1-Day Forklift Operator Training

Our 1-Day Forklift Operator Training Program addresses engine-powered sit-down counterbalanced forklifts and is designed for experienced operators. This forklift operator training program delivered at our training facility in Abbotsford, BC on an open enrollment basis. If your operators don't have experience on the equipment, check out our 2-Day Beginner Forklift Operator Training Program.

Trainees receive in-depth instruction on applicable regulations, safe forklift operation as well as extensive hands-on exercises. Each trainees knowledge and skill level is evaluated and only those able to demonstrate a minimum level of operational competence receive documentation of successful program completion.

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If you are located in the BC Lower Mainland including Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Langley, Surrey, Coquitlam, New Westminster, Burnaby, Richmond, Vancouver, or North Vancouver we can help with your counterbalanced forklift operator training at our facility.

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• Program Duration: 1 day
• Equipment Theory Addressed: Counterbalanced Forklift (ITA Classes 1, 4 & 5)
• NOTE: Practical evaluations are conducted using ITA Class 4 engine-powered sit-down counterbalanced forklifts with standard operational and drive/directional controls.
• Program Capacity: Maximum of 8
• Program Location: This program is exclusively offered at our Abbotsford, BC training facility. We do not offer operator training for individuals at any other location.

Phase 1 - Theory Training
An instructor-led comprehensive and interactive review of the operator reference manual covering:

• Applicable rules, regulations and standards
• Types of forklifts
• Name and function of the main parts of a forklift
• Understanding forklift stability and capacity
• Load handling and safe operating procedures
• Fuels and batteries

Phase 2 - Theory Evaluation
Trainees complete a written test based on the concepts covered in the Operator Reference Manual. These tests are graded and reviewed with each trainee  to ensure understanding. A minimum score of 70% is required to pass this phase of the program.

Phase 3 - Practical Training
During this portion of the program, trainees are shown the pre-use inspection, safe operating procedures, and parking/shut-down procedures and then given the opportunity to practice under the helpful eye of the program trainer.

Phase 4 - Practical Evaluation
Trainees that are assessed as having reached a minimum skill level are individually evaluated using the forklift to complete tasks in a reasonably challenging course. Following this evaluation, trainees are debriefed and given the opportunity to address any issues they may have regarding their understanding or performance in any phase of the program. Once processed, the purchaser of the training receives the program documentation as the official record of training.

• Trainees must have functional English language reading, writing and speaking skills.
• Trainees must be comfortable working with numbers.
• Trainees will be sent a Counterbalanced Forklift Reference Manual approximately three weeks prior to the program for review and completion. Each trainee must bring their completed manual with them to the program.

• Safety toed shoes and a high visibility vest are required while working with the equipment.
• This is a graded program. Trainees must achieve a passing grade in order to successfully complete it.
• Unsuccessful trainees are not eligible for program fee refunds or reassessments at later programs.
• All program documentation including operator certificates are issued relative to the specific equipment, task and site conditions encountered at the training location. Practical evaluations are conducted using ITA Class 4 engine-powered sit-down counterbalanced forklifts with standard operational and drive/directional controls.
• Due to the location and general nature of this training program, it cannot address specific issues related to the actual equipment, site conditions and tasks operators may encounter at your workplace. As such, additional training and evaluation specific to the aforementioned items will need to take place before operators can be designated as being qualified to use a forklift at their workplace.
• Please be advised that the program trainer cannot accommodate trainees arriving late or those requiring early departure for any reason. Please ensure that you or the trainee you select is able to attend the full duration of the program, as failure to do so may result in an unsuccessful completion.

• $295 per person