iLearn Forklift & Warehousing
Location
Applicant Type
Adults
Level
Short Course
Subject
Logistics & Transport
Course Overview
If you’re looking for a practical career with opportunities across a wide range of industries, our iLearn Forklift & Warehousing programme can help you take your first steps into the warehousing and logistics sector. This three-week, classroom-based pre-employment programme combines our iPrep training, designed to develop essential workplace and employability skills, with specialist training in warehouse operations and forklift driving.
You’ll develop the knowledge and practical skills needed to work safely and effectively in a warehouse environment, including training in the use of pump trucks, powered pallet trucks and counterbalance forklift trucks. You’ll also learn about key aspects of warehousing and material handling, while developing important workplace skills such as customer service, communication, health and safety, teamwork, personal development and conflict management.
A key benefit of the programme is the opportunity to gain an RTITB Counterbalance Forklift qualification, providing you with a recognised industry skill that can support your applications for forklift and warehouse roles. You’ll also gain a Certificate in Introduction to Warehousing, giving you a broader understanding of the sector and the day-to-day operations involved in moving, storing and distributing goods.
The skills gained can open up opportunities across a variety of industries, including retail, logistics, distribution, ports and airports, where skilled warehouse and material-handling staff are in demand. Whether you’re looking to start a new career, return to work or gain practical skills to improve your employment prospects, this course provides a valuable foundation for progressing into warehousing, forklift driving, logistics and wider supply chain careers.
To study this course, you must have a good command of the English language and complete a basic English assessment.
English assessment: Participation in this course requires the successful completion of a basic English assessment. This assessment is essential not only to meet awarding body and funding requirements but also to ensure you have the necessary language skills to complete the written components of the programme. If you do not meet the required standard, we can refer you to our English department, who may be able to offer funded lessons to support the development of your English skills.
Mandatory attendance, Coursework & Homework: Achieving the large number of qualifications offered on this course requires a high level of dedication and commitment. As such, full attendance at all classroom sessions is mandatory, and all coursework must be completed to ensure successful completion of the programme objectives. We recommend you set aside 1-3 hours per day for homework to ensure you meet the course deadlines. Lateness or requests to leave early may result in your place on the course being withdrawn.
Identification requirements: Candidates must provide one of the following forms of identification: Valid in-date passport (any nationality), signed in-date UK photocard driving licence, birth certificate (BUT, if a birth certificate is presented as proof of identification, an additional form of identification such as a signed bank card, utility bill or a letter issued by a government department must also be provided).
3 weeks in total delivered as follows:
- Weeks 1 & 2 will be Monday to Thursday 10:00-16:00. These weeks are on offer at Southend, Basildon or Thurrock College
- Week 3 will be Monday to Thursday 09:00-15:00 or 15:00-19:00 (depending on experience) at ALM Training, Suite 4, Riverside Business Centre, Fort Rd, Tilbury RM18 7ND
Venue addresses
- Southend City College, Luker Road, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 1ND
- Centre for Digital Technologies – Basildon, College Way, Basildon, SS14 1GP
- Thurrock College, High Street, Grays, RM17 6TF
This course is FREE to those who were over 19 on 31/08/2026, are unemployed, resident in England and in receipt of Universal Credit or similar benefits. It is also FREE to those who were over the age of 19 on 31/08/2026 and are earning under £25,750 per year (you will need to provide us with evidence of your income in order to qualify to take a course for free).
We regret that we cannot provide iLearn courses for free to individuals who reside in the following combined authorities: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Greater Manchester, Liverpool City, North of Tyne, South Yorkshire, Tees Valley, West Midlands, West Yorkshire and West of England.
On completion of this course, you can apply for a range of roles across warehousing, logistics, distribution and supply chain operations. Career opportunities include Warehouse Operative, Forklift Operator, Logistics Operative, Goods-In Operative, Dispatch Operative and Stock or Stores Assistant, with opportunities to work in environments such as retail distribution centres, warehouses, logistics companies, ports and airports. The combination of a recognised RTITB Counterbalance Forklift qualification, warehousing training and workplace skills provides a strong foundation for gaining experience and progressing into more specialised warehouse, logistics or supervisory roles.
3 weeks, Monday to Thursday 10:00-16:00, week 3 has 2 time slots depending upon experience - 09:00-15:00 or 15:00-19:00
3 weeks, Monday to Thursday 10:00-16:00, week 3 has 2 time slots depending upon experience - 09:00-15:00 or 15:00-19:00
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