Forklift Instructor Course

New operator and pedestrian video presentations (available in DVD)

New full color 32 page Response Book for participants with new analyses, certificate and wallet card

Sixteen discussion diagrams available:
on DVD when using DVD version
on PowerPoint CD when using VHS version
in Leader’s Guide allowing instructor to make b&w overhead transparencies

Two new written tests for participants

New video test for participants

New Leader’s Guide

Additional background information for the instructor

Guidelines for making the course site-specific

What’s the Same:

Same proven instructional format

Fully scripted Leader’s Guide with new content

Fulfills the OSHA requirement for formal training, practical training and for evaluating the operator

Sample inspection checklist

Sample operator evaluation form

Training goal:
Learn how to meet OSHA’s Powered Industrial Truck Standard (1910.178) using the National Safety Council’s Coaching the Lift Truck OperatorTM training program.

What you'll learn:

Understand the new OSHA standard and what you must do to fully comply.

Recognize the skills and techniques required for safe operation and maintenance of powered industrial trucks.

Develop a complete in-house training program.

Design exercises to evaluate actual hands-on performance by your operators.
Educate non-operators on how to work safely around powered industrial trucks

Why you should attend:
Over 95,000 people are injured and millions of dollars are lost each year in forklift incidents. Now you must comply with OSHA’s new training standards, aimed at greatly reducing those injury statistics and related costs. At this course you’ll become familiar with Coaching the Lift Truck OperatorTM, a comprehensive program updated to cover all aspects of lift truck operation, including:

Operator training definitions from OSHA and NIOSH

Lift truck design

Vehicle safety inspections

Moving with and without a load

Picking up and stacking a load

Utilizing scanning techniques

Special considerations such as trailers, ramps, and elevators

Pedestrian safety (for non-operators who work around lift trucks)