Counterbalance forklift Training
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration or OSHA require that anybody utilizing a counterbalanced forklift receive classroom or lecture style training. They additionally require that a supervised driving course is finished as well as periodic refresher training. There is no required minimum time for the classroom training or supervised driving. Also, there is no frequency mandated for the refresher training either.
Counterbalanced Forklifts
The counterbalanced lift truck's weight is utilized to balance its load utilizing its own weight. The forklift forks are in a fixed position but could be raised and lowered to secure and move loads. The forks run parallel to the forklift's body. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration require that people who would be using counterbalanced forklifts on the job be correctly trained on the trucks while being in the environment which they will be utilizing them.
Classroom Training
Classroom training or lecture style training provides information about the truck that the operator would be utilizing. This training covers aspects like load and weight capacity, height, how to fuel or charge the forklift. It covers how to gauge the time on the engine as well as any forklift specific safety information like where to stand when walking around the truck. Either written and/or oral testing is part of the classroom training. There is no minimum time requirement for the training.
Supervised Driving
The operator of a lift truck will need to learn to use the equipment while being supervised. The supervised driving has to take place in an environment that resembles the current environment which the operator works in. This atmosphere must include the kind of terrain she would be traveling on, have similar pedestrian and vehicle traffic nearby, and similar surrounding structures nearby also. There is no required minimum number of hours the operator has to drive while being supervised.