Course information

We offer courses for people of all levels, from operators with no experience to experienced operators. Get a plant operators course to help get started in a new career or to develop existing plant operator skill. Our Plant Operator courses offer both training and testing from fully accredited and experienced instructors.

We offer courses for people of all levels, from operators with little or no experience to experienced and fully competent operators. So whether you need a course to help you get started in a new career in construction or warehousing or whether you need to simply update your operator’s work card, at Smiths Hire we have the right course for you.

As all of our courses are designed with the individual in mind we are able to offer flexibility within them, such as working at your own pace, to make sure we give you or your employees the best possible opportunity of passing first time. Through the accrediting bodies, we can offer a range of operator and registration cards varying in their validity, so our courses again meet the need of the individual.

NPORS – National Plant Operators Registration Scheme

“National Plant Operators Registration Scheme Limited (NPORS) is one of the UK’s leading accrediting bodies for; lift trucks recognised by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) and Health & Safety Executive Northern Ireland (HSENI). NPORS also work in the following sectors; Industrial, Construction, Utilities, Warehousing and Distribution, Agricultural, Ports and Marine. The main objective of NPORS is to allow Accredited Training Providers a flexible approach to meet the needs of the employer to help and assist in providing an adequately trained workforce within the UK.”