MyRTITB TrainingFriend App, the process of creating lift truck operator training records can be 100% paper free. This also helps businesses to reduce carbon footprint and put them on the route to net zero.
Uploading training records from the app to RTITB’s database also helps avoid duplication of training and assessment data entry work. This can otherwise be time consuming.
Based on the quantity of RTITB lift truck training courses delivered in over a year, using the MyRTITB TrainingFriend App would collectively save instructors more than 123,000 hours per year on average, equating to more than 16,000 business days.
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