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Forklift Training
Course Length: 60 minutes
NOTE: While this is not an optimal length for an online course, your learners can exit the course at any time, and their progress is automatically saved. For a better learner experience, this same content is also offered as a curriculum of four individual online courses. See the description for the Forklift Training Curriculum for additional information.
Overview: A forklift is a powered, mechanical device that is used to move or lift loads. Although this seems like a simple task, forklifts can cause serious injury or death if they are misused or if the operator isn't properly trained on how to use the equipment safely.
Forklift Training is designed to help learners choose, inspect, and operate a forklift in a safe way, protecting themselves and their coworkers from the potential hazards associated with their use.
After completing this course, learners will be able to:
- Identify the various kinds of forklifts and their basic controls
- Discuss the center of gravity and stability triangle concepts
- Recognize when forklift inspections are required
- Explain what to look for when performing a pre-use inspection
- Discuss how to park, charge, refuel, and perform maintenance or modifications on a forklift
- Describe how to safely operate a forklift (including parking, picking up, traveling with, and placing a load)
- Recognize hazardous locations in order to select the correct type of forklift
- Discuss how to charge and refuel a forklift
- Discuss how to handle modifications to a forklift
- Recognize when maintenance is required
Outline:
Forklift Training covers the following topics:
Equipment Basics
- Kinds of Forklifts
- Forklifts vs. Automobiles
- Keeping a Forklift Balanced
- Forklift Controls
Equipment Inspections
- Pre-Use Inspection
- Walk-around inspection
- Seated inspection
Operating Procedures
- Pre-Use Inspection
- Walk-around inspection
- Seated inspection
Maintaining Your Forklift
- Pre-Use Inspection
- Walk-around inspection
- Seated inspection
Regulations covered in this course:
Copyright Date: 2018
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