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Sunday, February 7, 2016

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.


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