Training providers offer courses on managing and supervising MHE operations to enable employers to meet their obligation under regulation 9(2) of The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER) which require that “Every employer shall ensure that any of his employees who supervises or manages the use of work equipment has received adequate training for purposes of health and safety, including training in the methods which may be adopted when using the work equipment, any risks which such use may entail and precautions to be taken.” Operator training should always include three stages; basic training, specific job training and familiarisation training. This must include details of the site layout and traffic plan along with instruction on handling the specific loads encountered on the site.

Co-workers, pedestrians and site visitors, including all contractors, must be sufficiently instructed and supervised to ensure their safety.