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COSG Online Forklift Certification CSA B-335-15 Learning Outcomes

 

Module One- Lift Truck Classes and Types

  • The lift truck classes and their unique applications

  • Lift truck types and uses in the workplace

  • The essential operation of lift truck types

  • The applications of the various lift truck types

 

 

Module Two - Regulations, Standards and Rules

  • Bill C45, an amendment to the Canadian Criminal Code that applies to all workers in all workplaces concerning crimes that may be committed in the workplace

  • Provincial regulations concerning the operation of lift trucks and other material-handling equipment

  • CSA standards and procedures

  • Provincial legislation concerning employer, supervisor and worker duties and how it relates to the safe operation of equipment

  • Workplace rules to prevent lift truck accidents and injuries

 

Module Three - Lift Truck Components and Safety Equipment

  • The basic components common on lift trucks

  • How the lift truck components can impact safety

  • Safety equipment common on lift trucks

  • Safety equipment unique to different classifications and types of lift trucks

 

Module Four, Lift Truck Preoperational Procedures

  • The manufacturer's lift truck operating manual, its location and the information contained in it

  • The procedures for a preoperational lift truck inspection

  • Lift truck start-up procedures

 

Module-Five Lift Truck Stability

  • Stability Terms and Definitions

  • The Capacity Plate

  • Stability Hazards

  • Load Stability

  • Stability Hazard Avoidance

 

Module 6 Lift Truck Accident and Injury Prevention

  • Prevention of Operator Injury

  • Surviving a tip-over

  • Pedestrian Safety

  • Travel and Load Handling

  • Load Racking and Stacking

  • Driving on Ramps, Floor Hazards and Weight Restrictions

  • Leaving the Operator's Position

  • End of Shift Shutdown

 

Module Seven- Loading Dock Safety

  • Loading dock hazard awareness

  • Truck driver and pedestrian safety rules

  • Lift truck collision avoidance

  • Preoperational trailer and truck inspection

  • Trailer separation

  • Trailer upending

 

Module 8. Personnel Lifting and Lowering

  • Safety work cage platform specifications

  • Preoperational precautions and positioning

  • Worker personal fall arrest requirements

  • Worker safe work procedures

  • Lift truck operator safety procedures

 

Module 9 - Lift Truck Battery Safety

•     Lift Truck Battery Types

•     The Battery Charging Life Cycle

•     Basic Battery Components

•     Battery Maintenance, and

•     Battery Exchange

 

Module 10 - Safe Propane Handling, Cylinder Exchange and Refueling

  • The properties of propane and how to handle it safely,

  • Propane cylinder components

  • First Aid measures for propane exposure,

  • Propane leak procedures

  • Propane fire procedures

  • Procedures for propane cylinder exchange

  • Safe Propane Cylinder Storage, and

  • Gasoline and diesel refuelling

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