VNA Fork Lift Training

The Very Narrow Aisle (VNA) lift truck operator course will give you the skills to operate the truck safely and efficiently, carry out a pre-use inspection, and recall and explain the causes of truck and load instability. There are two categories of VNA truck – man-up and man-down. The completion of the man-up operator course will equip you to operate both machine types.

This course covers, but is not limited to, the following areas;

• An introduction to the truck
• Driving the truck (including narrow aisles under automatic guidance)
• Laden and unladed manoeuvring
• Operation of the hydraulics
• Battery care and maintenance
• Picking up and setting down
• Loading with the man-up function
• Handling awkward loads

Course Durations (for 3 people):

• Novice candidate: 37.5hours
• Experienced (but untrained) candidate: 20 hours
• Refresher (recommended every 3 years) candidate: 7.5 hours
• Conversion candidate:15 hours

Last year over 700 people completed and passed RTITB Very Narrow Aisle Lift Truck training and testing and achieved their internationally recognised RTITB Certificate of Basic Operator Training.