Across Irish workplaces, the safe use of Lifting Equipment, Material Handling Equipment, Forklift Attachments, and Height Safety Systems depends on more than the equipment itself it depends on the knowledge and competence of the people using it. Lifting365 delivers online product safety training tailored to the specific equipment used by Irish businesses, helping employers ensure operatives understand correct use, limitations, and real world risks, particularly when working at heights.

Our training is product specific and practical, covering commonly used and specialist equipment such as safety harnesses, fall arrest systems, access equipment, lifting chains, chain blocks, lever hoists, forklift attachments, and overhead travelling cranes. Courses are delivered fully online, allowing learners to train at their own pace, whether on site or remotely. Each course includes structured modules, practical examples, and an assessment, with a Lifting365 training certificate issued on completion, suitable for safety audits, site inspections, and internal compliance records.

Safety Training for Lifting and Height Equipment in Ireland

General safety training alone is often insufficient when employees are required to use specific types of lifting or work equipment. Product-specific training plays an important role in reducing incidents by ensuring operatives understand correct operation, load limits, inspection requirements, and safe systems of work relevant to the exact equipment they are using, particularly for higher risk activities involving safety harnesses and overhead travelling cranes.

Lifting365 provides online product safety training to organisations across manufacturing, construction, pharmaceuticals, warehousing, logistics, and facilities management throughout Ireland. Our range includes training for lifting equipment such as manual chain block hoists, lever hoists, overhead travelling cranes, pneumatic and electric chain hoists, and permanent lifting magnets; forklift attachments including tipping skips, cages, extensions, drum handling equipment, and sweepers; and height safety equipment including safety harnesses, fall arrest blocks, temporary safety lifelines, and working at height systems. 

Under Irish health and safety law, employers are required to ensure that work equipment is used safely and that employees are provided with appropriate information, instruction, training, and supervision. These duties are set out in the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 and the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007, including provisions relating to work equipment and working at height. Providing relevant product specific training supports employers in meeting these obligations by helping ensure operatives are competent to use lifting and height safety equipment safely. Each course includes a downloadable training certificate, commonly used as evidence during inspections, audits, and internal safety reviews. Refresher training requirements should be determined through workplace risk assessments and equipment usage.

Instructor Led Training

In addition to online delivery, Lifting365 training can also be delivered in a classroom environment. A facilitator can guide groups through the course modules using the online platform, supported by Lifting365 provided materials such as attendance records, assessment questions, and grading documentation. Certificates are issued once participants successfully complete the course. For Irish employers investing in lifting or height safety equipment, matching that equipment with relevant product specific training is a practical and effective way to reduce risk, support compliance, and ensure equipment is used as intended.