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Counterbalance Forklift Operator Employment Contract UK

Name: Counterbalance Forklift Operator Employment Contract UK
Brand: HRHeaven
SKU: transport_and_storage_forklift_operator_counterbalance_generated_v1
Price: 19.99 GBP
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Define safe counterbalance-truck work across loading bays and yards with clear load and traffic controls.

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This contract includes Inspect and operate counterbalance trucks. Load and unload vehicles safely. Assess load stability and route clearance. Preview before payment PDF and editable DOCX files after checkoutBuilt for UK employers

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Last updated: 19 June 2026
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Job description

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Probation period

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Role-specific duties

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Working hours

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Holiday entitlement

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Confidentiality

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Disciplinary process

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Notice periods

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When to use this contract

Maintain safe vehicle loading, deliver stable controlled load movement, and complete truck and damage records.

Workplace context: Warehouse, depot, goods-in, dispatch and approved stock-handling areas.

What makes this role different

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering truck types attachments and sites. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering loads trailers ramps and yards. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering checks fuel charging and defects. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering traffic pedestrians weather and incidents. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering warehouse procedures.

Not a fit / obtain specialist advice

Recheck the role or obtain appropriate advice if the work would exceed these maintained authority boundaries: The operator cannot exceed capacity, use unauthorised attachments, carry passengers, enter unsecured trailers or continue with safety-critical defects. Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

What to prepare before you issue it

the trucks ratings and attachments
the site traffic and bay controls
the load and trailer procedures
the checking charging and defect system
the supervisor safety and emergency routes

Day-to-day operating brief

What Forklift Operator (Counterbalance) work looks like in practice

A Counterbalance Forklift Operator moves palletised or unit loads at ground level, into vehicles and in external yards. Terms should name truck capacity, fuel or battery type, attachments, ramps, trailers, floor condition, visibility, weather, load centres and pedestrian routes. Counterbalance authorisation does not automatically cover reach, telehandler or specialist attachments. Counterbalance stability changes with lift height, turning, gradient and load centre, so the operator should keep forks low during travel and select a route that avoids sudden changes. Yard work may introduce potholes, trailers, rain and reversing HGVs not present indoors. Contract terms should cover refuelling or battery exchange, fork and attachment condition, overnight parking and key custody. A load that blocks forward vision needs an approved reverse-travel or banksman arrangement instead of guesswork. When working around articulated trailers, the operator should confirm dock plate capacity and trailer support where applicable before adding truck and load weight to the floor.

Responsibilities reflected in the contract

Inspect and operate counterbalance trucks.
Load and unload vehicles safely.
Assess load stability and route clearance.
Follow yard and pedestrian controls.
Report truck load and racking damage.

A realistic working scenario

A long load shifts its centre beyond the rated arrangement, so the operator stops and obtains an approved handling method.

Outputs to agree

safe vehicle loading
stable controlled load movement
complete truck and damage records

Records and evidence

Truck check and defect.
Load weight centre and attachment.
Trailer bay and movement.
Damage near miss and isolation.
Stock records.
Picking records.

Reporting relationship

Typically reports to Warehouse Manager or Shift Supervisor. Confirm the employer's actual reporting structure in the builder.

Authority and escalation

The operator cannot exceed capacity, use unauthorised attachments, carry passengers, enter unsecured trailers or continue with safety-critical defects.
Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

Tools and systems

Warehouse management systems.
Scanners.
Stock handling equipment.
Picking equipment.

Workplace context

Warehouse, depot, goods-in, dispatch and approved stock-handling areas.

Training and certification

Complete employer-required health and safety training.

Contract priorities

truck types attachments and sites
loads trailers ramps and yards
checks fuel charging and defects
traffic pedestrians weather and incidents

Information the employer should prepare

the trucks ratings and attachments
the site traffic and bay controls
the load and trailer procedures
the checking charging and defect system
the supervisor safety and emergency routes

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Work setting

Warehouse, depot, goods-in, dispatch and approved stock-handling areas.

Primary duties

Inspect and operate counterbalance trucks.
Load and unload vehicles safely.
Assess load stability and route clearance.
Follow yard and pedestrian controls.

Tools and training to confirm

Warehouse management systems.
Scanners.
Stock handling equipment.
Picking equipment.

Governance focus

HSE context where applicable. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering truck types attachments and sites. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering loads trailers ramps and yards. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering checks fuel charging and defects.

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Forklift Operator (Counterbalance) duties

Maintain safe vehicle loading, deliver stable controlled load movement, and complete truck and damage records.

Inspect and operate counterbalance trucks. Load and unload vehicles safely. Assess load stability and route clearance. Follow yard and pedestrian controls. Report truck load and racking damage.

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What is added to the finished contract

The operator cannot exceed capacity, use unauthorised attachments, carry passengers, enter unsecured trailers or continue with safety-critical defects.

Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering truck types attachments and sites.

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering loads trailers ramps and yards.

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