Forklift Safety for Managers & Supervisors

Improve workplace safety, reduce forklift-related incidents and give managers the confidence to recognise poor operating practices before they become serious accidents.

At Kent Training, we help businesses strengthen their supervisory systems so forklift operations remain safe, compliant and efficient.

This course is designed for managers, supervisors and team leaders responsible for areas where forklift trucks are used.

With the right training in place, your team can better identify unsafe behaviour, support operators and reduce the risk of costly workplace incidents.

Reduce Workplace Incidents
Help managers spot unsafe forklift practices before they lead to accidents.

Improve Site Safety
Strengthen supervision in areas where lift trucks operate.

Support Legal Compliance
Understand the responsibilities placed on employers, managers and supervisors.

Better Separation & Segregation
Learn how to reduce risks between forklifts, pedestrians and workplace activity.

Maintain Operating Efficiency
Improve safety standards without slowing down day-to-day operations.

What’s Included in This Forklift Safety Course

A practical management-level course focused on safer supervision, better monitoring and stronger workplace control.

Recognition of good and bad operating practices
Effective separation and segregation
Maintaining effective operator observation
Pre-use checks and defect reporting
Legal obligations under current legislation
Monitoring forklift operator performance
Workplace task-specific training awareness
Familiarisation training requirements

The course helps managers put stronger supervisory systems in place while keeping operations efficient.

Forklift safety training for managers and supervisors

Why This Training Matters

Forklift accidents remain a serious risk in busy working environments. Even when operators have received good quality training, workplace pressure and creeping complacency can lead to unsafe habits developing over time.

Managers and supervisors play a vital role in maintaining safe working standards. They need to be able to recognise both good and bad practice, act quickly when standards slip and make sure safe systems of work are followed consistently.

This course is designed to help those responsible for forklift operating areas understand what to look for, how to respond and how to keep operations safe, compliant and productive.

Who Should Attend?

This course is suitable for all staff with responsibility for managing or supervising areas where forklift trucks are in use.

Warehouse managers
Supervisors and team leaders
Health and safety personnel
Operations managers
Staff responsible for forklift operating areas

Course Duration

Normal course duration is 1 to 2 days, depending on the complexity of your operation.

Courses are suitable for 6 to 8 candidates per course.

1 Day Course – prepares staff to supervise current forklift operators across a range of working situations.
2 Day Course – additionally prepares staff to induct newly qualified operators and provide machine-specific and load-specific training where required.

Course Content

Recognition of good and bad operating practices
The importance of effective separation and segregation
The importance of ensuring operators maintain effective observation
Recording of pre-use checks and defect reporting
Legal obligations imposed by current legislation
Developing robust company policies for monitoring forklift operator performance
Specific task training in the workplace
The importance of familiarisation training

Build Safer Forklift Operations

This course gives managers and supervisors the knowledge needed to identify risks, challenge poor practice and support safer forklift operations across the workplace.