productInstructor Development Days to boost careers
RTITB HAS launched Instructor Development Days, a new training and development opportunity open to all materials handling equipment (MHE) Instructors.
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articleCompliant lift truck training
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articleSupporting safety and standards
Accreditation offers many benefits for organisations delivering materials handling equipment training in-house. With a continued focus on safety in post-pandemic operations, correct compliance with safety regulations should be top of the list for many employers, says Laura Nelson.
articleTackling manual handling risks
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articleTicking time bomb
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articleCovid-19: training lessons learned
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articleBeyond box-ticking
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articleOps-wide MHE compliance launches
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With a team of experts dedicated to the common goal of keeping people safe, RTITB is the leading standards setting body for workplace transport training and the largest accrediting body and Driver CPC consortium in the UK. Over 5,500 instructors worldwide deliver RTITB training courses.
Established in 1965, RTITB is the body of choice for businesses committed to safety and efficiency, thanks to more than 50 years' experience in workplace transport compliance, vehicle/equipment training and HSE investigations.
With a professional team, which includes internationally qualified auditors, industry experts and learning development specialists, well over 1 million people have attended RTITB courses and every year, more than 100,000 delegates train to RTITB standards.
Improving standards.
RTITB sets industry leading training standards for materials handling equipment, goods vehicle driver licence acquisition training, driver assessment, Driver CPC Periodic Training, yardshunter training and banksman training. These are specifically designed to change behaviour and make measurable improvements to efficiency, risk, and safety.
In doing so, RTITB helps transport and logistics operations to reduce costs, but most importantly, to save lives. It is the only company able to provide absolute assurance for a full range of workplace transport training.
RTITB’s training standards are used extensively in the UK, Ireland, India and the Middle East, across a number of sectors: supply chain, freight forwarding, warehousing, road haulage distribution, oil and gas, food and drink manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, construction, cold chain, ports, and airports and public sector organisations such as councils and prisons.
Improving safety.
RTITB’s vision is to create a global family of committed partners using workplace transport safety standards that place efficiency, people, and maximum safety at their heart. Through these collaborative partnerships, RTITB is committed to helping organisations to succeed.
Its accreditation, auditing and assessment services are reliable and robust, while its ‘train-the-trainer’ solutions help make transport and logistics operations safer and more efficient by helping trainers perform to the highest standards.
Organisations and Instructors are supported every step of the way, with exceptional customer care from our dedicated team members and the up to date training materials and resources needed.
Innovating always.
RTITB constantly creates and innovates to meet the needs of the changing world, and the industries that rely on workplace transport. With a commitment to continuous improvement, especially when it comes to technology, RTITB undertakes ongoing development of systems and digital learning tools to raise standards and improve safety.
For instance, RTITB was the first to launch an app, MyRTITB TrainingFriend, to make MHE training administration and assessment more cost effective and time efficient, as well as 100% paper free. It is also the only provider of the eTruck UK digital storytelling platform which can be used for lift truck operator theory training. Not only can this save organisations time and money, but it uses proven training methods designed to have a greater impact on driver behaviour.
Visit www.rtitb.com for further information.
