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3 Important general aspects affecting the safe use of the truck
3.1 Training, certification, and approval to use the truck
Driver's permit: Powered industrial trucks may only be used by people who have
been trained to operate powered industrial trucks in accordance with 29 CFR
1910.178, who have demonstrated to the owner or his or her representative their
competence to move and transport loads, and who have been expressly authorized
by the owner or his or her representative to operate powered industrial trucks.
The operator must be sufficiently capable, both physically and mentally and in terms
of eyesight and hearing, to operate the industrial truck safely.
Prohibition of unauthorized use: During his or her working hours, the operator is
responsible for the industrial truck. He or she must prohibit unauthorized people from
driving or operating the industrial truck.
Operator training: Employees who have not been trained to use a powered
industrial truck may drive an industrial truck for training purposes only and only under
the direct supervision of an instructor. This training should be carried out in an open
area away from other industrial trucks, obstacles and pedestrians.
The operator training program should deal with the documented Operating Manual
and the manufacturer's procedures, the employer's regulations for the site at which
the trainee is to use the industrial truck, and the working conditions prevailing at this
site, together with the special features of the industrial truck to be operated by the
trainee. All new operators must complete the training program, regardless of their
previous experience.
The training program provides for the following:
– The careful selection of operators, taking account of their physical suitability, their
personal approach to their work and their aptitude.
– The significance of safety for operators, storage areas, sites, and for other
employees, including mention of all safety provisions and their meaning.
– General principles of powered industrial trucks and components in terms of safety,
in other words loading, mechanical limitations, stability, braking power, etc.
– Introduction to the equipment, the position and function of the controls, explanation
of the mode of operation when used correctly, and reference to problems when
used incorrectly.
– Supervised practical exercises simulating the actual day-to-day tasks to be carried
out by the operator, including loading, etc.
– Refresher courses as a condensed version of the main course, and periodic
assessment of the operator "in action".
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