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Forklift Training (Counterbalanced)

This web-based course is designed to mitigate the risks associated with sit-down, vertical mast forklifts through training you to be a competent lift truck operator.

Forklift Training (Counterbalanced)

COURSE OVERVIEW

Given the high number of lift truck related accidents and fatalities every year, this online Counterbalanced Forklifts course is designed to lessen the dangers associated with sit-down, vertical mast forklifts by educating you to become a skilled lift truck operator.

This course was constructed to fulfill the requirements for theoretical training as stipulated in:

  • CSA Standard B335-15 (R2020)
  • ANSI Standard B56.1
  • OSHA 1910.178

COURSE TOPICS

  • The necessity to minimize risk to individuals, products, and property
  • Understanding lift truck fundamentals, including components and their roles
  • Grasping the principles of balance, stability, and capacity
  • The significance of a pre-operational inspection
  • The procedures for executing both a visual and operational inspection
  • How to safely enter, exit, and operate lift trucks
  • How to maneuver lift trucks around pedestrians
  • Protocols for parking a lift truck
  • Safe practices for picking up, transporting, and deploying loads
  • Procedures for surviving incidents
  • Safe procedures for fueling gasoline and diesel powered lift trucks
  • Safe procedures for replacing liquid petroleum tanks
  • The appropriate methods for changing, charging, and adding water to industrial batteries
  • And more

ONLINE COURSE DURATION

Estimated at 2 hours

PASS MARK

Testing carried out throughout this online Counterbalanced Forklifts course is intended to strengthen the information given. A score of 80% must be achieved in order to receive a certificate of completion. Participants have the opportunity to revisit the course twice if the pass mark is not achieved on the first attempt. Additional resources for this course can be accessed online.

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

Upon successful completion of this web-based course, a certificate of completion will be ready for download and print. Be aware that in certain jurisdictions, additional practical evaluation on equipment might be necessary to ensure regulatory compliance.

COURSE PREVIEW

Course Details

Course Length

This course will take roughly 120 minutes

Passing Mark

To pass this training course, you need to score 80% or higher on the quiz

Certificate

Upon the successful completion of this course a certificate with your name will be stored on your profile and available to print

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