{"id":36700,"date":"2025-02-17T17:01:12","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T04:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/?p=36700"},"modified":"2025-02-17T17:01:13","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T04:01:13","slug":"forklift-f-endorsement-and-forklift-operators-certificate-faqs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/forklift-f-endorsement-and-forklift-operators-certificate-faqs\/","title":{"rendered":"Forklift F endorsement and forklift operator&#8217;s certificate FAQs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If you have an F endorsement do you need to do the forklift operator&#8217;s (OSH) certificate?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Yes<\/strong>. The F endorsement means that you&#8217;ve successfully completed a theory and practical test related to driving on the road, and you only have to do this once (as long as you keep renewing the endorsement every time your driver&#8217;s licence expires).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the operator&#8217;s certificate (also called an OSH certificate, forklift licence or forklift ticket) must be renewed every 3 years. This is because the Approved Code of Practice says 3 years, and the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (which is legislation) says you must follow the Code or do it a better way (waiting longer than 3 years wouldn&#8217;t be a better way, unless you&#8217;re doing something else which is even better).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Do you have to do the operator&#8217;s certificate at the same time as the F endorsement?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>No<\/strong>, you can do it separately at any time. We have an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/course\/forklift\/\">online forklift operator&#8217;s certificate course<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Do you have to use the same trainer for the operator&#8217;s certificate as the F endorsement?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>No<\/strong>. You can mix and match, however, some companies might require that you&#8217;ve done one or the other within a maximum of 3 months before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can you do the F endorsement separately from the operator&#8217;s certificate?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Yes<\/strong>. Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/course\/f-endorsement\/\">F endorsement online course<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can you do the F endorsement and renew your operator&#8217;s certificate at the same time?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Yes<\/strong>. Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/course\/forklift-f-endorsement\/\">F endorsement plus operator&#8217;s certificate online course<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can you lose your F endorsement?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Yes<\/strong>. When you do the F endorsement, you&#8217;ll pay to get it applied to your driver licence. As long as you keep paying to renew the endorsement when you renew your driver licence, you won&#8217;t lose it (assuming you don&#8217;t lose your licence, or commit any crimes on the forklift while on the road!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have an F endorsement do you need to do the forklift operator&#8217;s (OSH) certificate? Yes. The F endorsement means that you&#8217;ve successfully completed a theory and practical test related to driving on the road, and you only have<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/forklift-f-endorsement-and-forklift-operators-certificate-faqs\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[363],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-forklift"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36700"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36701,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36700\/revisions\/36701"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drivingtests.co.nz\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}