Komatsu Counterbalance Forklift Long Beach

Counterbalance lift truck Training

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration does require drivers utilizing a counterbalanced lift truck to have received lecture style or classroom training. They also require that a supervised driving program is finished in addition to periodic refresher training. There is no required minimum time for the classroom training or supervised driving. Furthermore, there is no frequency mandated for the refresher training either.



Counterbalanced Forklifts

A counterbalanced forklift balances its cargo utilizing the truck's weight. The forks on a lift truck are in a fixed position; they go up and down and do not pivot. The forks run parallel to the body of the forklift. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration require that individuals who will be using counterbalanced forklifts on the job be correctly trained on the trucks while being in the kind of setting which they would be utilizing them.



Classroom Training

Classroom training or lecture style training provides information regarding the truck that the driver will be driving. This training includes aspects like weight and load capacity, height, how to fuel or charge the lift truck. It covers how to gauge the time on the engine in addition to 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 required minimum time for the training.



Supervised Driving

The lift truck driver needs to learn how to operate the counterbalanced lift truck while being supervised. The supervised driving needs to take place in a place which reflects the environment the operator will be driving in. This atmosphere must include the type of terrain she will be traveling on, have similar vehicle and pedestrian traffic close by, and similar surrounding structures close by also. There is no specific minimum number of hours the operator has to drive while being supervised.

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