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National Safety Council
Workplace Safety
Authorized & Credentialed Instructor# 010332130
Lift Truck Operator [8hr / TTT 16hr]
The Lift Truck Operator training program is comprised of course components carefully aligned to promote the best possible instruction and provide a good mix of technologies and interactions that result in a comprehensive and constructive learning experience.
- Increase knowledge and skills in lift truck operations
- Make the workplace safe for operators and their co-workers
- Prevent lift truck incidents on the job
- Help employers meet OSHA compliance requirements
- Help employers train and authorize lift truck operators
[8hr class / skills evaluation]
In a creative, blended approach to training, this course combines traditional training methods with technology to achieve learning and safety objectives. The interactive design integrates clasroom based activities presented in reader-friendly and graphically rich materials with on site skill evaluations at your facility with your equipment. Forklift safety isn’t optional—it’s the law. Our Lift Truck Operator courses provide the required OSHA certification every operator needs every 3 years.
Module 1 OSHA Regulations
- Causes of Lift Truck Incidents
- Preventing Lift Truck Incidents
- Direct and Indirect Costs of Incidents
- Direct and Indirect Costs of Incidents
- OSHA Regulations
- Specific Lift Truck Operator Training
- Lift Truck Operator Training Regulations
- Preventing Incidents Through Training
Objectives: After completing this session, participants should be able to:
- State the causes of lift truck incidents.
- Identify direct and indirect costs of incidents.
- Identify the OSHA regulations that promote safety.
- Identify OSHA lift truck operator qualifications.
Module 2 Lift Truck Design and Operating Principles
- Differences Between Personal Vehicles and Lift Trucks
- Adapting to Driving a Lift Truck
- Main Sections of Lift Trucks
- ANSI / ITSDF Design Requirements
- Lift Truck Steering Modes
- Center of Gravity and Stability Triangle
- Staying Within the Stability Triangle
- General Operating Guidelines
- Types of Lift Trucks
Objectives: After completing this session, participants should be able to:
- Identify the differences between a personal vehicles and a lift truck.
- Recognize the main sections of lift trucks.
- Recognize ANSI / ITSDF design requirements.
- Identify different steering modes.
- Describe the center of gravity and how it shifts on a lift truck.
- Explain the stability triangle on a lift truck.
- Identify types of lift trucks.
Module 3 Pre-Shift Safety Inspection and Preventive Maintenance
- Causes of Lift Truck Incidents
- Preventing Lift Truck Incidents
- Direct and Indirect Costs of Incidents
- Direct and Indirect Costs of Incidents
- OSHA Regulations
- Specific Lift Truck Operator Training
- Lift Truck Operator Training Regulations
- Preventing Incidents Through Training
Objectives: After completing this session, participants should be able to:
- State the reasons to conduct a pre-shift safety inspection.
- Identify the OSHA regulations that guide pre-shift safety inspections.
- Conduct a pre-shift safety inspection.
- Safely mount and dismount a lift truck.
- Recognize safety precautions for refueling a lift truck and charging a battery.
- Conduct routine lift truck maintenance checks.
Module 4 Worksite Inspections
- Reasons to Conduct a Worksite Inspection
- Avoiding Worksite Hazards
- Conducting a Worksite Inspection
- Importance of Worksite Inspections
- Lift Truck Incident
Objectives: After completing this session, participants should be able to:
- State the reasons to conduct a worksite inspection.
- Conduct a worksite inspection.
Module 5 Pick Up a Load
- Safety Requirements for Picking Up Loads
- Composition of Loads
- Read a Data Plate
- Load Charts
- Read a Load Chart
- Interpret Load Charts
- Learning How to Pick Up a Load
- Pick Up a Load
Objectives: After completing this session, participants should be able to:
- Prepase to pick up a load following lift truck safety requirements.
- Locate the rated capacity of a lift truck on a data plate.
- Determine the rated capacity of a lift truck from a load chart.
- Pick up a load safely following lift truck safety requirements.
Module 6 Deliver a Load
- Safe Driving Practices
- Driving Safely
- Deliver a Load
- Additional Reasons Lift Trucks Tip Over While Driving
- Set Down a Load
- Setting Down Loads Safely
- Shut Down a Lift Truck
- When a Lift Truck is Considered Unattended
- Lift Truck Incident
Objectives: After completing this session, participants should be able to:
- Deliver a load safely.
- Explain how driving with a mast or boom changes the center of gravity.
- Identify the steps to set down a load.
- Identify the steps to shut down a lift truck.
- Determine when a lift truck is considered unattended.
Module 7 Apply Lift Truck Operator Safety Skills
- Exam
- Skill Evaluations
Objectives: After completing this session, participants should be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of lift truck operations.
