Product Description
This course sets out to ensure compliance with CSA Rough Terrain Forklift Standard. Employers are responsible for keeping workers are up-to-date on required training for operating lifting devices. We recommend that operator training be part of a larger comprehensive lifting device safety program, developed in consultation with the Joint Health and Safety Committee or the health and safety representative that includes the following elements:
Training Objectives:
- General operating procedures
- Daily Operator Circle Check
- Start up Procedures
- Shutdown Procedures
- Information on workplace protections and worker’s rights (Section 43 OHSA)
- Hazard identification
- Training (of both operators and those working near RTFL’s)
- Safe Operating procedures
- Facility design
- Rough Terrain Forklift Truck/device selection criteria
- Hand Signals for Lifting Procedures
- Lifting Charts
Evaluation:
- Rough Terrain Forklift Truck Training
- Stabilizer Operation
- Lifting Chart
- Road Test
- Worker Evaluation
- Daily Operator Circle Check Evaluation
Certification:
- Participant receives Plastic Smart Card certificate, Not a laminated Business Card
- Employer receives record of training.
- Valid for 3 year from Date of Issue
- Registered number assigned to Certification Card
- Electronic Registry
