Description
This course will cover Truck Mounted/Rough Terrain & Zoom Boom Forklift equipment and meets the training requirements of the CSA standard B355-15.
Employers are required to ensure that workers have received instruction, training and testing in the operation of powered forklifts and lift trucks. Works must be able to demonstrate competency in accordance with the Ministry of Labour, Training & Skills Development’s Guidance for the Safety Operation and Maintenance of Powered Lift Trucks.
Participants will receive training in the following elements:
- Why is training required?
- The legal Stuff, who is the MLTSD and about the CSA Standards
- Causes of Accidents and Looking for hazards in the workplace
- Pre-Start inspections
- Stability of a Lift Truck and understanding the loads to be carried.
- Why Lift Trucks Tip over.
- Load Handling
- Important Safety Rules
- Transporting Lift Trucks
- Attachments you may use
LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AS REQUIRED BY THE “OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT AND REGULATIONS”
Occupational Health and Safety Act Section 25(2)(a),(c),(d) and (h)
Ontario Regulation 213 Section – 93-107
Ontario Regulation 851 Section – 51, 54-61
CSA B335-15
