Health & Safety 08 plays host to Combilift's Regional Driver of the Year competition
February 1st 2008 Combilift will be holding the first of its
2008 Regional Driver of the Year
competitions during the Health &
Safety 08 Show at Sandown Park. It will be
overseen and judged by Mentor Training, the
UK's leading provider of operator training,
and will take place on the first day of the
show. "As the Combilift range of forklifts is
well known for its contribution to safer
handling practices, this competition and
show complement each other very well,"
says Roy Redman, Combilift's UK product
director.
The 4-way capability of the Combilift
forklifts means that drivers will not only be
tested on their skills while operating in
forward and reverse modes, but will also
need to prove their control and accuracy
with the trucks while travelling sideways.
"Once you are familiar with the 4-way
Combilifts, they are actually very
straightforward to operate," says Combilift's
Paul Hopkinson, "but we have added that
extra challenge by designing a course which
involves picking up and carrying large and
bulky loads around obstacles, tight corners
and, just for fun, backwards and forwards
through a figure of eight – all against the
clock, with penalties for unsafe operation!"
Mentor Field Training Manager Neil Beard
judged last year's inaugural event at
Haydock Park: "The standard was very
impressive, and the winner, Mark Thompson
of GAP, achieved an outstanding score. "
As well as receiving a handsome trophy,
the winner of this heat will compete with
other regional finalists for the title of overall
Combilift Driver of the Year, at Combilift's
headquarters in Ireland in the autumn.
Information on the wide range of
Combilift models will be available from the
Combilift stand No 90 in the hall, and
personnel will also be on hand on the
second day of the show to give
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