Program Intent:
The CSA standard (B335-04) as per clause 6.21.2 recommends that employers conduct a midterm evaluation after 18 months from either initial training or re-training.
Who Should Attend?
All persons who operate lift trucks 18 months after initial training or retraining. To qualify you must hold
a current certificate.
Course Content:
This 4 hour course is designed to review and re-evaluate operators on practical skills. We will conduct a quick review of practical skills theory such as the dynamics of moving loads, stabilities, and conducting preoperational inspections. Hands on practical skills will be re-evaluated by maneuvering through and pre-determined obstacle course safely. The key purpose of this evaluation is to provide feedback to operators and employers. A general description of the forklift operator midterm evaluation course outline is as follows:
- Preoperational Inspection
- Start-up Procedures
- Pedestrian Safety
- Traveling with and without Loads
- Load Handling including: Selection, Placement, Stacking, De-stacking
- Docks, Trucks, & Railcar Concerns
- Personal Lifting
- Using Elevators
- Shutdown Procedures
- Refueling & Recharging
- Practical Skills Re-Evaluation (Class IV Sit-Down Counterbalanced Lift Truck)
Note: Class II (Narrow Aisle), Class VII (Rough Terrain - Telescopic Handler, Variable Reach or Zoom Boom) and other machine specific training available, contact us for details.