Validation programme for professional qualification as a reach truck driver

The reach truck driver performs loading and unloading operations and storage and supply operations with a reach truck according to a specific assignment and (de)stacks goods at various heights.

The reach truck driver

• transports and moves goods to various locations, then parks the reach truck.
• adheres to quality procedures and safety regulations, works to a strict timetable and has appropriate and flexible working hours.
• performs their job in various logistics environments such as warehouses, logistics platforms, warehouses, cargo areas, freight stations and factories, and does so in a potentially noisy environment or a freezing or cooling area. In order to practise this profession, you must meet the legal requirements.

You can find detailed info about the validation programme in the validation standard for reach truck driver (in Dutch)(PDF file opens in new window) (in Dutch).

If you want to demonstrate your experience as a reach truck driver at a validation body, you do so through a practical test and a written knowledge test.

The language of instruction for the tests is Dutch. You therefore need at least a basic knowledge of Dutch.

You must:

• check the reach truck
• drive and manoeuvre the reach truck
• stack and destack pallets