- Demonstrate skills in lift truck operations
Lift Truck Operator Performance Assessments
- Recognize lift truck controls
- Conduct a pre-shift safety inspection
- Conduct a worksite inspection
- Read a data plate
- Travel without a load
- Pick up a load
- Travel with a load
- Pick up a load
- Travel with a load
- Set down a load
- Pick up and set down a load in a narrow aisle
- Shut down a lift truck
- Read a load chart
- Drive safely on a slope
- Load and unload trailer
[16hr TTT class / Teach back]
Take your expertise further—become a certified forklift instructor! This train-the-trainer course covers advanced safety instruction, evaluation techniques, and regulatory compliance so you can train and certify operators within your company.
Module 1 OSHA Regulations
- Causes of Lift Truck Incidents
- Preventing Lift Truck Incidents
- Direct and Indirect Costs of Incidents
- Direct and Indirect Costs of Incidents
- OSHA Regulations
- Specific Lift Truck Operator Training
- Lift Truck Operator Training Regulations
- Preventing Incidents Through Training
Objectives: After completing this session, participants should be able to:
- State the causes of lift truck incidents.
- Identify direct and indirect costs of incidents.
- Identify the OSHA regulations that promote safety.
- Identify OSHA lift truck operator qualifications.
Module 2 Lift Truck Design and Operating Principles
- Differences Between Personal Vehicles and Lift Trucks
- Adapting to Driving a Lift Truck
- Main Sections of Lift Trucks
- ANSI / ITSDF Design Requirements
- Lift Truck Steering Modes
- Center of Gravity and Stability Triangle
- Staying Within the Stability Triangle
- General Operating Guidelines
- Types of Lift Trucks
Objectives: After completing this session, participants should be able to:
- Identify the differences between a personal vehicles and a lift truck.
- Recognize the main sections of lift trucks.
- Recognize ANSI / ITSDF design requirements.
- Identify different steering modes.
- Describe the center of gravity and how it shifts on a lift truck.
- Explain the stability triangle on a lift truck.
- Identify types of lift trucks.
Module 3 Pre-Shift Safety Inspection and Preventive Maintenance
- Causes of Lift Truck Incidents
- Preventing Lift Truck Incidents
- Direct and Indirect Costs of Incidents
- Direct and Indirect Costs of Incidents
- OSHA Regulations
- Specific Lift Truck Operator Training
- Lift Truck Operator Training Regulations
- Preventing Incidents Through Training
Objectives: After completing this session, participants should be able to:
- State the reasons to conduct a pre-shift safety inspection.
- Identify the OSHA regulations that guide pre-shift safety inspections.
- Conduct a pre-shift safety inspection.
- Safely mount and dismount a lift truck.
- Recognize safety precautions for refueling a lift truck and charging a battery.
- Conduct routine lift truck maintenance checks.
Module 4 Worksite Inspections
- Reasons to Conduct a Worksite Inspection
- Avoiding Worksite Hazards
- Conducting a Worksite Inspection
- Importance of Worksite Inspections
- Lift Truck Incident
Objectives: After completing this session, participants should be able to:
- State the reasons to conduct a worksite inspection.
- Conduct a worksite inspection.
Module 5 Pick Up a Load
- Safety Requirements for Picking Up Loads
- Composition of Loads
- Read a Data Plate
- Load Charts
- Read a Load Chart
- Interpret Load Charts
- Learning How to Pick Up a Load
- Pick Up a Load
Objectives: After completing this session, participants should be able to:
- Prepase to pick up a load following lift truck safety requirements.
- Locate the rated capacity of a lift truck on a data plate.
- Determine the rated capacity of a lift truck from a load chart.
- Pick up a load safely following lift truck safety requirements.
Module 6 Deliver a Load
- Safe Driving Practices
- Driving Safely
- Deliver a Load
- Additional Reasons Lift Trucks Tip Over While Driving
- Set Down a Load
- Setting Down Loads Safely
- Shut Down a Lift Truck
- When a Lift Truck is Considered Unattended
- Lift Truck Incident
Objectives: After completing this session, participants should be able to:
- Deliver a load safely.
- Explain how driving with a mast or boom changes the center of gravity.
- Identify the steps to set down a load.
- Identify the steps to shut down a lift truck.
- Determine when a lift truck is considered unattended.
Module 7 Apply Lift Truck Operator Safety Skills
- Exam
- Skill Evaluations
Objectives: After completing this session, participants should be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of lift truck operations.
- Demonstrate skills in lift truck operations
Lift Truck Operator Performance Assessments
- Recognize lift truck controls
- Conduct a pre-shift safety inspection
- Conduct a worksite inspection
- Read a data plate
- Travel without a load
- Pick up a load
- Travel with a load
- Pick up a load
- Travel with a load
- Set down a load
- Pick up and set down a load in a narrow aisle
- Shut down a lift truck
- Read a load chart
- Drive safely on a slope
- Load and unload trailer
NSC Instructor Resource Kit Setup
Forms, Exams, Performance Assessment, Certification Walkthrough
Teach Back Session
RavenSHIELD Solutions
Industrial Skills
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