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Forklift & Lift Truck training course outline

Hazard Identification

  • People, equipment, materials, environment, process
  • Lack of competent supervision, lighting, weather, slippery, terrain, blind corners

Competency and General Responsibilities

  • Concept of a competent or qualified operator
  • Duties of employers, supervisors and workers
  • Company rules, policies and personal protective equipment (PPE)

Lift Truck & Forklift Design and Classifications

  • Rear wheel steering, restricted visibility, weigh, rear end swing
  • Mast, load back rest, forks, tires, overhead guard, counterweight, steer tires
  • Mast lift, mast tilt, mast side shift
  • Class 1 - Electric motor rider trucks
  • Class 2 - Electric motor narrow aisle trucks
  • Class 3 - Electric motor hand or hand / rider trucks
  • Class 4/5 - Inernal combustion engine trucks, lift codes
  • Class 6 - Electric / Internal combustion engine tractors
  • Class 7 - Rough terrain forklifts, vertical mast, variable reach, truck/trailer mounted

Stability Principles for Forklifts & Lift Trucks

  • Centre of gravity (COG), capacity plate & load centre, stability triangle, liquid loads
  • Stopping, cornering (loaded versus unloaded), uneven loads
  • Mast tilting, what to do in a tip

Pre-Operational Checks

  • Visual - Propane, wheels & tires, lug nuts, debris, masts & forks, hydraulics, extinguisher
  • Practical - Mast up, down & tilt, driving test, fluid leaks, brakes, steering
  • Documentation checklist

Safe Operating Procedures

  • Travelling with & without loads
  • Forks, fork spacing, loading & stacking, ramps, loading docks & trailers, park position

Fuel Sources

  • Physical properties of propane, hazards
  • Safe recharge of propane tank
  • Safe handling and operation of batteries, recharging
  • Gas & diesel

Electric Motor Narrow Aisle Reach Trucks

  • Unique capabilities, unique hazards
  • Narrow aisle reach truck stability principles
  • Stability trapezoid
  • General operating principles
  • Dead man foot brake and plugging the directional control to stop
  • Loading and avoiding tip-over

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