COURSE OVERVIEW

Forklift Operator Awareness: Part 2 delves into advanced forklift operation topics. Trainees explore the forklift’s shifting center of gravity and its role in stability. Safe practices for navigating inclines, understanding load positioning, and speed control are emphasized. Proper stopping, parking, and the use of parking brakes are detailed.

The course highlights the dangers of tip-overs, their causes, and self-protection techniques. Distinctions between safely stepping away from a secured forklift and leaving an unattended, running forklift are clarified.

This module equips participants with in-depth knowledge to operate forklifts safely and efficiently.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Develop an awareness of the forklift center of gravity and how it changes during forklift operation;
• Demonstrate an understanding of best practices for forklift operation while driving up and down inclines, stopping and parking, and leaving the forklift unattended;
• Identify tip over hazards and hazard prevention methods.

WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS COURSE?

All workers, All industries where forklifts are used.

STANDARDS

OSHA Standard: 1910.178 & Appendix A, and industry best practices.