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How to ensure safety during Forklift Training?

Forklift Training is imperative if you want to work as a Forklift Operator Training in Brampton, Mississauga and Toronto. You need forklift training and certification from a reputed institute.

It doesn’t just ends here. You also need to get your license renewed every 3 years through a refresher forklift training course. Why go through all this trouble you ask?
Like any other workplace, safety is a crucial aspect of logistics and warehouse industry.

The chances of mishaps and accidents increase manifold in the above mentioned sectors as heavy machinery as well as heavy cargo is involved. In that scenario, safety training has been made an important part of forklift training curriculum. CN Lift Safety, the pioneers of forklift training in Mississauga, enlist the ways you can assure workplace safety while going through your training.

Know your equipment

It’s a cardinal rule to go through pre operation inspection before mounting your forklift. But before you check the brakes or the indicators, it’s advised that you go through the data plate and manufacturers guide that comes with that particular model. Knowing your equipment is the first step towards ensuring safety. You must know the load capacity, the braking and lifting systems, and any upgrades that have been made since purchase.

3-Point Contact Rule

Another cardinal rule to follow while training as well as at the workplace is the 3 point contact rule. It says that a person must have at least 3 points of contact with the vehicle at all times. The three points act as tripod to balance and distribute body weight equally. That way, falls due to imbalance reduce dramatically.

There are many ways to ensure a three points contact such as:
  • Make sure either your feet and one hand or one foot and hands are in contact with the vehicle and ground while mounting or dismounting.
  • Do not mount or dismount from a moving vehicle. Avoid jumping off from a moving vehicle even if it’s coming to a halt.
  • Don’t wear ill-fitted clothes. You must follow the workplace dress code at all times.

CN Lift Safety takes care of safety guidelines while providing Forklift Training in Brampton, Mississauga and Toronto. Participants are specifically trained to inspect the equipment properly and on 3 point contact rule. After all, workplace safety is the key to heightened productivity.

A skilled workforce is valuable. A lot of investment goes into turning apprentices into fully trained forklift operators. But when it comes to workplace safety, is Forklift operator Training more than enough?

Take capacity data plates for an instance. There are chances the capacity data plates are incorrect according to the forklift model in use currently. This happens when forklifts are upgraded but capacity data plates are not changed. So, the operator isn’t aware of the new or modified capacity ratings of lift trucks. This gives a false sense of security that a forklift will definitely handle a certain amount of weight whereas, in actuality, its capacity has been lowered. This jeopardizes the safety of the operator and co-workers.

Forklift designs also differ according to manufacturers and the nature of work. Forklifts might be required to work on rough terrains. So it’s not necessary that the mast will be vertical to the ground. So every manufacturer makes one or the other modification and a built-in safety factor that is helpful in rating the capacity of a lift truck. This is separate for each manufacturer.

 

Moreover, not all forklifts are equipped with a forklift scale that accurately depicts the weight of the load. There’s no denying that it should be a standard feature but it’s not. And operators have to more or less deal with it. Then there are the safe speed limits which also vary according to forklift designs. Some may operate safely at a speed much less than the prescribed speed limit and are susceptible to go out of control.

There is a need to introduce advanced safety features in modern forklifts. Automatic deceleration on crossing the prescribed speed limit shut down of lifting mechanism in case of heavyweights, and automatic lifting height adjustment according to weight is some of the welcome features.

But it’ll take some time for manufacturers to include these features in their forklift designs. Till then, alertness and caution are the only defense mechanisms an operator can rely upon. And these attributes are honed to perfection in the Forklift Training Program by CN Lift Safety, Mississauga. Sign up for our courses now for seats are limited.