All Employees Operating Forklifts Are Required to Be Trained

While it is important to keep employees under the age of 18 from operating forklifts,
all employees who operate forklifts have to be trained. Even part-time and seasonal employees have to be trained. We have helped many companies throughout New York, western Massachusetts, western Vermont and northeastern Pennsylvania meet their training requirements. Whether you need to have our trainer come in and train your operators, or if you'd like to develop your own "In-House Training Program," we can help. Our full-time trainer, Dave Bennett, has trained literally thousands of operators.

With the changes in the requirements, most of our operator training is done at our customers' locations. It is not only important, but required to make the training location and equipment specific (see OSHA Regulations 1910.178(1)(2) through 1910.178(1)(7)). Classes include both "Classroom" and "Hands On" training tailored to meet your requirements for applications and equipment. Each class usually fills a day depending on the number of attendants, their level of expertise and the variety of equipment you use. Whether it is because of seasonal employees, multiple locations, convenience or employee turnover, many companies choose to have their own trainer. Train the Trainer classes take about the same amount of time and cover most of the same information, but the information is tailored to help you develop your own program. The programs can be held at your facility or you can join a scheduled
class at one of our locations. Dave has a "Train the Trainer Program" scheduled for Friday, May 15, in Syracuse. For more information or to schedule training, please contact Dave Bennett. He can be reached by phone at (315) 437-2881 extension 146, by fax at (315) 437-5034, or by e-mail at dbennett@thompsonandjohnson.com.