Forklift Safety Training

Now that you have decided to pursue a career driving forklift trucks, the very first step to take is to get a forklift license. This operator card can give you a boost of landing a job as forklift operator. Businesses required every applicant to have certification before lodging their application. If you do not have a forklift license yet, you can check this blog about forklift certification: www.forkliftlicenseguide.com. That blog is authored by Mike Pattenson, a safety instructor from University of California. He teaches forklift training for several years now. He just started out as simple operator and climbed his way up to become a professional trainer.

Let continue how to get your forklift training. As per OSHA rules, it the obligation of the business to conduct such training for their forklift drivers. So if you are currently hired, and wanting to get trained, as your employer. Your employer will schedule a forklift training by hiring a trainer or send you to training providers near where you are.

if you are new to this field, you can sign in a forklift driving school. You must decide what kind of forklift truck you will operate as training must matched with it. The training must be in combination of classroom and actual operation. The classroom lecture will last for about 4 hours while the hands-on operation will last about the same time.

During the classroom discussion, you will be lectured with different presentation materials, videos, reading materials. At the end of the lecture, you will be given test to gauge the knowledge you acquired. You need to pass the test. 80% is the pass rate. during the actual driving, your instructor will manage you driving, you are required to do the tasks he will tell you. This is the actual evaluation. This will make your break your success. You must perform with utmost skill when you are operating the forklifts. If the instructor observed you are not yet ready driving the machine, he will not make your certification.

After your exam and evaluation, the training provider will hand over you your certificate and operator card. These are your documents to submit when applying for job.

Fire Prevention Program

Below are the effective practices and programs in fire prevention:

• Training - the education of crew members may be difficult and at times, frustrating, but it is program. It must be a continuing process that includes both formal training sessions and informal discussions. No opportunity should be missed and no effort spared to develop an awareness of fire safety. The objective of this training should be taught every crew member to think fire prevention: formal training and informal training. 

Causes of Fire

In fire prevention and protection, no matter how a fire starts, it could result to damage to properties and most perhaps the loss of lives. It is therefore extremely important the crew members be constantly alert  or prepared for situations that could cause fire.

There are several causes of fire, here some of the common causes:

Electrical Safety Training

Electrical Safety Training

The electrical safety training your first guide in practicing safety at construction site. The severity of injury from electrical shock depends on the amount of electrical current and the length of time the current passes through the body. For example, 1/10 of an ampere (amp) of electricity going through the body for just 2 seconds is enough to cause death. The amount of internal current a person can withstand and still be able to control the muscles of the arm and hand can be less than 10 milliamperes (milliamps or mA). Currents above 10 mA can paralyze or “freeze” muscles.

When this “freezing” happens, a person is no longer able to release a tool, wire or other object. In fact, the electrified object may be held even more tightly, resulting in longer exposure to the shocking current. For this reason, hand-held tools that give a shock can be very dangerous. If you can’t let go of the tool, current continues through your body for a longer time, which can lead to respiratory paralysis (the muscles that control breathing cannot move). You stop breathing for a period of time.

People have stopped breathing when shocked with currents from voltages as low as 49 volts. Usually, it takes about 30 mA of current to cause respiratory paralysis. Currents greater than 75 mA cause ventricular fibrillation (very rapid, ineffective heartbeat). This condition will cause death within a few minutes unless a special device called a defibrillator is used to save the victim. Heart paralysis occurs at 4 amps, which means the heart does not pump at all. Tissue is burned with currents greater than 5 amps. 2 Table 1 shows what usually happens for a range of currents (lasting one second) at typical household voltages. Longer exposure times increase the danger to the shock victim. For example, a current of 100 mA applied for 3 seconds is as dangerous as a current of 900 mA applied for a fraction of a second (0.03 seconds). The muscle structure of the person also makes a difference. People with less muscle tissue are typically affected at lower current levels. 

Here are some guide on electrical safety training: Even low voltages can be extremely dangerous because the degree of injury depends not only on the amount of current but also on the length of time the body is in contact with the circuit.