Training: Forklift - basic - AV-001 - Very experienced - refresh

Target audience

Any employee who has to perform simple operations in a warehouse or production environment using a forklift (tasks of low difficulty, in an open area, repetitive simple work without time pressure).

Admission requirements:

• Be a minimum of 18 years of age
• Have a certificate of medical fitness (including safety function)
• Exempt from theoretical part if the candidate obtained a valid certificate AV-002 or IS-002 at a recognised examination centre

Program

The training lasts 1/2 day
The theoretical exam takes 20 minutes (maximum 30 minutes)
The practical exam takes about 30 minutes

Results

Theory

• Knowing the content of the safety function
• Know what work permits are and be able to interpret and comply with them
• Know the safety regulations
• Know important concepts regarding forklift construction
• To know that there are different types of drives, with their field of application
• Know the elements that make up the start control
• To know that there are different types of pallets and storage methods
• Know what factors affect the load and stability of the forklift truck
• Understand and be able to use loading diagrams
• Know the basic legislation for a forklift operator

Practice

• Apply safety and traffic rules
• Be able to carry out daily inspection of the forklift correctly
• Applying correct mounting and dismounting techniques and parking the forklift truck safely
• Use the controls correctly
• Connect and disconnect batteries
• Using correct driving technique: forwards, backwards
• Be able to perform manoeuvres: turning, cornering, forwards and backwards, passing in narrow passages
• Ability to estimate distances, depth and height
• Stacking goods in a space with a maximum clearance of 1 metre on the turning circle
• Applying order and tidiness

Practical

Max 4 people per 1-day course.

To bring:

• Identity papers
• Work clothes
• Safety shoes
• Gloves