Telehandler Operator Employment Contract UK

Responsibilities reflected in the contract

• Inspect and operate authorised telehandlers.
• Check loads attachments and charts.
• Assess ground route and visibility.
• Coordinate with banksmen and exclusion zones.
• Report defects incidents and unsafe plans.

A realistic working scenario

The planned placement requires more boom extension than the load chart permits, so the operator refuses and requests a revised method.

Outputs to agree

• safe telescopic load movement
• controlled lifting zones
• complete machine and lift records

Records and evidence

• Machine check attachment and defect.
• Load chart radius and configuration.
• Ground route bank and placement.
• Incident near miss and shutdown.
• Work records.
• Handover notes.

Reporting relationship

Typically reports to Line Manager or Department Manager. Confirm the employer's actual reporting structure in the builder.

Authority and escalation

• The operator cannot exceed charts, improvise attachments, lift people without approved equipment, work on unsafe ground or follow signals from unauthorised persons.
• Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

Tools and systems

• Vehicles.
• Route systems.
• Vehicle.
• Vehicle check records.
• Risk assessment records.

Workplace context

• Depot, route, warehouse or customer delivery locations.

Training and certification

• Complete employer-required health and safety training.

Contract priorities

• machines attachments and sites
• loads charts boom and ground
• banksmen visibility exclusion and weather
• checks defects lifts and incidents

Information the employer should prepare

• the telehandlers and attachment range
• the operator competence and lift scope
• the ground traffic and exclusion controls
• the lifting-plan and signalling arrangements
• the supervisor maintenance and safety routes