F-TEC Awarded Prestigious ‘Investors in People’ Accreditation, Marking a Milestone in Excellence [Swindon, UK] – [28 July 2025] F-TEC, the UK’s leading provider of forklift and powered access engineering training, is proud to announce that it has been officially...
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PRESS RELEASE – APRIL 2024
The Forklift Company – Investing in Engineer Training With F-TEC
The Forklift Company has been using F-TEC as their engineer training provider for a number of years. They are committed to ensuring all their engineers are trained for First Time Fix and their approach to training and development is quite unique in the industry…
IPAF Training Centre
F-TEC are now a registered IPAF Training Centre. The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) promotes the safe and effective use of powered access equipment worldwide in the widest sense – through providing technical advice and information; through influencing...
New Training Equipment at F-TEC
F-TEC have recently taken delivery of a brand-new forklift engine and gearbox from Block Automotive.
Continuous Improvement at F-TEC
F-TEC are in the process of implementing further improvements to their facilities, equipment and course programmes.
F-TEC – Driving Sustainability
F-TEC are taking steps to reduce their carbon footprint, reduce plastic waste and offer training on the latest energy saving equipment.
Alcohol Interlocks deliver reduced risk for material handling incidents and accidents
F-TEC are trialling the use of a breath alcohol Interlock. The Lion DS-25RS was designed, developed and manufactured by Lion Laboratories Ltd. It interrupts the signal from the ignition to the starter until a valid driver’s breath sample is provided.
IMHX 2019 sees the launch of F-TEC Benchmark
F-Tec’s recruitment and benchmarking tool for the forklift truck industry is a confidential online assessment tool open to employers, engineers, manufacturers and technicians
F-TEC to make an impact at IMHX 2019
The Forklift Training Engineering Centre (F-TEC), the dedicated training facility, will be exhibiting at IMHX between 24-27 September 2019. Not only that, but they will launch their new service, Pro-TEC.
F-TEC Celebrates Three Years in Business
Kevin Bentham senior trainer, Karl Baum MD F-Tec, Justin Tomlinson MP celebrating three years of F-Tec in business, delivering training to companies across the UK and Europe, from independent companies with one or two engineers to manufacturers with hundreds of engineers
The next generation of engineers
Graduation of young engineers collecting a certificate in Advanced Automotive Studies for Master Technicians.
From the graduating class of seven, four were in attendance to collect their Level 4 Certificate in Advanced Automotive Studies for Master Technicians from television host Mark Durden-Smith.
Upskilling is the future
With skilled fork lift engineers retiring faster than new ones are recruited there is an acute skills shortage.
Sure, you could poach someone else’s staff – but the chances are they’ll simply move on: selling their skills to the highest bidder. You could train an apprentice and, by doing so, you’ll benefit from someone who’ll be more loyal, less likely to leave and a better advocate for your business.