Forklift Safety & Operator Training (Practical)

• Relevant duties, responsibilities, terminology, and workplace context for operator responsibilities and hazards.
• Hazards, exposure pathways, risk factors, and people or activities that may be affected.
• Preventive controls, safe-work procedures, communication, and escalation requirements.
• Inspection, monitoring, records, incident learning, and verification that controls remain effective.

Practical exercise: Participants assess a workplace scenario, select controls, and record accountable follow-up actions while applying operator responsibilities and hazards.

• Major forklift components, controls, warning devices, data plate, attachments, and operator restraints.
• Stability triangle or stability-system principles and the effects of load centre, height, speed, surface, and turning.
• Capacity limits, attachment effects, visibility, dynamic forces, ramps, gradients, and tip-over risk.
• Operator actions during abnormal conditions and why unsafe recovery attempts increase harm.

Practical exercise: Participants assess a workplace scenario, select controls, and record accountable follow-up actions while applying forklift components and stability.

• Systematic visual and functional checks before operation using the approved inspection record.
• Tyres, forks, mast, chains, hydraulics, fluids, battery or fuel system, guards, seat belt, lights, horn, and brakes.
• Identification of damage, leaks, wear, modifications, warning indicators, and unsafe attachments.
• Tag-out, isolation, reporting, authorisation, and confirmation before return to service.

Practical exercise: Participants assess a workplace scenario, select controls, and record accountable follow-up actions while applying pre-operation inspection.

• Relevant duties, responsibilities, terminology, and workplace context for driving and load handling.
• Hazards, exposure pathways, risk factors, and people or activities that may be affected.
• Preventive controls, safe-work procedures, communication, and escalation requirements.
• Inspection, monitoring, records, incident learning, and verification that controls remain effective.

Practical exercise: Participants assess a workplace scenario, select controls, and record accountable follow-up actions while applying driving and load handling.

• Relevant duties, responsibilities, terminology, and workplace context for site traffic and safe parking.
• Hazards, exposure pathways, risk factors, and people or activities that may be affected.
• Preventive controls, safe-work procedures, communication, and escalation requirements.
• Inspection, monitoring, records, incident learning, and verification that controls remain effective.

Practical exercise: Participants assess a workplace scenario, select controls, and record accountable follow-up actions while applying site traffic and safe parking.

• Relevant duties, responsibilities, terminology, and workplace context for practical skills assessment.
• Hazards, exposure pathways, risk factors, and people or activities that may be affected.
• Preventive controls, safe-work procedures, communication, and escalation requirements.
• Inspection, monitoring, records, incident learning, and verification that controls remain effective.

Practical exercise: Participants assess a workplace scenario, select controls, and record accountable follow-up actions while applying practical skills assessment.