9 TIPS IN FORKLIFT TRAINING
• Uses safety checklist satisfactorily
• Conducts proper safety check
• Mounts truck properly (raised models)
• Fastens seatbelt
• Checks gauges
• Checks adjacent area for personnel and obstacles
(Understands proper technique and proper direction of movement of controls to get the desired result)
• Clutch operation (manual transmission)
• Inching control, forward/reverse (automatic transmission)
• Lift control, tilt control, shift control (sideways)
• Attachment controls (if applicable)
• Starts and stops smoothly
• Turns are smooth and controlled
• Operates at the proper speed
• Looks in direction of travel
• Carries forks at a proper level
• Selects proper load capacity for truck
• Selects proper load size for visibility and safe handling
• Maintains proper fork speed
• Carries load tilted back against the backrest
• Carries load low (just high enough to clear floor obstacles)
• Starts and stops smooth
• Maintains proper speed
• Sounds horn when backing up, at blind intersections, and at corners
• Travels at least three forklift lengths behind
other vehicles
• Travels with load trailing when the forward view
is obstructed
• Ascends and descends ramps with load upgrade
• Approaches loads squarely
• Stacks straight and does not tier too high
• Deposits load flat (does not use excessive tilt action)
• Uses proper fork spread for top load pickup
• Checks bridge plates before entering the trailer
• Checks trailer for wheel chocking and proper jack installation
• Checks rail freight cars for proper positioning and safe loads
• Lowers forks flat on the floor• Sets parking brake• Dismounts truck carefully(raised models)