The Durnan Group offers Forklift Training for employees that are involved/affected by the movement of larger scale items and pallets in the workplace. Having proper training and awareness helps avoid the prevent accidents in the workplace.

Material Handling is a Significant Safety Concern. During the movement of products and materials there are numerous opportunities for personal injury and property damage if proper procedures and caution are not used. This chapter applies to all powered industrial tucks, hoists & lifting gear. The information in this chapter shall be used to train prospective industrial truck operators and provide the basis for refresher and annual retraining. OSHA reference for Powered Industrial Trucks is 1910.178.

Training Content:

Training consists of a combination of formal instruction, testing, practical training (demonstrations performed by the trainer and practical exercises performed by the trainee), and evaluation of the operator's performance in the workplace.

Introduction

  1. Overview of the program

  2. Goal of the program: to provide a training program based on the trainee'sprior knowledge, the types of vehicles used in the workplace, and thehazards of the workplace.

  3. Course will utilize a PowerPoint presentation, group discussion and hands-on practice. Each operator must obtain the knowledge and skills needed todo their job correctly and safely.

Types, Features, and Physics

  1. Familiarize each operator with the basic types and functions of poweredindustrial trucks.

  2. Develop an understanding of the information shown on a data plate.

  3. Understand the critical truck measurements that affect safety.

  4. Understand the forces that cause tip-overs, and the truck designconsiderations and safety ratings that help prevent them, including the"stability triangle."

Inspecting the vehicle

  1. Understand the purpose and importance of pre-operational checkouts.

  2. Provide a basic understanding of areas covered during a pre-operational checkout.

  3. Familiarize each operator with a checklist for pre-operational checkouts, and what to do if a problem is discovered.

Driving the Truck

  1. Understand the elements of safe movement of a powered industrial truck.

  2. Understand the differences between an automobile and a powered industrial truck.

  3. Recognize the safety hazards associated with operating a powered industrial truck.

Load Handling

  1. Understand the elements of load lifting safety.

  2. Understand the safe operating procedures for raising and lowering loads in aisles.

LPG for Lift Trucks

  1. Discuss LPG and its properties.

  2. Understand the elements and procedures of safely refueling internal combustion vehicles.

  3. Discuss related safety issues.

Battery and Charging

  1. Understand the elements and procedures of safely changing and charging batteries.

  2. Discuss filling procedures and maintenance.

  3. Discuss related safety issues.

Safety Concerns

  1. Review/reinforce potential of serious injury

  2. Review/reinforce safety procedures in your facility.

Specific Truck and Workplace Training/Hands-On

  1. Review features of specific PIT's to be operated.

  2. Review operating procedures of specific PIT's to be operated.

  3. Review safety concerns of specific PIT's to be operated.

  4. Review workplace conditions and safety concerns of areas where PIT's will be operated.

  5. Learn/practice actual operation of specific PIT's to be operated and specific workplace conditions where PIT's will be operated.

  6. Demonstrate proficiency performing the powered industrial truck operator duties specific to the trainee's position and workplace conditions.

At the completion of the Training, New Operators are given a License for their credentials to be used on site.