Training Services

 

Lift Truck / Forklift

Powered industrial truck accidents cause approximately 100 fatalities and 36,340 serious injuries in general and construction annually. It is estimated that 10-15% of the accidents are, at least in part, caused by inadequate training.

Powered industrial truck (lift truck) is defined as a mobile, powered-propelled truck used to carry, push, pull, lift, stack or tier materials. (American society of mechanical engineers)

Listed below are a few examples-

  • Pallet jacks
  • Stackers
  • Order pickers
  • Reach trucks
  • Turret trucks
  • Forklifts
  • Tuggers
  • Container handler

Excluded are vehicles used for earth moving, farming, and over the road hauling.

Our lift truck training consists of OSHA and ANSI's guidelines-

  • Lift truck components
  • Manufacture's operation manuals
  • Correct operation of lift truck (including demonstration of skill and knowledge
  • ow to properly load and unload materials safely
  • Stability of load and vehicle; Center of gravity
  • How to recognize unsafe hazards
    • Electrical and overhead hazards
    • Falling objects
    • Floor and surface conditions
  • How to correctly deal with the hazards listed above
  • Pre-operation inspection

*We also include your company rules/layers of protection*

 

 

Aerial

Approximately 26 construction workers die on aerial lifts annually. Because so many workers are injured or killed on aerial lifts every year, training is required. Only trained and authorized persons are allowed to operate an aerial lift. 

OSHA defines an aerial lift as any vehicle-mounted device used to elevate personnel. 

Listed below are a few examples-

  • Extendable boom platforms
  • Aerial Ladders
  • Articulating boom platforms
  • Vertical towers

Our aerial training consists of OSHA and ANSI's guidelines-

  • Aerial lift components
  • Manufacture's operation manuals
  • ANSI's Manual of Responsibilities
  • Correct operation of aerial lifts (including demonstration of skill and knowledge)
  • How to recognize unsafe hazards-
    • lectrical
    • Falling objects
    • Overhead hazards
  • How to correctly deal with above hazards
  • Pre-operation inspection

*We also include your company rules/layers of protection*