Professional ITSSAR J3 telescopic handler training for novice, experienced, refresher and conversion candidates, with practical instruction in safe load handling, stability, load charts and workplace operation.
Select the route that matches your existing telehandler experience and current qualification status.
Full ITSSAR J3 training for candidates with little or no previous telehandler experience
Focused training and assessment for candidates with previous telehandler experience
One-day route for existing licence holders or suitable lift-truck conversion candidates
For business or group bookings, please contact us.
Telehandlers are versatile lifting machines used across builders' merchants, agriculture, warehousing, logistics, ports and industrial workplaces. Their telescopic boom gives them greater reach than a conventional forklift, but that reach also changes the machine's stability and lifting capacity.
ITSSAR J3 training develops the practical skills and theoretical knowledge required to operate telescopic handlers safely, including daily inspections, machine stability, load assessment, load charts, safe travel and accurate load placement.
Kent Training offers routes for complete beginners, experienced operators, refresher candidates and operators converting from other lift-truck categories.
The programme combines machine knowledge, safety theory and practical operating skills for everyday telehandler work.
Daily walkaround checks, hydraulics, tyres, forks, attachments, safety devices and defect reporting.
Machine controls, steering, boom functions, instruments and safe start-up procedures.
Understand how boom extension, load weight, height, terrain and machine configuration affect stability.
Read capacity information correctly and work within the safe limits of the telehandler and attachment.
Assess load condition, weight, balance, fork spacing and suitable pickup and placement methods.
Travel with and without loads, maintaining safe visibility, boom position and speed.
Lift, transport and place loads safely at different heights and reach positions.
Understand the extra risks created by slopes, rough terrain, soft ground and changing site conditions.
Safe observation, exclusion areas and interaction with pedestrians, vehicles and workplace traffic.
Safe loading and unloading of vehicles where the machine, site and training exercise permit.
Awareness of pallet forks, buckets, lifting jibs and other attachments where appropriate to the course.
Correct parking, boom and attachment position, isolation and machine security after use.
Training is structured around your experience level and progresses from machine safety through to final assessment.
Select Novice, Experienced or Refresher / Conversion based on your current skills and certification.
Cover operator responsibilities, stability, load charts, hazards and safe systems of work.
Learn and demonstrate a structured daily inspection and defect-reporting process.
Develop smooth steering, travel, observation and boom control in realistic operating conditions.
Practise pickup, travel and accurate placement while working within load-chart and stability limits.
Complete theory, pre-use and practical assessments for the relevant ITSSAR route.
Training can be matched to the machine, attachment and workplace operations relevant to the booking.
Core telehandler operation with standard telescopic-boom material-handling functions.
Operation in outdoor yards and rough-terrain environments where suitable for the machine and course.
Safe pallet pickup, travel, stacking and load placement using the standard fork attachment.
Buckets, jibs and other suitable attachments can be incorporated where appropriate and available.
ITSSAR J3 Telehandler training is used across material handling, industrial and outdoor operating environments.
Handling pallets, building products and bulk materials in yards and delivery operations.
Farm and agricultural material handling across yards, stores and outdoor work areas.
Loading, unloading and material handling where telescopic reach is required.
Material movement in logistics, port and distribution environments.
Moving materials and products across industrial sites and manufacturing facilities.
Operator training for businesses supplying or operating telehandlers across multiple sites.
Material handling in utility compounds, depots and infrastructure work environments.
Training for council, highways, depot and facilities teams operating telescopic handlers.
J3 training develops the theoretical knowledge and practical skills needed to operate a telescopic handler safely and competently under the ITSSAR training scheme.
The current published Kent Training Novice course is £834 including VAT and is listed as up to 5 days.
The current published Experienced route is up to 2 days and is designed for candidates with previous experience.
The current pricing card publishes Refresher / Conversion as a 1-day course. Suitability for conversion depends on the candidate's existing lift-truck experience and certification.
The current Kent Training Novice, Experienced and Refresher / Conversion routes are all published with a maximum of 3 candidates.
Kent Training currently publishes J3 training in Hoath or Sandwich, with Instructor2You and on-site delivery available for suitable bookings.
The course includes theory, pre-use inspection and practical operating assessment appropriate to the selected route.
Training can include suitable attachments such as pallet forks, buckets and lifting jibs where they are relevant, available and appropriate to the training route.
Yes. Kent Training supports company bookings and Instructor2You / on-site training for suitable telehandler operations.
Kent Training supports individual operators and businesses across Kent and the South East with accredited telehandler training and workplace delivery options.
Candidates and businesses attend from:
Tell us your current telehandler experience, any existing forklift certification and whether training is required at our centre or your workplace.
