Gladstone Forklift Training Availability
To apply for a course simply click on one of the available dates
Standard Course 3 Days | $599
The Standard course includes the assessment.
Inclusive of GST if relevant.
Night Course 3 Nights | $799
The Night course is for the Standard course only.
Inclusive of GST if relevant.
Group, Corporate and/or On-Site training bookings can be scheduled to suit your time table. Please contact our facility on for more information.
For individuals, you can register your interest in this course by using the Apply Now! button and our facility will contact you when the next public course is available.
Forklift Assessment 1 Day | $320
If you can provide evidence of formal training (Statement of Attendance) and practical forklift experience (Logbook or letter) you can apply to be assessed for your forklift licence. Inclusive of GST if relevant.
Group, Corporate and/or On-Site training bookings can be scheduled to suit your time table. Please contact our facility on for more information.
For individuals, you can register your interest in this course by using the Apply Now! button and our facility will contact you when the next public course is available.
Onsite Group, Corporate and/or On-Site training bookings can be scheduled to suit your time table.
Inclusive of GST if relevant.
Group, Corporate and/or On-Site training bookings can be scheduled to suit your time table. Please contact our facility on
07 4979 1722 or email gladstone.training@site.edu.au for more information.
VOC Voc can be provided for this course
Forklift Verification of Competencies can be delivered on-site and at our training facility. For more information, please contact the facility, or view our VOC page.
Standard Course 3 Days | $599
The Standard course includes the assessment.
Inclusive of GST if relevant.
Night Course 3 Nights | $799
The Night course is for the Standard course only.
Inclusive of GST if relevant.
Group, Corporate and/or On-Site training bookings can be scheduled to suit your time table. Please contact our facility on for more information.
For individuals, you can register your interest in this course by using the Apply Now! button and our facility will contact you when the next public course is available.
Forklift Assessment 1 Day | $320
If you can provide evidence of formal training (Statement of Attendance) and practical forklift experience (Logbook or letter) you can apply to be assessed for your forklift licence. Inclusive of GST if relevant.
Group, Corporate and/or On-Site training bookings can be scheduled to suit your time table. Please contact our facility on for more information.
For individuals, you can register your interest in this course by using the Apply Now! button and our facility will contact you when the next public course is available.
Onsite Group, Corporate and/or On-Site training bookings can be scheduled to suit your time table.
Inclusive of GST if relevant.
Group, Corporate and/or On-Site training bookings can be scheduled to suit your time table. Please contact our facility on
07 4979 1722 or email gladstone.training@site.edu.au for more information. VOC Voc can be provided for this course
Forklift Verification of Competencies can be delivered on-site and at our training facility. For more information, please contact the facility, or view our VOC page.
Note a High Risk Work Licence fee of $85.40 applies above the course cost. This is directly payable to Workplace Health and Safety QLD.
CSQ Funding
Site Skills Training is working with CSQ in providing courses that fall under the Construction Skills Queensland initiative to upskill construction workers in Queensland at a reduced price.
Eligibility Requirements:
Applicants must work or had worked in the building and construction industry in the las 6 months.
Must be an Australia or New Zealand citizen; or permanent resident of Australia; or a refugee and humanitarian visa holder.
And, must permanently reside in Queensland; or be permanently in Queensland.
To view all courses available under CSQ funding and more information on eligibility, click here.
Course Overview
Forklift Training aims to give participants hands on practical skills and knowledge in the safe and efficient operation of a counter-balance forklift. Participants will gain an understanding of applicable legislations:
- Forklift types and uses
- Load charts
- Load types and characteristics
- Lifting attachment types and uses
- Be able to plan work and manage risks
- Pre and post start checks
- Safe driving techniques
- Forklift stability
- Shift and manoeuvre a variety of loads
- Shutdown procedures and associated paperwork.
Assessment is included within the cost and duration of the standard course; therefore students who undertake the standard course are not required to enrol into the separate assessment stated above.
Verification of Competency
Forklift Verification of Competencies can be delivered on-site and at our training facility. For more information, please contact the facility, or view our VOC page.
Log Book Requirements
In the absence of any evidence of relevant experience, toward informal training a Log book or other training record showing evidence you have undertaken supervised practical training under the direct supervision of a person holding the relevant licence are required in for high risk licence courses.
Log book hours or other training records are completed by the trainee and a qualified site supervisor to ensure skill gaps nominated by the Site Skills Trainer are closed out and verified before the applicant can be proposed for the Mandated Assessments.
If you are competent at the completion of your course you will complete the assessment and be awarded a Statement of attainment. For further information on the High Risk Licencing Process, please click here
Payment Options
Full payment for courses up to $1,500 must be made before the commencement of the course unless the Payment Plan option is selected. For courses that cost over $1,500, Site Skills Training will hold an initial deposit of $1,500, with the balance to be paid upon commencement of the course.
A Payment Plan option is available for this course, please visit the Payment Plans Page for more information.
Payment for this course can be made via eftpos, cash, cheque or the Payment Plan option above. For billing information including who to write a cheque to, please email payment@site.edu.au or call 1300 700 080.
Qualification Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this unit a Statement of Attainment will be issued.
Refund Policy
Please refer to our Refund Policy
Further Information
Are you interested in Forklift Training? For more information about the course or how to apply, email gladstone.training@site.edu.au or call 07 4979 1722 or you can Apply Online.
Forklift Training requires a Unique Student Identifier (USI) , you can still complete the training without a USI, though Site Skills Training is unable to provide you with your completion certificate until you provided us with your USI. To apply for a free USI visit the USI website or contact our facility.
Suitable For
Forklift Training is suitable for those who wish to operate a forklift truck within the Resources, Construction, Transport and retail industries.
Course Delivery
Training and assessment is conducted on-site at the Site Skills Training South Trees. Upon arrangement, training and courses can be conducted at the premises of industry clients providing there a suitable industry training facilities.
Our Gladstone facility is at 17-19 South Tree Drive, South Trees, QLD and training can be delivered on-site/client premises.
Prerequisite Information
There are no prerequisites to this operator's licence, however. Participants will not be able to apply for the HRW Licence until they are 18 years old.Participants will need a basic level of numeracy as course involves some calculations.
Licensing Regulation
Applicants are only eligible to apply for a Workplace Health and Safety Queensland (WHSQ) Licence, once they are 18 years of age, have completed the final assessment.
When applying for a High Risk Work Licence from Work Health and Safety Queensland, applicants must comply with the Work Health and Safety Queensland Evidence of Identity criteria. For further information regarding the Evidence of Identity criteria please click here.
RPL
There is no recognition of prior learning for Forklift Training
Units of Competency
TLILIC2001 Licence to operate a forklift truck
Work Opportunities
Forklift Trucks are used across a range of industries including building and construction, horticulture, civil and resource industries, retail and warehousing
Further Opportunities
Forklift Training can be accredited towards the nationally recognised qualification TLI31610 Certificate III in Warehousing
Max Students
8
RTO32531
1300 700 080