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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration does require drivers using a counterbalanced forklift to have received lecture style or classroom training. They also require that a supervised driving course is completed as well as periodic refresher training. There is no required minimum time for the classroom training or supervised driving. Additionally, there is no frequency mandated for the refresher training either.
The weight of the counterbalance forklift is utilized to balance its load using its own weight. The forklift forks are in a fixed position but could be raised and lowered to secure and move loads. The forks run parallel to the body of the forklift. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration require that individuals who would be using counterbalanced forklifts on the job be trained on the trucks while being in the kind of setting that they will be utilizing them.
Training either in a classroom or lecture style will provide forklift and driver information for the truck you would be using. Most training will include several aspects such as the load and weight capacity, height, how to fuel or charge the forklift. It covers how to gauge the time on the engine as well as any forklift specific safety information including where to stand when walking around the truck. Either oral and/or written testing is part of the classroom training. There is no required minimum time for the training.
The forklift driver has to learn how to utilize the counterbalanced forklift while being supervised. The supervised driving needs to take place in a place that reflects the environment the driver will\would be driving in. This atmosphere must include the type of terrain she will be traveling on, have the same surrounding structures close by, and similar vehicle and pedestrian traffic close by as well. There is no required minimum number of hours the operator has to drive while being supervised.
