AITT accredits Crown’s training
The Association of Industrial Truck Trainers (the AITT) has been chosen by global forklift truck manufacturer Crown Lift Trucks to accredit the company’s internal and external operator training courses in the UK.
Mike Knowles, UK operations director at Crown, said: “Kevin Sowerby joined Crown four years ago as technical training manager; with Kevin’s appointment we set a goal of creating a Crown UK Training Department. This development has benefited Crown employees, as well as enabling us to go to market and offer Crown training to our customers.
“All of Crown UK’s previous operator training was AITT-accredited – so it was a natural progression for us to become a bona fide AITT training provider ourselves.“
“Thanks to AITT, we are also able to create training programmes for our own staff, with the ability to adapt the training to meet the demands of the business, as well as deliver on-site training at a customer’s premises anywhere in the UK.
“The AITT has been very supportive and understanding of our needs, and very professional in assisting us to achieve our objectives.”
Dave Sparrow, MD of AITT, said: “We’re very proud to work alongside Crown as the accreditation body for their in-house and external training. It demonstrates AITT’s growing role as a benchmark for the quality and consistency of materials handling training."
