Course Overview
The Forklift Safety and Operation training course is essential for reducing incidents and ensuring proper use and maintenance of forklifts. Employers are responsible for training forklift operators and evaluating their performance every three years or when new equipment is introduced or modified. This course covers all aspects of safe forklift operation.
Key Course Benefits
Forklift-Related Topics:
- Operating instructions
- Similarities to and differences from automobiles
- Controls and instrumentation
- Power plant operation and maintenance
- Steering and maneuvering
- Visibility
- Forklift and attachment adaptation, operation, and limitations
- Vehicle capacity and stability
- Vehicle inspection and maintenance
- Refueling or charging and recharging batteries
- Operating limitations
- Other warnings or precautions
Workplace-Related Topics:
- Surface conditions for forklift operation
- Composition of probable loads and load stability
- Load manipulation, stacking, and unstacking
- Pedestrian traffic
- Narrow aisles and other restricted areas of operation
- Operation in classified hazardous locations
- Operating on ramps and other sloped surfaces
- Other unique or potentially hazardous environments
Note: The course can be customized to be provided at the employer’s job site using site-specific equipment. Customized training costs $200.00 per person.
