CB Training i&G Information & Guidance Sheet
(i&G – Managing Forklift Operators)
(i&G – Managing Forklift Operators)
Are you as a manager, and your forklift operators being compliant?Some common guidance taken from our “Managing of Operators” Training Course:
- Employers must provide adequate information, instructions and training to ensure the Health and Safety of employees.
- Employers are required to perform a suitable and sufficient risk assessment.
- Publications relating to the safe use of lifting equipment include: PUWER & LOLER.
- A thorough examination must be carried out on all lifting equipment every 6 – 12 months.
- There are many types of Forklift Truck which have specific categories ranging from A1 PPT to B3 Counterbalanced forklift truck with a lifting capacity of over 15 tons.
- Operators are required to maintain a minimum traveling distance of 3 truck lengths.
- When travelling up inclines (laden) the forks of a forklift truck must be facing uphill.
- Safe parking of a forklift truck requires the forks to be in the tilted forward position with the fork tips touching the floor and the keys removed.
- Personnel cages can only be used in an unplanned event (reference HSE PM28).
- Operators must understand how to read the Rated Capacity Plates situated on FLT’s.
- Pre-operational safety checks must be carried out and evidence recorded.
- The handbrake must be applied and neutral selected when using hydraulic controls.
- Adding an attachment to a forklift truck requires the operator to receive further training.
- Pallet racking systems must be inspected and UDL limits indicated.
- Rated Capacity Plates provide 3 pieces of information, 1: Trucks Capacity, 2: Load Centre, 3: Machine Lifting Height. Operators must understand how to de-rate the capacity for an increased load centre.
Please feel free to contact CB Training for further information and advice. You can also test your operator’s knowledge with our internal theory test supplied on request by Chris Brailey.
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