Training

This covers safe operations, hazards, inspection, fueling, and limitations. It’s a combination of classroom and hands-on instruction. OSHA compliant certification is provided.

Operator training consists of a two-part format, a written examination as well as hands-on forklift operation. Each operator is required to pass both portions of the course to be a certified forklift operator. Black Equipment has an on-staff certified instructor who’ll travel to your location and provide your operators with a four-hour operator training course. This consists of discussions of books and videos, an examination, and hands-on forklift operation. All training topics requested under OSHA Regulation 1910.178(l) are covered. Each attendee that successfully completes the course is given a certified forklift license that’s good for three years.

This is a comprehensive program to certify your own internal instructors for cost-effective in-house training. 

In addition to the operator training course listed above, each attendee learns in more extensive detail how to operate a forklift as well as how to be a certified instructor. This course is approximately two days in length. Each passing attendee will be a certified operator instructor when the course is completed and can then provide operator training themselves on-site. Each passing attendee receives complimentary training books and has the option to purchase the videos viewed during the course. 

Most larger companies opt for the Train-the-Trainer course to cut down on present and future Operator Training expenses by doing their own in-house operator training.