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The OSHA or Occupational Safety and Health Administration require that anybody operating a counterbalanced forklift receive classroom or lecture style training. They also require that a periodic refresher training as well as a supervised driving course is finished. There is no minimum time requirement for the supervised driving or classroom training. What's more, there is no frequency mandated for the refresher training either.
The weight of the counterbalance forklift is utilized to balance its cargo utilizing its own weight. The forklift forks are in a fixed position but could be lowered and raised to secure and transport cargo. The forks run parallel to the body of the forklift. OSHA require that drivers who will be using counterbalanced forklifts on the job be correctly trained on the trucks while being in the environment that they would be utilizing them.
Lecture style training or classroom training offers information regarding the truck that the driver would be utilizing. This training covers aspects like load and weight capacity, height, how to charge or fuel the forklift. It includes how to gauge the time on the engine as well as any forklift 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.
The operator of a forklift would need to learn to operate the equipment while being supervised. The supervised driving has to take place in an environment that resembles the present environment which the operator works in. This atmosphere must include the type of terrain she would be traveling on, have the same pedestrian and vehicle traffic nearby, and similar surrounding structures close by also. There is no specific minimum number of hours the operator needs to drive while being supervised.
