Manchester's warehouse economy grew out of Trafford Park, the estate beside the Ship Canal that is still one of the largest industrial parks in Europe, and the city's forklift training follows the same map. One of the centres below sits inside Trafford Park itself; the others are in Openshaw on the east side and at Radcliffe to the north. Between them they cover the range, from a purpose-built forklift school to a driver-training firm that runs counterbalance courses alongside HGV and lorry-crane work. All three train at their own premises and hold recognised accreditation.
FTW Training
FTW's training centre sits within the Green Skills Academy at 373 Trafford Park, in the middle of the estate whose warehouses many of its trainees go on to work in. Courses are RTITB and AITT accredited, and FTW also trains from sites in Birmingham and on Merseyside.
Address: FTW Training (within the Green Skills Academy), 373 Trafford Park, Stretford, Manchester M17 1AN
Website: ftwtrainingmanchester.com
CV Training
CV Training runs a purpose-built forklift centre in Openshaw, a sister site to its Wolverhampton base, and is open seven days a week. Its courses carry BRITTOP and ITSSAR accreditation.
Address: Whitworth St E, Openshaw, Manchester M11 2WT
Website: cvtraining.co.uk
Red Rose Training
Red Rose has worked out of the Europa Trading Estate at Radcliffe for more than 25 years. Forklift courses sit alongside HGV, PCV, ADR and HIAB lorry-crane training on the company's own fleet and handling equipment, and the centre is ITSSAR accredited.
Address: Europa Trading Estate, Stoneclough, Radcliffe, Manchester M26 1GG
Website: redrosetraining.co.uk
Equipping the warehouse?
Training gets the operator ready; the warehouse has to be ready too. KC Supply, run by former engineers, sells pallet trucks, stackers, racking and safety barriers to UK businesses, with plain specs and pallet freight delivery.
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