Counterbalance lift truck Training
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration or OSHA require that anybody using a counterbalanced lift truck be given classroom or lecture style training. They additionally require that a periodic refresher training along with a supervised driving program is finished. There is no required minimum time for the classroom training or supervised driving. Additionally, there is no frequency mandated for the refresher training either.
Counterbalanced Forklifts
The counterbalanced lift truck's weight is used 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 transport loads. The forks run parallel to the forklift's body. OSHA require that people who would be operating counterbalanced forklifts on the job be correctly trained on the trucks while being in the kind of setting that they would be utilizing them.
Classroom Training
Training either in a classroom or lecture style would offer forklift and operator information for the truck you would be operating. Most training will include several aspects such as the weight and load capacity, height, how to charge or fuel the lift truck. It covers how to gauge the time on the engine along with any lift truck 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 forklift operator has to learn how to utilize the counterbalanced forklift while being supervised. The supervised driving needs to take place in a place that reflects the environment the operator will be driving in. This atmosphere should include the type of terrain she will be traveling on, have the same surrounding structures nearby, and similar pedestrian and vehicle traffic nearby as well. There is no specific minimum number of hours the driver has to drive while being supervised.