Forklift Safety & Inspector Certification

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Forklifts Covered | Topics Covered | Certificate Requirements | You Will Receive
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Price: 3 Days – $795

Operator Certification $95
(download operator application)
Inspector Certification $295
(download inspector application)

Most personnel operating and working around forklifts have had little or no quality training. This training program exceeds OSHA’s new training requirements and enables companies to perform their own OSHA and ASME daily and annual inspections in-house.

Forklifts Covered

• Industrial Forklifts
• Rough Terrain Forklifts

You Will Learn

• Causes and results of forklift accidents.
• Types, components and terminology of forklifts.
• How to interpret and use rated capacity charts.
• Safe operating procedures.
• How to recognize immediate and potential hazards.
• How to comply with OSHA standards when lifting personnel.
• How to perform a pre-use inspection.
• The role of the inspector in reducing forklift accidents and liability exposure.
• How to set up your own forklift inspection program.
• How to recognize immediate and potential hazards.
• Understanding and applying the three levels of forklift inspection.
• How to keep records that comply with OSHA and ITSDF standards.
• How to interpret and apply OSHA and ITSDF forklift safety standards.
• Selecting the right inspection tools for the job.
• Creating a safe site for inspecting forklifts.
• Inspection procedures, techniques and checklists.
• How to write inspection reports the correct way.
• Types, use, and inspection of forklift attachments.
• Rigging: slings, chain, rigging hardware, lifting devices, calculating sling loading, determining load weight and safe rigging practices and procedures.

Certificate Requirements

Operator Certification Requirements

• Complete a Crane Institute of America Forklift Safety & Inspector training program.
• Pass a written examination.
• Have 1 year operating experience with forklifts.

Inspector Certification Requirements

• Complete a Crane Institute of America Forklift Safety & Inspector training program.
• Pass a written examination.
• Have 2 years experience working in a capacity of operation, maintenance, repair, inspection, safety or supervision with forklifts.

A trainee certification is available for personnel who do not meet operator/inspector experience requirements.

You Will Receive

• Forklift Safety & Inspector workbook
• Forklifts handbook
• Rigging handbook
• Applicable OSHA and ITSDF standards
• Pre-operational/annual industrial and rough terrain lift truck inspection checklists
• Rigger’s capacity card
• Inspection certificate decal
• Safety decals
• Certificate of training
• Certification card, if applicable

Schedule

• Orlando/Sanford – April 11-13, 2012
• Orlando/Sanford – August 8-10, 2012
• Orlando/Sanford – November 6-8, 2012

For later scheduled dates, call our office at (800) 832-2726.