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Powered Industrial Trucks - Operators Overview

Enroll in the Powered Industrial Trucks Operators Overview training program. Earn your certificate of completion and learn how to operate these machineries safely.
Certificate of Completion
Duration: 30 Minutes
Language: English
Level: Certificate

Introduction to Powered Industrial Trucks - Operators Overview Training

This comprehensive course equips powered industrial truck operators with vital safety practices and operational skills. Studies indicate that proper training can reduce workplace accidents by as much as 70%. Participants will gain knowledge on safely operating forklifts, reach trucks, and other industrial vehicles. The course emphasizes hazard awareness, OSHA compliance, and proper vehicle maintenance, ensuring operators are well-prepared to work safely and efficiently in industrial environments. This training is essential for improving workplace safety and reducing accident risks.

Outline

Introduction

  • Welcome
  • Introduction
  • Refresher Training
  • Learning Objectives

Types and Classes of Powered Industrial Trucks

  • What Is a Powered Industrial Truck?
  • Types and Classes of Powered Industrial Trucks
  • Data Plates and Markings
  • Importance of data plates
  • Key information displayed
  • Learning Activity: Why Data Plates Matter

Safety and Pre-use Inspections

  • Knowledge Check: Causes of Forklift Fatalities
  • Why Property Damage Matters
  • Pedestrian Safety
  • Pre-Operation Inspections
  • Importance of inspections
  • Checklist for pre-operation
  • Learning Activity: Pre-Operation Inspection
  • Addressing Inspection Findings
  • Learning Activity: Safe or Unsafe?
  • Feedback: Safe or Unsafe?

Stability

  • General Stability Principles – Load Position and Weight
  • Effect of load position
  • Safe handling practices
  • General Stability Principles – Acceleration and Braking
  • Impact of speed changes
  • Maintaining control
  • General Stability Principles – Turning
  • Techniques for safe turning
  • Learning Activity: Load Height, Speed and Stability

Handling Loads

  • Picking Up a Load
  • Correct fork placement
  • Balancing the load
  • Knowledge Check: Fork Position
  • Handling Loads
  • Handling Loads: Drive Slowly
  • Avoiding hazards with speed control
  • Handling Lifts: Surface Conditions
  • Navigating uneven or slippery surfaces
  • Trailers and Railcars
  • Knowledge Check: Ramps
  • Knowledge Check: Handling a Tip-Over with an Overhead Protective Structure
  • Handling a Tip-Over Without an Overhead Structure

Refueling, Batteries and Stopping Lifts

  • Refueling, Changing and Charging Batteries
  • Safe procedures
  • Handling batteries carefully
  • Refueling, Changing and Charging Batteries – Hazards
  • Refueling, Changing and Charging Batteries – Safety Considerations
  • Refueling, Changing and Charging Batteries – PPE
  • Required protective gear
  • Stopping the Lift and End of Shift
  • Knowledge Check: Refueling, Changing and Charging Batteries
  • Knowledge Check: Unattended Lift

Conclusion

  • Conclusion
  • Summary

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