Forklifts: Ultimate Hazard Perception Challenge (Advanced)

This online course helps operators understand the concept of hazard perception as well as sharpen their own hazard perception skills. It helps satisfy the training requirements of OSHA's Powered Industrial Truck Standard (1910.178) and keeps you and your operators in compliance.

Course Overview

This Forklifts: Advanced Hazard Awareness course is the third in a series of three courses (basic, intermediate, and advanced). Trainees are presented scenarios in which they must quickly recognize hazards and make the best choice to eliminate them. The scenarios are designed to best represent situations that cause forklift operators the most trouble. They help operators understand the concept of hazard perception as well as sharpen their own hazard perception skills.

This course helps satisfy the training requirements of OSHA's Powered Industrial Truck Standard (1910.178) and keeps you and your operators in compliance.

Course Topics

  • Keeping the forklift and load stable
  • Dealing with pedestrians and co-workers
  • Travelling on ramps with or without a load
  • Backing in tight areas
  • Handling corners and intersections
  • Working in trailers
  • Operating with an obstructed view
  • Keeping all body parts in the protective frame
  • Travelling with or without a load
  • Inattentive driving
  • Placing loads
  • Mounting freight elevators
  • Crossing railroad tracks
  • Overhead hazards
  • Using attachments