Course Aim and Objectives: To enable participants to apply safety rules and good practices while operating a forklift or loader machine at their workplace

Theory:
– Duties of forklift drivers
– Legal compliance with OSHA (Amendment) 2022
– Introduction to safe forklift operations
– Safe driving techniques
– Rules to safely start, stop and park the forklift
– Forklift technologies
– Loads and stability that affect forklift safety
– Verification at start and stop of the machine
– Preventive maintenance

Practical:
– Taking up duty on-board a forklift machine
– Operating an empty or loaded truck
– Lifting and setting down loads on/off the ground
– Storage and removal from various levels of a pallet rack
– Stacking and unpiling of loads
– Loading and unloading from a lorry
– Handling of different types of loads