You may remember that in July 2025 the Accrediting Bodies Association (ABA) announced that it will be updating workplace transport categories to ensure they remain useful.

These changes will officially take effect on January 19th, 2026.

The single most important takeaways are this: Certificates issued before 19/01/26 for categories that are being changed will remain valid, the RTITB website verification service will be updated, and you can request updated certificates for all categories where required except SP1 and M4.

There are some new categories being added, some categories being removed and so new training materials will be available to reflect these category changes. 

Who is affected?

These updates will be mandatory for all accrediting bodies, including RTITB. The changes will affect all of our materials handling equipment training paperwork, including certificates.

Why these changes matter to you

To remain compliant all training and testing should reflect the new categories from 19th January 2026.  We will ensure that when we carry out MHE training, we will use the new, compliant paperwork and your new certificates will reflect these new categories, so you can we certain that you will remain compliant as well.

If you are not sure, please give us a call and we’ll guide you through the changes.