What a stacker is
A walk-behind (pedestrian) stacker is a compact truck with a mast that lifts pallets to rack and stacking heights. The operator walks behind it and works it from a tiller handle that carries the drive, lift and lower controls.
Stackers suit stores, back rooms and light warehouse work, where a full forklift is more machine than the job needs.
What operators practise
Lifting: raising and lowering a load smoothly, with the mast and the load in view.
Stacking: placing one pallet squarely on another.
Rack placement: lining up with a rack position at height, setting the load down and backing out with the forks clear.
Why train on a simulator
Practice without the risk: operators rehearse handling, manoeuvring and placement without putting machines, stock or people in harm’s way.
Repeat any scenario: the same task runs as many times as it takes, including situations that are rare or unsafe to stage on a live floor.
Meet the machine first: new operators learn the controls and the environment before their first shift, so their time on the real truck starts further along.
A simulator prepares operators; it does not replace practical training and assessment on the real machine, on your site, which still apply.
Built around your site
The simulator can be built around your own trucks and floor as a custom project: the machines you run, the layout of your warehouse, yard or training bay, and the tasks your operators do every day, so they practise in a copy of the place they will work in.
Our in-house Unity and 3D team studies the task, models the machine and its working space in real-time 3D, builds the controls and scenarios, sets the simulator up on the agreed hardware and refines it as training feedback comes in.
Who it is for
Stores, back rooms, light warehouses and manufacturing stores, and the training institutes and skill centres that prepare operators for them.